A group of baseball bloggers got together and put together our own little mock draft with each person taking a team and drafting for them. Below are the results along with who made the pick.
- Tampa Bay- Buster Posey, C, Florida State (keith law)
- Pittsburgh - Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Vanderbilt (Bucco Blog)
- Kansas City - Tim Beckham, SS, Griffin GA HS (Royals Authority)
- Baltimore-Brian Matusz, LHP, San Diego (we all agree)
- San Francisco - Justin Smoak, 1B, South Carolina (El Lefty Malo)
- Florida-Kyle Skipworth, C, Patriot HS, Calif. (Future Fish)
- Cincinnati - Gordon Beckham, SS, Georgia (Reds Minor Leagues)
- Chicago White Sox- Brett Wallace, 3B/1B, ASU (Zoner Sports)
- Washington Nationals - Yonder Alonso, 1B, Miami (Nationals Farm Authority)
- Houston Astros - Aaron Crow, RHP, Missouri (Kiley of Saber-Scouting)
- Texas Rangers - Eric Hosmer, 1b, American Heritage HS, Fla. (Rangers Farm Authority)
- Oakland Athletics - Ethan Martin, 3B/RHP, Stephens County HS, Ga. (Taj of Athletics Nation)
- St. Louis Cardinals - Christian Friedrich, LHP, Eastern Kentucky (erik of Future Redbirds)
- Minnesota Twins - Jemile Weeks, 2B, Miami (SethSpeaks)
- Los Angeles Dodgers - Tim Melville, RHP, Holt HS, Wentzville, MO (group effort)
- Milwaukee Brewers - Brett Lawrie, 3B/C, Brookwood SS, Langley, B.C. Patrick Ebert of Brewerfan.net
- Toronto Blue Jays - Shooter Hunt, P, Tulane (Pistol of Batters Box)
- New York Mets - Jason Castro, CA, Stanford (Anthony of Hot Foot)
- Chicago Cubs - Casey Kelly, SS, Sarsota Florida (HS) (Joe from View from the Bleachers)
- Seattle Mariners - Aaron Hicks, RHP/OF, Wilson HS, Long Beach, CA (David Cameron from USS Mariner)
- Detroit Tigers–Joshua Fields, RHP, Georgia (Erik of Future Redbirds)
- New York Mets- Ike Davis, 1B/OF, Arizona State (Hot Foot)
- San Diego Padres- Andrew Cashner, RHP, TCU (Geoff Young of Ducksnorts)
- Philadelphia Phillies- Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Fresno St. (Phuture Phillies)
- Colorado Rockies- Zach Collier, OF, Chino Hills HS, Chino Hills, Calif. (Tom of Up in the Rockies)
- Arizona Diamondbacks-Allan Dykstra, 1B, Wake Forest (From RJ of Beyond the Boxscore)
- Minnesota Twins-Conor Gillaspie, 3B, Wichita St. (Seth Speaks)
- New York Yankees-Gerrit Cole, Orange Lutheran HS, Orange, CA (River Ave. Blues)
- Cleveland Indians-Tyson Ross, RHP, California (Bryan Smith, formerly of Baseball Prospectus)
- Boston Red Sox-Reese Havens, SS, South Carolina (the College Baseball Blog)
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Kyle // May 31, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Im surprised someone would gamble on Scheppers in the first round.
I like the Beckham pick, although i might not have let Crow slip.
2 Doug Gray // May 31, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Yeah, the Scheppers pick had us all off guard. I was surprised Crow fell to where he did, but after watching him pitch yesterday if his arm doesn’t go under for TJ surgery within 3 years I would be very surprised.
3 Kyle // May 31, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I would like to see the Red grab one of the Wright State hitters in the third round. Justin Parker and Jeremy Hamilton are great hitters.
4 Who will the Reds take in the 2008 MLB Draft? // Jun 4, 2008 at 1:49 pm
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5 mike // Jun 4, 2008 at 10:15 pm
id take the canadian brett lawrie
great power and has been tearing it up with the canadian nats in the dominican
6 Doug Gray // Jun 4, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I like Lawrie and won’t be upset if we take him, but he isn’t at the top of my list.
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