Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
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redsof72
Have not seen Fellhauer. Sappelt will have to play left field due to lack of arm strength. Tough for me to see him going higher than Double-A, but he might surprise. Great range in the outfield. Very poor base runner. Average Midwest League bat. Brown at this point simply is too weak defensively to consider. He turns every fly ball into an adventure. He is strictly a DH right now. Wiley just has not hit enough for a guy that also is limited to strictly LF/DH. Reed is a tremendous athlete who can play center field. Don't write him off. Means is interesting. Give him time to get into baseball shape and then evaluate. He is a physical freak with the size/speed ratio. He needs to get his body into baseball condition and then he might show some things. Right now his swing is too stiff due to lack of flexibility because he has bulked up for football.
I haven't seen Fellhauer myself either but judging from the scouting reports and seeing Sappelt play I'd give the edge to Fellhauer. Just feel like the odds are more against a short guy like Sappelt (think Danny Ray but more muscular). But I do believe he has enough talent to be a 25th man/5th OF type. Sort of like a Norris Hopper type with a smidge more pop and less contact ability. He needs to do some serious polishing of his skills though.
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
Saw Fellhauer in the College WS, he's a Chris Heisey type player, CF great speed, good glove, batting in the 3 hole for CSF.
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Sappelt has some talent but I think he is going to be one of those guys who looked best in Billings. Scouts say his swing will get exposed as he faces better pitching. The thing I like most about him is his range in the outfield. The thing I like least is he obviously plays for his own stats (ie: stealing third when trailing by six runs when the defense is not really holding him...yet when you need him to steal second in a one-run game, he gets thrown out. The stolen base he got when the opponent was basically conceding the base looks the same in the stats and he is trying to build his stats). He has gotten thrown out on the bases so many times this season when he should not have even been running that you wonder why it has been tolerated.
Looks like 2 more have signed
GCL roster now showing Silva and Gonzalez on the roster, so our 9th and 30th rounders have inked. Gonazalez will be interesting to watch as he put up some insane hitting #s in JUCO ball.
Re: Looks like 2 more have signed
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Originally Posted by
mac624
GCL roster now showing Silva and Gonzalez on the roster, so our 9th and 30th rounders have inked. Gonazalez will be interesting to watch as he put up some insane hitting #s in JUCO ball.
I wonder how Silva is going to get much PT in that stacked OF that already boasts Yorman, Duran, Morrison, and Bowe?
Going to be real interesting to see them work that
OF rotation. Silva known for plus speed and defense, but the hitting is well behind those. At least the Reds are stacked with athletes all over the place on that team at just about every position.
Re: Going to be real interesting to see them work that
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mac624
OF rotation. Silva known for plus speed and defense, but the hitting is well behind those. At least the Reds are stacked with athletes all over the place on that team at just about every position.
Plus they can take advantage of the DH. Silva has a good looking BP swing. Hopefully the coaches can work with him and they can get it working well in games.
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
I like Juan Silva a lot. Good to see him in the fold.
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Saw this little blurb about Tim Crabbe on a Cali web site:
http://presidiosports.com/2009/06/wo...sters-win-4-3/
NOTES: Tim Crabbe, who pitched for Westmont and the Foresters, signed a contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday and will head out to play for their rookie-level club in Billings, Montana on Friday. Foresters shortstop Michael Liberto will head back home to Louisiana for surgery after being diagnosed with a torn labrum. He will be out for the rest of the summer.
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OBM, can you update the first post to reflect the recent signings, please? Thanks and keep up the great job down here on the ole Farm!
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SirFelixCat
OBM, can you update the first post to reflect the recent signings, please? Thanks and keep up the great job down here on the ole Farm!
I can no longer edit that post. A mod will have to do it.
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
Anyone got a quick list of updates, I'll change the first post if you do.
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
1. Mike Leake, RHP ASU
1A. Brad Boxberger, RHP USC
2. Billy Hamilton SS-CF Taylorsville HS
3. Donny Joseph LHP-Reliever U of Houston
4. Mark Fleury C UNC Chapel Hill
5. Daniel Tuttle RHP Randleman HS
6. Mark Serrano RHP Oral Roberts
7. Josh Fellhauer CF Cal State Fullerton
8. Juan Silva CF Puerto Rican BB Acad.
9. Brian Pearl RHP-Reliever U Washington
10. Tucker Barnhart C Brownsburg HS LOI Ga. Tech
11. Harold Johnson RHP Trinity Christian Acad.
12. Josh Garton RF Volunteer State CC
13. Nick Christiani RHP Vanderbilt
14. Tim Crabbe RHP Westmont Col.
15. James Walczak RHP Mercyhurst Col.
16. Chase Fowler C South Forsythe HS
17. Devin Marrerro SS Amer. Heritage HS
18. Stephen Perez SS Gulliver Prep School
19. Mitchell Clarke LHP Forrest Hts Collegiate Inst. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (HS)
20. Matt Valaika 2B USC Santa Barbara
21. Jonathan Reed RHP Memorial HS Ok
22. David Stewart 1B Grayson CCC
23. Chris Richburg 1B Texas Tech
24. Derrick Lowery 1B Young Harris College
25. Michael Monster RHP Rutland Secondary School British Columbia
26. Vernon Manz C U of Sou. Fla.
27. Stefan DePino LHP Dorman HS SC
28. Derek Poppert SS U of SF Jr.
29. Jason Braun RHP Corban College Oregon Sr.
30. Yovan Gonzalez C Wabash Valley Jr College Puerto Rico
31. Adian Kummet RHP St. Scholastica Div III
32. Shane Carlson SS UC Santa Barbara
33. William Stramp 3B Lubbock Christian NAIA
34. Forest Cannon RHP UC Santa Barbara
35. Oliver Santos 3B U South Carolina Salkehatchie JC
36. Chris Burleson SS U of Southern Maine Div III
37. Dayne Read CF Chipola JC
38. Thomas Nurre 1B St. Xavier HS/Miami University Jr.
39. Paul Barton RHP Kwalikum HS
40. Michael Robertson CF Bellevue CC
41. Jacob Wiley RHP Marist College Sr.
42. Blair Carson RHP Anderson University in SC
43. Richard Bowen RHP Mississippi State U
44. Javon Shepherd CF Navarro College Jr.
45. Brian Adams CF South Forsythe HS Georgia
46. Timothy Dunn RHP Trevecca Nazarene U.
47. Jason Hampton RHP Rockland HS (CA)
48. Kenny Swab C Young Harris College Jr.
49. Darion Hamilton CF Taylorsville HS Mississippi
50. Chris Page 1B Genesee CC NY Jr.
UD Chase Ware RHP Ole Miss
Someone said they saw 9th rounder Brian Pearl showing up on the Billings roster but he's not on there now.
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings
Re: 2009 Reds draft signings