2007 MLB First Year Player Draft - Cincinnati Reds

[Az. Reds Fan]

Looks like Stouffer is staying at A&M.

http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/wire.asp

Well, mabey it's time to allocate some of those funds towards Alexander. MLB slot suggestions be damned.

[Kc61]

Let's just wait until midnight to despair. Maybe a couple of these top 30s will get signed today. Krivsky tends to like to sign his picks.

[corkedbat]

Do we know if any of these are going JUCO and may be Draft-and-follows?

[dougdirt]

Draft and Follows no longer exist.

[Eric_Davis]

Well, it's way past midnight, and no reports on this thread that the four have signed, so I'm assuming those four unsigned remained unsigned, thus keeping them out of professional baseball in Major League affiliated leagues until next year's draft?

[dougdirt]

I guess we will find out for sure in the morning.... but it looks like Hildenbrandt was the last guy to sign with the Reds.

[fearofpopvol1]

So do we get a 4A pick for Stouffer next year?

I really think they should've tried harder for Alexander (unless they somehow someway made that happen).

[dougdirt]

I think you only get replacement picks for the first 3 rounds. Although 3rd round picks you only receive a supplemental 3rd round pick regardless of where you drafted a player.

[fearofpopvol1]

Ah, that sucks.

So I'm guessing it's confirmed that none of the other picks signed?

[texasdave]

The Reds had 6 selections in the first three rounds and signed all of them. If Hildenbrandt did indeed sign, they inked 9 of their top 10 selections. Good job, Wayne!

[camisadelgolf]

24 out of the first 28 seems pretty good to me.

[Eric_Davis]

24 out of the first 28 seems pretty good to me.

That's tremendous.

[fearofpopvol1]

The other thing that sucks is that out of the 18 players total that the Reds didn't sign, 13 of them were pitchers.

[GoReds33]

The other thing that sucks is that out of the 18 players total that the Reds didn't sign, 13 of them were pitchers.

How many that didn't sign were out of highschool?

[Gallen5862]

This is the updated signings list for the Reds.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft....php?team=CIN7

2007 Draft: Cincinnati Reds

Players signed indicated in Bold


Round Overall Player Position School State
1 15 Devin*Mesoraco c Punxsutawney (Pa.) HS PA
As strong as this year's high school class was considered at the outset of the season, it got even better when high school righthanders Jarrod Parker and Nevin Griffith and Mesoraco came out of the gate showing better tools and ability than they had last summer and fall. Griffith and Mesoraco appeared in showcases, but they didn't show impact potential until this spring, and Mesoraco has been the biggest riser of them all. An arm injury led to Tommy John surgery when he was a sophomore, and he was relegated to DH duties as a junior. His arm strength has slowly returned, and this spring he has shown a 70 arm with quick, efficient releases. Defensively, Mesoraco compares favorably to 2001 Angels first-rounder Jeff Mathis, with athleticism serving as the foundation of an agile, quick-twitch player who receives and blocks exceptionally well. He shows above-average bat speed and 50-55 power at the plate. He's a solid-average runner, too, rounding out a legitimate five-tool package that probably won't make it out of the first round.
1s 34 Todd*Frazier 3b Rutgers NJ
1s 53 Kyle*Lotzkar rhp South Delta (B.C.) SS BC
2 79 Zack*Cozart ss Mississippi MS
3 104 Scott*Carroll rhp Missouri State MO
3 109 Neftali*Soto 3b Colegio Marista HS, Manati, P.R. PR
4 139 Blake*Stouffer 3b/of Texas A&M TX
5 169 Drew*Bowman lhp Nebraska NE
6 199 Evan*Hildenbrandt rhp Mennonite Educational Institute SS, Abbotsford, B.C. BC
7 229 Brandon*Waring 3b Wofford SC
8 259 Drew*O'Neill rhp Penn State PA
9 289 Alexis*Oliveras of Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, Guaynabo, P.R. PR
10 319 Harris*Honeycutt rhp South Carolina SC
11 349 Jordan*Wideman c Streetsville SS, Mississauga, Ont. ON
12 379 Scott*Gaffney rhp/ss Penn State PA
13 409 Brandon*Menchaca of Delaware DE
14 439 Joseph*Krebs lhp Texas TX
15 469 Matt*Klinker rhp Furman SC
16 499 Shea*Snowden lhp Brandon (Miss.) HS MS
17 529 Jesse*Craig rhp Brigham Young UT
18 559 Taylor*Jordan rhp Merritt Island (Fla.) HS FL
19 589 Jeff*Jeffords rhp South Carolina SC
20 619 Jake*Kahaulelio ss Oral Roberts OK
21 649 Jeremy*Horst lhp Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) GA
22 679 Tyler*Rhoden rhp Vanderbilt TN
23 709 Jason*Bour c George Mason VA
24 739 Frank*Meade c Rutgers NJ
25 769 Eli*Rimes 1b Sonoma State (Calif.) CA
26 799 Curtis*Partch rhp Merced (Calif. ) JC CA
27 829 Jason*Roenicke rhp Cuesta (Calif.) JC CA
28 859 Derrick*Conaster rhp Tallahassee (Fla.) CC FL
29 889 Steven*Otterness lhp Embry-Riddle (Fla.) FL
30 919 Brett*Bartles 3b Duke NC
31 949 Jordan*Hotchkiss rhp Brevard (N.C.) NC
32 978 Brandon*Douglas ss Northern Iowa IA
33 1007 Brodie*Pullen 3b Calhoun (Ga.) HS GA
34 1036 Jeremy*Vinyard rhp Boaz (Ala.) HS AL
35 1065 Thad*Weber rhp Nebraska NE
36 1094 Leon*Landry 3b Baker (La.) HS LA
37 1122 Scott*Alexander lhp Cardinal Newman HS, Santa Rosa, Calif. CA
38 1150 Ari*Ronick lhp Portland OR
39 1178 Jimmy*Nelson rhp Niceville (Fla.) HS FL
40 1206 Ross*Hopkins c Tyee HS, Seatac, Wash. WA
41 1232 Kevin*Hickey of Concordia (N.Y.) NY
42 1258 Sean*Bierman lhp Kinnelon (N.J.) HS NJ
43 1284 Austin*Taylor 3b Thomas County Central HS, Thomasville, Ga. GA
44 1310 Josh*Beal rhp Independence (Kan.) CC KS
45 1336 Jordan*Brown rhp Meridian (Miss.) CC MS
46 1360 Mike*McGuire rhp Delaware DE
47 1383 Drew*Benes 3b Westminster Christian Academy, St. Louis MO
48 1404 Michael*Henry rhp St. Patrick's HS, Ottawa, Ont. ON
49 1425 Cameron*Gray rhp Silverthorn Collegiate HS, Toronto ON
50 1446 Jordan*Chambless rhp Texas A&M TX