MLB Amateur Draft

[*Deuce Wilde*]

or whatever the official name is... i doubt anyone here even knows or cares about this haha...

but anyways... the other day i was checkin up on one of my espn fantasy teams, and see on the front page some shit about the draft, so i'm like aight cool and i check mlb.com just out of curiosity and look to see if any kids from my high school are in the draft tracker (cuz they'd be a year younger then me)... surely enough there's 2 of em there... one of which is a total douche bag, the other, meh he's aight, hell of a player tho...

anyways i check the site out today, and the 2nd dude ended up going 22nd overall to the Giants (Tim Alderson).... that's fuckin crazy to me haha. other dude hasn't been drafted yet, and hopefully he doesn't get drafted cuz he's a prick haha... but man that's crazy, brandon wood of the angels (minor league player of the year last year if i recall correctly, he won some award at least) also was a first round pick from my high school, he was a senior when i was a freshman... my school is a baseball powerhouse haha, but they suck at every other sport... anywaysssssss yeah

[*Deuce Wilde*]

christ, i knew he was good but didn't realize he put up these kinds of numbers

Alderson, 6-foot-7 and 210 pounds, has demonstrated remarkable command. In 72 1/3 innings this season, he struck out 111 and walked four. Last year, he was 8-3 with a 0.95 ERA, 122 strikeouts and eight walks. As a Horizon sophomore in 2005, Alderson finished 8-1 with a 0.13 ERA. His fastball approaches the mid-90 mph range, and scouts believe that his curveball has the potential to become a decent pitch.

Much like Tim Lincecum, the Giants' No. 1 pick from 2006 who already has ascended to their Major League rotation, Alderson has a somewhat unusual delivery. He pitches exclusively from the stretch position and uses what scouts describe as an unorthodox arm action.

Alderson attributed his control to "being able to repeat my motion evey pitch and feeling comfortable with all my pitches" -- which, he acknowledged, could be a function of pitching from the stretch. But Alderson indicated that he'd learn to pitch from a windup, which observers believe could be necessary for him to increase his velocity.

"I have absolutely no problem with the windup at all," he said.

Alderson has been offered a scholarship to Oregon State University, the NCAA's reigning College World Series champions.

"I'm not sure at this time," Alderson said when asked about his immediate plans. "I'm just enjoying the moment right now."

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/n...t=.jsp&c_id=sf

but anyways i just thought that was cool...

my team is the braves tho and it looks like they had a very good draft from what i've read so far