Comments on: Draft Reviews: Seattle Mariners

By: Glory Days

Glory Days — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:51:50 +0000

2006 #1 pick Brandon Morrow will *please* no longer be the Mariners’ closer after today’s game. Obligatory Tim Lincecum comments removed. Nice fastball Brandon. He’s just few more of those away from being a character in a Bruce Springsteen song.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:08:44 +0000

At my Canadian high school (more than a few years back, granted) we had school teams for soccer (boys and girls), basketball (boys and girls), rugby (boys), and field hockey (girls). Equipment-intensive sports weren’t a priority (if field hockey sticks didn’t last almost forever it probably would’ve been dropped), and neither were sports that were served by outside leagues (like hockey, lacrosse, or baseball — which was pretty much their order of importance, also).

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:54:49 +0000

Evan,
You have to understand that in Canada we don’t have high school sports in most school. And even in the few schools that offer sports program it’s not elite program. We have travelling teams who played inter-city league. And for the top players they travels with a team that goes to the US and played some good competitions, high schools mostly. Russel Martin and Eric Gagne amongst others went through this program to reach the bigs…

By: JH

JH — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:19:57 +0000

Reasonable evaluators disagree on Green.

By: Top2124

Top2124 — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:04:50 +0000

Grant Green is not a good option at #2. Or #10 for that matter.

By: JH

JH — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:28:47 +0000

It’s possible to find a guy who can hit enough to be a major league 1B in later rounds, but it’s not as easy as the post above suggests. As a CF, Ackley’s a slam dunk for the #2 pick. As a 1B, he’s still the best all-around college hitter in the draft. I’m not entirely off the Grant Green bandwagon, but with all the questions his JR season has raised, Ackley’s still my choice for #2 even if the team decides he’s a 1B.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:17:01 +0000

He played on several travel teams that went up against good USA competition. He was pretty highly touted for a while by scouts who had seen him in person.

By: JLP

JLP — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:07:46 +0000

Yes, I forgot to qualify. If the M’s plan on using him as a 1B, then I don’t see taking him 2nd, as quality 1B can be had in later rounds.

By: Teej

Teej — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:54:36 +0000

As long as Ackley’s arm is OK and he can play center, I’d be quite happy taking him at No. 2.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:21:10 +0000

Aumont’s an interesting case. He was unbelieveably raw when he was drafted, as you’d expect for a guy who’d only been pitching for 4 years. But more than that, he’s listed as having been drafted out of high school. While that’s true (he’d been in high school before getting drafted), his high school didn’t have a baseball team.

How anyone knew who this guy was (or how he developed) I have no idea.