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205 Greene, Conner Santa Monica HS (CA) RHP R/R HS 6'03" 165lbs DOB: 04/04/95 (Slot) $187,400

145 Lietz, Daniel Heartland CC (IL) LHP L/L J1 6'02" 200lbs DOB: 06/01/94 (Slot) $334,000 175 Boyd, Matt Oregon State (OR) LHP L/L SR 6'03" 215lbs DOB: 02/02/91 (Slot) $250,100

115 Smith, Evan Mary G Montgomery HS (AL) LHP R/L HS 6'05" 190lbs DOB: 08/17/95 (Slot) $446,100

83 Murphy, Patrick Hamilton HS (AZ) RHP HS 6'04" 195lbs DOB: 06/10/95 (Slot) $650,800

47 Hollon, Clinton Woodford County HS (KY) RHP HS 6'01" 191lbs DOB: 12/24/94 (Slot) $1,168,200

10 Bickford, Phillip Oaks Christian HS (CA) RHP HS 6'04" 200lbs DOB: 07/10/95 (Slot) $2,921,400

Now that the draft is done I'll consolidate all the picks and information into one or two posts. It'll take maybe 10-15 minutes so bear with me.

I'm hoping my rough guesses for bonuses are close to right. If they are, then we have around 800k-1.2mm to spend on picks past the 10th round. Hopefully it's more though. If we can get Brentz and Tellez signed I'll be a little happier with what we got in this draft. Bickford Hollon Brentz Tellez That's a decent haul. Tellez would have the best lefty power in our system, and arguably one of the top 3-5 bats.

Yeah, I watched the Departed. Slick work by Scorsese.

I'll give it a 7 out of 10. Like Angrioter said, Dicaprio was great. I liked the actor who played Tom as well, he was exactly what I expected Tom to be like. Islas Fisher and Carrie Muligan were also good. My wife didn't like the Jay-Z soundtrack, she said it made it seem anachronistic. The orgy scene was kind of weird and off script/book, and Toby McGuire ruined yet another movie for us. lol

Quote from one of our picks today, Eric Lauer: “With the draft, everything’s been crazy the last few days,” Lauer said. “The absolute minimum is the seventh round, but most teams have indicated taking me somewhere from the first-to-third round. A couple of teams have said that they would be willing to pay me late-first round money. “According to his dad, they were leaning toward staying at Kent, but with Stricklin leaving, it’s up in the air at this point. I think if someone offers him at least $1 million to draft him, I think it would be a very difficult choice to leave that on the table.” Lauer said he and his family have told the scouts that they are seeking between $1.2-1.5 million after taxes.

First HS position player drafted; C Danny Jansen from Washington. Here's a little newspaper writeup from some Combine/Showacase he attended: Jansen, a power hitting catcher, showed great hands behind the plate with an advanced setup. Jansen’s bat has always been his strong suit, as Jansen is arguably the top hitter in the 2013 graduating class. Jansen is a 2013 commit to Jacksonville University. Jansen was a 1.97 pop time, and also had a 93 mph exit speed off of the bat.

I'm glad I went to watch a movie (The Great Gatsby) with my wife for a couple hours. Nothing of note happened today except for Brentz and Tellez.

I wasn't trying to correct you, I was just trying to reply to every name posted with scouting reports.

Sickels:

DANE DUNNING, rhp, Clay HS, Fleming Island The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Dunning has the athleticism and overall stuff to be considered a top 10 pick and has been cross-checked by many teams this spring. He throws from a three-quarters release point that gets hard running action on his 88-92 mph fastball and throws a pretty good mid-70s curveball as his breaking ball. Dunning has a scholarship from Florida that will complicate the scouting community's thought process.

Well there goes Jeremy Martinez to the Cubs. Get us Chris Okey pls AA.

I really hope we can get him signed. He'd probably have the best raw left-handed power in our system. Just show him how few college first basemen are taken very high in the draft. If he has any doubts about his impact at the college level, he better take his money now while he can get it.

I like Matt Dermody. He was drafted last year but didn't sign. I wanted to draft him late last year for us. I'll look for my writeup. He's a hard throwing (but usually low 90s) lefty with good size.

