Rays Mock Draft: 1st Overall Pick (Who?)

by goyankees on May 30, 2008 3:34 PM EDT Comment 18 comments

Hello again,

The mock draft on minor league ball is tomorrow and I just wanted to add a poll on who YOU think we should take in the first round, seeing as the one actually at minor league ball is in a deadlock. Make sure if you choose "other" that you express who in the comment section.

ALSO, please post guys that you think would be good to take in the "later" (really only a five round mock draft) rounds of the draft.

Thank you for your participation.

PS: I will post the mock draft results after it happens maybe tomorrow night, or Sunday. Or Monday: I have a busy weekend.

Poll

Who do we take with the first pick?

Buster Posey

20 votes

Tim Beckham

31 votes

Pedro Alvarez

35 votes

Other

3 votes

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I really don't know about #1

Later round guys:

Allan Dykstra WF 1B
Ryan Westmoreland HS OF
Scott Rembisz CC P (not a top 5 round pick)

"I've seen many, many blue skies turn gray, but the sun will eventually return, and so will I. So will I." - Carlos Pena

by R.J. Anderson on May 30, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

who

Hello Kitty, #1 in your fantasy league. =p

by Boricua on Jun 1, 2008 4:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beckham please.

by P Brady on May 30, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Alverez at RF plz

by Top Gun Numba 1 on May 30, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

The top pick is really hard to make; I like all of those guys in some respect or another. I’ll just say Alvarez as a Vandy homer.

by Patrick L. Kennedy on May 30, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey guys...

Rangers fan and FSU student here.

Just stopped over to see what the opinion was on taking Buster Posey number 1. I went to the FSU – Bucknell game tonight, and he look as good as the hype would indicate. Haven’t had the chance to watch the team as much as I would have liked this year, with school, MLB and other distractions, but he’s got a lot of tools.

"that suzuki guy should go back to making cars" - My girlfriend after C.J.'s close in game 2

by tdi1985 on May 30, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

but pedro and tim have more

i really hope the rays take either pedro or tim and i really hope that they pick pedro but wouldnt be mad if they pick tim

by RaysOfHope on May 30, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Alvarez

He is a 5 tool player. Look at the last Catcher drafted in the first round that was a star. It just doesn’t happen. Catchers are to unpredictable. Get the sure thing with the 1st pick. We are on a roll and we need to stay on it, don’t screw up this pick.

"Support Our Troops"

Have the intelligence to know the difference between the Policy and the Soldiers!

by afl_storm on May 31, 2008 10:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Look at the last Catcher drafted in the first round that was a star

You can’t use a fallacy like that. Simply put you can go through each position and points out cases of booms and busts, for every Joe Mauer there’s an Eric Munson, for every Evan Longoria there’s a Sean Burroughs.

Trust the scouting department, they're the same guys who wanted Longoria when the consensus pick was Andrew Miller.

"I've seen many, many blue skies turn gray, but the sun will eventually return, and so will I. So will I." - Carlos Pena

by R.J. Anderson on May 31, 2008 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Mauer? Jeff Clement? Jarrod Saltalamaccia?

It happens. Catchers are rarely taken in the first round, but there are successes.

There’s never a sure thing in baseball drafts.

Pitchers are probably the riskiest as evidenced by numerous first round flameouts from 2001-05. Just a few high-profile examples who either never made it to the majors or have only been given courtesy callups: Kenny Baugh, Kyle Sleeth, Clint Everts, Josh Karp, Colt Griffin, Bobby Brownlie, Bryan Bullington (18 IP, #1 pick), John Van Benschoten, Jeff Allison, on and on and on.

But it happens at every position:
INF: Jake Gautreau, Matt Bush, Drew Meyer (18 ml ab’s), Brian Snyder
OF: John Ford Griffin, Ryan Harvey, Chris Lubanski, Brad Snyder

Longlorious.

by RATW on May 31, 2008 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am still on the fence with who to take: Alvarez or Beckham.

2008 - A New Era. The End of An Era.

by goyankees on May 31, 2008 10:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Of those two go with Alvarez.

"I've seen many, many blue skies turn gray, but the sun will eventually return, and so will I. So will I." - Carlos Pena

by R.J. Anderson on May 31, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yikes its close

I’m going to go with Alvarez. Draft starts in about 5 mins on minor league ball.

2008 - A New Era. The End of An Era.

by goyankees on May 31, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I support this pick.

"I've seen many, many blue skies turn gray, but the sun will eventually return, and so will I. So will I." - Carlos Pena

by R.J. Anderson on May 31, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have a Longoria........ We need a Beckham!!!

Beckham is the man! or boy…..
w/e

Beckham… hes our next bj upton but faster, and better at short…..

I love perdo, and im sure price would love that pick, but i think its best we get the SS, and not because of the postion, but i do believe he is the best pick..

Hello Kitty, #1 in your fantasy league. =p

by Boricua on Jun 1, 2008 4:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs