Round 23, Pick 699: Travis Ballew, RHP, Texas State Player Bio 11-4, 2.73 ERA in 16 games (15 starts), 4 CG, 2 shutouts, 102.1 IP, 91 H (7 HR), 40 R (31 ER), 29 BB, 119 K, .239 average against
They are all younger than me. Heck, if not for Brandon Weeden, I'd be older than the draft picks for every major sport. How time flies. I've come to realize we might have to wait a while for some of these signings with the Florida players still in the CWS.
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Definitely looks like the stat guys are sticking to hitters who put the ball in play a lot. Lots of low strikeout guys.
Round 25, Pick 759: Ryan Dineen, SS, Eastern Illinois Player Bio After a pretty poor start to his career, Dineen broke out this season, hitting .335/.429/.490 with 9 doubles, a triple, 7 home runs, and 36 RBI. 32 BB, 27 K, 15 steals (8 CS)
Singleton is amazing and Cosart is looking like he'll end up being our closer, which is not bad. Sure I loved pence but that deal was amazing. Luhnow traded a closer while his value was high(unlike wade trading Berkman/oswalt) and received a decent BoR starter and a good starting SS
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#70 overall. He tried graduating early so he get some work in at UT. That didn't work, and then he dislocated his shoulder. Been a really weird year for him overall.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Hinojosa wanted "Lindor money" ($2.9m) to sign (via Daily Texan). <a href="http://t.co/3rFSTnEm" title="http://bit.ly/MGN8Lm">bit.ly/MGN8Lm</a></p>— Astros County (@AstrosCounty) <a href="https://twitter.com/AstrosCounty/status/210437916105773058" data-datetime="2012-06-06T18:28:03+00:00">June 6, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> "Lindor" being Francisco Lindor, the 8th overall pick last year.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>One agent says lots of college seniors will sign for $5,000 in rounds 6-10 as teams shift around $$ under new MLB draft system</p>— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/210440329810292736" data-datetime="2012-06-06T18:37:39+00:00">June 6, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Also, there have been lots of pre-draft agreements. "It's a bigger joke this year than it's ever been,'' the agent said.</p>— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/210440370314682371" data-datetime="2012-06-06T18:37:48+00:00">June 6, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
