2013 MLB Draft - Tonight at 7
 

For the baseball haters, stick it up your arse.

1. Houston Astros
2. Chicago Cubs
3. Colorado Rockies
4. Minnesota Twins
5. Cleveland Indians
6. Miami Marlins
7. Boston Red Sox
8. Kansas City Royals
9. Pittsburgh Pirates (M. Appel - unsigned)
10. Toronto Blue Jays
11. New York Mets
12. Seattle Mariners
13. San Diego Padres
14. Pittsburgh Pirates
15. Arizona Diamondbacks
16. Philadelphia Phillies
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Los Angeles Dodgers
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Detroit Tigers
21. Tampa Bay Rays
22. Baltimore Orioles
23. Texas Rangers
24. Oakland Athletics
25. San Francisco Giants
26. New York Yankees
27. Cincinnati Reds
28. St. Louis Cardinals (K. Lohse)1
29. Tampa Bay Rays (B.J. Upton)2
30. Texas Rangers (J. Hamilton)3
31. Atlanta Braves (M. Bourn)4
32. New York Yankees (N. Swisher)5
33. New York Yankees (R. Soriano)6

Royals pick an O- Linemen and the "True fans" go CRAZY!!!!

who we gonna draft?

:LOL::LOL: Can he hit?

Butler sure worked out. He classifies as a right guard, i think.

A bust.

Best available setup guy.

seriously, whose it gonna be? cant wait to read about him hitting .220 in single A

It will most likely be a pitcher so FYP.

Why a pitcher? Don't we need bats?

we need everything.

DL or RT.

will there be any mlb coaches available at our pick?

austin meadows sounds intriguing

I remember everyone worried Moose was not going to be signed before the midnight deadline, and when he got his 4M everyone was so exicted.


7 years later, Wish now that he'd have never signed the deal.

Draft Colt Griffin AGAIN. I'm still waiting on him to become the next Nolan Ryan....

Chiefsplanet meltdown around 7:30PM??



Or Not a sh*t was given?

What the Royals could really use is a nice college pitcher that could be here in a year or two. At that point, they could at least try to extract some value out of the young hitters on the roster before they leave/decline.

Otherwise, they're just drafting for the next rebuild and they're already really thin in the high minors.

That said, this draft really only has a couple of college pitchers that look like they're worth taking that high and I figure they're both going to be gone by the Royals pick. So if I'm KC, I look for a HS outfielder here.

The draft starts at 6PM central, BTW.

Good Point.......Dayton might go for best available "most ready" player available since he knows he will be gone soon.

Heard its gonna be Phil Bickford.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Other teams believe that the Royals have reached a deal to take right-handed high schooler Phil Bickford with the eighth overall pick, Peter Gammons reports (Twitter link). Bickford, who is committed to Cal State Fullerton, hasn't been evaluated as No. 8 pick material -- Baseball America ranks Bickford as the 20th best prospect in the draft,MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo has him at No. 26 and ESPN's Keith Law (Insider subscription required) has him all the way down at No. 55

Bickford doesnt even have a breaking ball.

But I thought the owner gave Dayton all the money he needed to develop players?

Will the Royals take Leon Sandcastle with their first pick?

Let him go to college and then take the draft pick for next year? Saves money in the pool for later rounds this year?

Ask and ye shall receive, George.

Do they televise all 158 rounds?

He'd be better than any of the losers currently on the roster.

I hope it's for way under slot. I've seen mocks where wasn't went deep into the 2nd round.

No, I believe they only televise the first round. Not sure about the 2nd.

Well last year the Astros passed on Buxton, who looks like he's going to be a major stud. Though Correa is no slouch himself and I think he came cheaper which allowed them to sign some HS studs.... We'll see. Wish there was a can't miss college prospect at the top, but oh well.

Kohl Stewart > Bickford

heck no. After the 2nd round, it'll be a conference call that you can listen to online. They really zip through the picks quickly after the 2nd round.

The fact that you can't trade picks (except for a few of the supplemental 1st rounders) probably makes it easy.

Appel got paid. Saying no to the Pirates at #8 last year actually paid off.

Apell goes 1

Yep, really risky move last year.

LMAO, Reynolds on MLB network says he wouldn't be suprised if Apell were in the big leagues by july, of THIS YEAR.

Like him better than Gray... cool.

ROFL

Its the Houston F'ing Astros. He is 100%, rock-solid, mark it down, GUARANTEED not to be up before mid or late-May 2014. Even if he turns out to be Nolan Ryan right this moment, it'd be a waste of a year to bring him up this year.

Interesting....I don't understand why MLB doesn't try and hype it up more like the NFL has done? At least the first round. I guess college baseball isn't nearly as popular as college football so there is no awareness built in.
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Lubanski has re-entered the draft?

Bickford will throw 101+ after TJ surgery a year from now!!!111!!!

BOHICA

Selig looks like a stroke victim.

Nice hair, Clint....

Royals on the clock.

On the clock

I like OF in Austin Meadows.

And, just like the Chiefs, they go on a commercial before their pick....

I'm surprised they didn't go to commercial for the Chiefs pick this year.

They just had s commercial 30 seconds before.

Moore better not **** up this pick.

He will...

They don't get ****ed up until after they get into our system.

Hunter...

"He might move to 3rd base" PACK YOUR BAGS MOOSE

Our new third baseman.

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 28s

Heard some good things about Hunter Dozier from a scout in Texas this week ... but another scout already texted: "This is a big reach."

LOL REACH

Bust
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Wow!! Why oh why does every team I care about ****ing hateme

That guy had him in the 40's and doesn't belong in the top 10.

keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 13s

I had Hunter Dozier ranked 38th in this draft class. The Royals just took him 8th.

Experts say this is a reach. FML

We're obviously signing this guy way, way, way under slot.

We'll have to wait till the end of the 3rd round to judge this one, because now we ought to be able to sign anyone who falls way, way over slot.

And we could have had him easily our next two picks...

Analysts are saying he is a good hitter but cant play short. Thats fine he can play third. Some people compare him to Tulo.

Seems high for this kid. Meh

Nope. Terrible pick.

They are now talking about what I alluded to. If we save 1 or 2 million, then thats money we can throw at someone else later.

@keithlaw: I had Hunter Dozier ranked 38th in this draft class. The Royals just took him 8th.

**** Dayton Moore.

LOL @ Tulo

Pirates take Meadows aka the guy the Royals should have drafted.

This isn't the NFL. Trying to sign 3 or 4 quality guys instead of 1 guy who is better than all of them, 1 about the same, and 1 or 2 who are worse is now a legit strategy in MLB.

Jesus. Sorry guys.

How you pass on Austin Meadows there I have no clue....

Mike Stodolka is available.