DRAFT 04

im happy for my two fsu guys -- steven drew in the 1st to arizona and eddy martinez-esteve to the giants in the 2nd.

also, we here in tallahassee had a HS kid go in the 4th round -- joe bauserman. he's committed to ohio state on a football scholly (QB).

 

That was a little surprising...many picked Drew to go first. But even more surprising was the 1st selection, Matt Bush. The kid is a wonderfully talented HS player ss and he is from the San Diego area, but SD just promoted their 1st round pick, ss Tyler Greene, whom appears to have nailed down that position for years to come....go figure

 

Former South Point Draftee

B.J. Richmond, Spartanburg Methodist, former South Point HS outfielder, was drafted in the 7th round by the Dodgers.

B.J. originally signed with South Carolina and was red shirted his freshman year (last year). He transferred to SMC over the summer in order to get playing time. Guess it worked!

That should give DodgerBlue someone to follow!

 

well, steven drew picked the same agent as his brother J.D. -- scott boras. that turned everyone off.

 

BJ Richmond is a heck of a player. We didn't get him out too many times it seemed like when we went down to SMC for a weekend series.

 

Day #2 looks to be dominated by College guys and DFE's from the HS ranks. I expect the JUCO's to be picked over pretty hard today.

 

Region X players drafted (please add if I missed someone)

BJ Richmond 7th Rd. (Spartanburg Methodist) LA Dodgers

Jeff Jeffords 32nd Rd (Spartanburg Methodist) Baltimore Orioles

Eric Lovett 37th Rd. (Louisburg) San Diego Padres

Jimmy Coker 41st Rd. (Spartanburg Methodist) Milwaukee Brewers*^

Brandon White 43rd Rd. (Surry) Arizona Diamondbacks

Dwayne Lynah 45th Rd. (Spartanburg Methodist) Seattle Mariners*#

Marcus Covington 47th(?) Rd. (Louisburg) Atlanta Braves#

* Did not play last season b/c academically ineligible
^Drafted last season by different team
#Drafted by same team last season but wasn't signed

Notables not drafted:

Jared Sutton Lenoir
John Graham Surry
Justin Phillips Louisburg
Cody Dickens Surry
Kunta Hicks Louisburg
Allan Letchworth Pitt
Nathan Hodges Surry
Jeff Ostrander Louisburg
Jared Stanley Surry
Drew Martin Spartanburg
Brock Thornburg Spartanburg
Paul Hazares Spartanburg
Wayne Renfrow Louisburg

 

Day #2 Picks with NC Ties

RD TM: Player, position, College/University or High School
22 OAK Ryan Jones of East Carolina U.
23 COL Jason Metzger lhp U. of North Carolina-Greensboro
25 MON Steven Cook rhp UNC Asheville
26 STL Steven Sherman of UNC Asheville
28 DET Brian Hensen lhp Elon U.
33 DET Kevin Brower rhp U. of North Carolina
33 STL Micheal Gross rhp U. of North Carolina
34 FLA Jarrett Santos rhp UNC Greensboro
35 CWS Evan Tartaglia of Elon U.
36 TOR David Hicks 1b North Carolina State U.
37 SD Erik Lovett of Louisburg (N.C.) JC
38 TEX Craig Hurba c Mt. Olive (N.C.) College
43 ARI Brandon White 3b Surry (N.C.) CC
44 COL Justin Keadle rhp Wake Forest U.
45 ATL Jesse Warren lhp Western Alamance HS
46 ATL Marcus Covington rhp Louisburg (N.C.) JC
47 TB Ben Lanier ss Kinston HS
47 BAL Bailey Daniels rhp Manteo HS
47 PIT Zach Phillips rhp Lee County HS

 

It's interesting that Foxy's big-time recruiting class (Williams, Facchinei, Flack, Fronk) were all passed over. Nice article yesterday in the Hendersonville Times-News in which North Henderson Coach Scott Rhodes said he didn't think Williams would get drafted because he had the big-time scholarship as do the other three. Fronk is the best of the bunch in my opinion, and Flack has that bat -- AL DH potential? -- but I think Williams has all five tools and is probably better in the field than Flack (Fronk is definitely better than Flack at 3B, from seeing both at State Games last year, but Flack has a wicked slider on the mound). Facchinei's season was considerably disappointing. I saw him pitch last night, and McDowell hit him well. I hope he's only on a plateau and is not peaking already.

 

Thornburg has that baggage from Clemson, even though he supposedly took the fall for some star players. Think that would have hurt him?