The NFL draft is coming up on Saturday and while I am fairly excited about it, it pales in comparison to the excitement I have on MLB Draft day, even though it takes players a lot longer to get to the majors and make impacts than in the NFL. I love baseball though and that probably has a lot more to do with why I love the baseball draft. The MLB draft is on Thursday June 5th, which means we are just 6 weeks away until the draft is upon us. The Reds don’t have a second round pick this year due to signing Francisco Cordero but they have the #7 overall pick in the draft. Saberscouting.com did a mock draft earlier in the week that went 11 players deep. Each of the two writers held their own drafts and ended up giving the Reds two different picks. Here is what they had to say about the Reds and who they had us taking:

Frankie: Cincy has faith in their high schoolers. Melville should be right there for the taking. Am I the only one that sees a match there? He’s right up their alley and I really have seen no hint that they are changing their draft philosophy anytime soon. And, I really don’t think there’s another guy there for them to take that fits as well as Melville.

Kiley: So, I guess we’re only going to agree on #1. At #7, the Reds have all the first baseman still on the board; Hosmer, Smoak, and Alonso, and they arguably make up the top 3 players on the board. And Joey Votto isn’t the type of guy to force you not to take a 1B, especially with these 1Bs officially slipping. The Reds don’t have a history of paying for Boras guys (Hosmer) and Smoak is the consenus guy ahead of Alonso, so for me, this pick is Smoak or whoever the Reds have as the top arm, either Tulane’s Shooter Hunt, Fresno State’s Tanner Scheppers, or Missouri prepster Tim Melville. I think when it comes down to it, the Reds take the pitcher and go with Tulane’s version of Homer Bailey, Shooter Hunt.

Frankie’s Projection for #7: Tim Melville, RHP, Missouri’s Holt HS

Kiley’s Projection for #7: Shooter Hunt, RHP, Tulane

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Louisville won 7-5. Box Score

• Andy Green went 2-5 with a double, RBI and a run.
• Chris Dickerson went 2-4 with a triple, 2 runs, 2 steals (5), an RBI and a walk.
• Jay Bruce went 1-4 with a walk, SB (5) and a run.
• Kevin Barker went 1-3 with 2 walks and a solo HR (2).
• Adam Rosales went 1-5 with a triple and 2 RBI.
• Paul Janish wwent 2-4 with a run and a steal (1).

Chattanooga won 5-4. Box Score

• Drew Anderson (IF) went 1-3 with a run and a walk.
• Tonys Gutierrez went 2-4 with an RBI.
• Cody Strait went 2-4 with a double, run and an RBI.
• Craig Tatum went 1-1 with a double, run and 2 RBI.
• Chris Denove went 1-3 with a walk and an RBI.
• Ben Jukich allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks in 6.2 innings and he struck out 8.
• Danny Herrera struck out 1 in an inning of work. He was promoted to AAA post game.

Sarasota lost 7-2. Box Score

• Chris Heisey went 1-2 with 2 walks.
• Justin Turner went 1-3 with a walk.
• Chris Valaika went 1-3 with an RBI.
• Juan Francisco went 1-4 with a run.
• Jason Louwsma went 1-3 with a walk.
• Luis Soto went 1-4 with an RBI.
• Travis Wood allowed 3 earned runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 3 innings and struck out 5. Allowed several bloop singles and an infield hit. Not nearly as bad as the line would appear.

Dayton lost 7-2. Box Score

• Keltavious jones went 1-4 with a solo HR (3).
• Zach Cozart went 1-3 with a double and a walk.
• Todd Frazier went 1-4.
• Brett Bartles went 1-4 with a solo HR (2).
• Angel Cabrera went 2-3 with a double.
• Tyler Rhoden allowed 1 unearned run in 1.2 innings while striking out 1.