PROSPECT ON THE RISE: Scott Silverstein, lhp, Virginia. It’s been a long and winding road for Silverstein as a prospect. He was a Perfect Game All-American way back in 2007. After opting to go to Virginia, Silverstein did not pitch for the entire 2009 and 2010 seasons following shoulder surgery. Since then, he’s slowly made his way back and has had an outstanding year as a redshirt senior. His fastball has reached 94 mph, and when you couple that with his 6-foot-6 frame, it makes him an awfully intriguing commodity. SCOTT SILVERSTEIN, lhp, University of Virginia (RS Sr.) The route to this point has been far from traditional for Silverstein. A once highly touted high school lefty out of St. John’s College High School, major shoulder surgery derailed his progress at Virginia for more than two years. But, now he’s back and looks better than ever. He’s worked at 89-93 mph with his fastball, topping out consistently at 94 mph. He produces a good downward plane with his 6-foot-6 frame, and he’s shown outstanding control throughout this spring. His feel for his secondary pitches is also advanced. Although Silverstein is going to be one of the oldest players to be drafted this year, he does not have a depth of experience given all the time he missed. So, there’s still some upside to work with. His powerful left-handed arm is going to be very alluring, and he’s likely to go off the board between rounds 4-6.

Sean Hurley is regarded as one of the best hitters to play at the school in recent years, and leads the Vaqueros in most offensive categories. Hurley, however, underwent Tommy John surgery while at Miami (Fla.) before transferring to Central Arizona, and his value has been compromised by his lack of a defensive home. He has served as the team’s primary DH this spring, while also getting limited looks in left field.

SAM TEWES, rhp, Waverly HSIt is rare for scouts to have to account for a Nebraska high school product, but most had to make the trip to Waverly, a northeast suburb of Lincoln, to see the 6-foot-2, 205-pound Tewes throw. Tewes regularly topped out at 91-92 early in games, but pitched mostly in the 86-88 mph range with developing secondary pitches. He is signed with Wichita State.

SEAN RATCLIFFE, rhp/c, Pickering HS, Ajax, Ontario The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Ratcliffe has been likened by long-time Canadian scouts to Chris Leroux, who was drafted in the ninth round in 2002 as a lefthanded-hitting catcher out of an Ontario high school and emerged three years later out of South Carolina’s Winthrop University as a power righthander. Leroux spent the better part of the last three years in the Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen, before venturing off to play in Japan this season. Ratcliffe flashed impressive raw power as a catching prospect through his junior year of high school, but it rarely translated to games, and scouts already see a higher upside on the mound with a fastball at 90-93 mph and the makings of a power breaking ball. It may be a roll of the dice for a team to draft Ratcliffe in the top 10-12 rounds this year as he has a minimum number of innings as a pitcher on his resume, but he has an easy arm action and may pitch consistently in the mid-90s one day.

ERIC LAUER, lhp, Midview HS, Elyria With a dominating performance as a senior at Midview High, the 6-foot-3, 185-pound Lauer has scaled to the top of the heap this spring among an impressive crop of Ohio high school pitchers. Through his first six starts, he was 5-0, 0.00, while limiting opponents to a .054 average. He had yet to give up more than two hits in any outing, and in 35 innings overall, had walked just three while striking out 68. All the ingredients for success were already firmly in place for Lauer as he has a quick arm, an advanced feel for his secondary stuff and a clean, polished delivery for a young left-hander. His fastball has been a steady 90-91 mph this spring, peaking at 93, and he has thrown his breaking ball, a curve with occasional sharp break, and straight change for strikes more consistently. With Lauer’s athletic, projectable frame, it’s easy for scouts to project continued improvement, and the lanky left-hander may face a dilemma in this year’s draft, coming out now as a projected third-rounder, or attending Kent State, and coming out in three years as a potential first-rounder—especially with that school’s reputation for churning out top-notch pitching prospects.

It's apparently going to take something like 2mm to get him to sign. If thatès the case I hope we draft another guy to spend our money on if he won't budge from that number.