Someone explain to me why the Astros took the 3rd best Catcher in the Draft at pick 10...? (Weren't there a lot better players available?)
dude...smoak is as smooth as berkman is at 1B so i dont know where you read that he was poor defensively
I've read in a few places that he's very slow, and has poor range, even for a 1B, so not sure about the Gold Glove stuff. How would trading Lee, a LF, make room for a 1B? Berkman isn't going back to the OF, period. Not to mention, it's going to be pretty damn tough to dump Lee's back loaded contract.
It's a crap shoot. Unlike football, where at the draft you more or less know who will be an impact player, in baseball you have no clue. If you ask 10 different experts who they think the top prospects in the draft are...you'll get 10 different answers. It could be that our scouts liked what Castro brings to the table. As somebody else pointed out, Wade has a very strong track record when it comes to the draft.
I thought it was implied that I meant putting Smoak in LF plus I brought up the possibility of Smoak as a trade chip. But it doesn't matter now, what's done is done.
I can't find anything on Jordan Lyles. EDIT: RHP Jordan Lyles (6-5, 200) of Hartsville committed to USC and will sign this spring. Lyles was 6-2 this season and also batted .420. He also made the Shrine Bowl team as a receiver in football after catching 81 passes. and Here is his Rivals page for Football. Nothing on Baseball. http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=72884&sport=1
Didn't Scheppers shoulder injury turn out to be labrum related? If so I don't see being drafted very high at all
Jordan Lyles Righthander Jordan Lyles leads the high school ranks. Blessed with a clean and easy delivery, Lyles offers a fastball in the upper 80s and can break 90 mph on occasion. He also has room in his 6-foot-4 frame to add strength and velocity. Lyles also throws a curveball and changeup and can command all three pitches. A three-sport star in high school, Lyles is athletic on the mound. He is committed to South Carolina
Tim Melville really has fallen. A couple months ago there was talk of him in the top ten. He's still available going into the 2nd round.
Baseball American on Jordan Lyles http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=328 Sandwich Shocker Posted Jun. 5, 2008 4:27 pm by John Manuel Filed under: Draft Day The Astros are the Astros, and after taking Jason Castro at 10 overall—considered a reach for a late-first-round talent—they went off the board with their supplemental pick, taking 6-foot-4 Jordan Lyles. He didn’t make BA’s Top 200, and ranked seventh in the state of South Carolina, tops among prep players. Here’s Matt Blood’s scouting report on Lyles: Righthander Jordan Lyles leads the high school ranks. Blessed with a clean and easy delivery, Lyles offers a fastball in the upper 80s and can break 90 mph on occasion. He also has room in his 6-foot-4 frame to add strength and velocity. Lyles also throws a curveball and changeup and can command all three pitches. A three-sport star in high school, Lyles is athletic on the mound. He is committed to South Carolina.
I didn't want to say it because I love Berkman, but yeah. Also, if Lee can play LF, why can't Smoak? Again, if they couldn't make room for him on the Big League roster, then he could have been useful in a trade down the line. He was the BPA and when your system is as depleted as ours, you take the best guys.
he had a poor season and had bonus demands of 10-15 pick money ross seaton is still on the board. we better snag him in the 2nd.
Wow. Well, I sort of respect Wade for having the balls to really take some chances with the Astros draft, considering how tepid our minor league system is right now, he can't afford to have some really high profile busts because Astros fans will be clamoring for his head. But he still went for what he thought would be best, apparently.
Lee isn't slow, he's not great defensively, and at times is lazy, but he's not slow. As I mentioned earlier Smoak has poor range at 1B, so he's not an option in the OF. Berkman will never be traded as long as Drayton is here, forget about it. And, Smoak wasn't the BPA according to the Astros, they had Castro rated higher, so they took him. A catcher who can hit is a rarity, that's what they found it Castro.
