Re: The 2007 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft Discussion Thread (Day 2)
Round 7:
Reds pick Brandon Waring 3B Wofford College
Waring is 6'04" 195 lbs and is a junior.
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ABOUT BRANDON WARING
POSITION: Third base
HT.: 6-foot-4
WT.: 195 pounds
BATS/THROWS: Right/right
YEAR: Junior
HIGH SCHOOL: All-state his senior season at Airport
STATS: Waring leads the team in batting average (.405), runs (73), hits (87), home runs (27), RBIs (73) and stolen bases (12). He was named a Louisville Slugger player of the week after compiling a .560 batting average with five home runs and 16 RBIs in five games of the Southern Conference tournament.
Looks promising.
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42 BB/58 SO's...appears as if he has some plate patience. As stated earlier, looks promising
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Reds Fanatic
Reds pick Evan Hildenbrandt RHP Mennonite Educational Inst.
He is 6'2" and 190 lbs.
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Reds Fanatic
Round 7:
Reds pick Brandon Waring 3B Wofford College
Waring is 6'04" 195 lbs and is a junior.
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Did some of the bigger names go already? What's wrong with taking a flyer on Carpenter?
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edabbs44
Did some of the bigger names go already? What's wrong with taking a flyer on Carpenter?
Signability. It's a Kent thing. They suck you into staying there 6+ years. I should know. ;) :p: :laugh:
Re: The 2007 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft Discussion Thread (Day 2)
8th round, pick 259:
Andrew O'Neil, RHP, Penn St.
6'3" 200lbs. 11/08/85
Red Shirt Soph, I believe.
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I want Paul Henley, OF for Rice University
Too late.
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AdamDunn
I want Paul Henley, OF for Rice University
Too late. Was just taken by St. Louis.
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I found this, I assume this is the same person.
Facts
#39 Drew O'Neil
Junior / Sophomore - Pitcher, R/R
Height: 6-3
Weight: 200 lbs.
Hometown: Roswell, Georgia
High School: Young Harris College
Young Harris College (Freshman):
Played for the Mountain Lions for one season under head coach Rick Robinson....Helped lead the team to a 48-16 record as a sophomore....Was a member of a GJCAA championship team in his only year at Young Harris.
Wake Forest (Redshirt):
Took a medical redshirted in his only year at Wake Forest after having Tommy John surgery.
Blessed Trinity HS:
Earned four varsity letters at Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell, Ga....Was an All-County honorable mention selection as a sophomore....Went 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA and was a first team All-County pick and was also named to the Dugout Club All-Tournament team as a junior....Team went a combined 28-2 in the region over his final two years and won back-to-back regional championships....Also participated in football.
Background:
Andrew Michael O’Neil was born on November 8, 1985 in Atlanta, Ga....The son of David and Kathy O’Neil, he has an older brother, Richard (24) and an older sister, Kristen (22)....Drew is majoring in economics.
Robbie Wine on Drew O’Neil
- “Drew will have an immediate impact on this team’s success. He is a good student from an outstanding academic junior college, Young Harris down in Georgia. His experience will be of great value to our staff.”
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Re: The 2007 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft Discussion Thread (Day 2)
Round 9, pick# 289
Alexis Oliveras, CF, PR BB Academy.
03/29/89. T-R, B-L. 6'0"
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O’Neil Opens Eyes
Posted May. 29, 2007 12:35 pm by Alan Matthews
Filed under: Sleepers, College
The rise of Devin Mesoraco was easily the most exciting story of amateur baseball in Pennsylvania this year. While Mesoraco, a senior catcher from Punxsutawney, made his move early this spring, the last month of the season saw a college prospect from the Keystone State make a push, albeit not nearly as high in draft stock as Mesoraco.
Drew O’Neil has accrued quite a bit of mileage during his college career, and he might get reimbursed finally on draft day, with a spot in the top 10 rounds. A Roswell, Ga., native, O’Neil committed to Wake Forest but never threw a pitch for the Demon Deacons, missing his freshman season in 2005 while he recovered from Tommy John surgery.
He transferred to Young Harris (Ga.) Junior College in 2006, but didn’t show the stuff to garner much consideration in the draft, and transferred a second time, this time to Penn State.
As a redshirt sophomore this season, O’Neill has finally found his calling. The 21-year-old righthander went 4-2, 1.34 this season with 11 saves in 23 appearances. His strikeouts were underwhelming, as he registered just 21 with 10 walks in 33 innings, but he held hitters to a .188 average.
He works from a low-three-quarters arm slot, which gives his delivery deception. He’s been up to 92 mph and will flash a plus slider at times, though it’s inconsistent. O’Neil’s been invited to a couple of pre-draft workouts for major league teams, and was on the rise at just the right time.
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EddieMilner
does that mean he is amish?
No the amish split from the menonite church years ago.
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Wynn Pelzer goes to the Padres at pick #297
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Falls City Beer
What will happen if the manager calls for a retaliatory beaning? Will he do it?
I've got to know!
Well if you've ever seen "Kingpin" then you should know the answer to this one. He'll bean the opposing player 1.5 times. Then he'll politely tell the other teams, I hope that didn't hurt too much, eh.