2006 Official MLB Draft Thread (Day 1)

[WVRed]

I'll update this page when picks are made. If anybody has anything they can find of players the Reds draft, feel free to reply.

[reds44]

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ev...Name&sp=L&pg=2

Prospect videos.

Ooops bad link.

New link:
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ev...=lastName&sp=A

[edabbs44]

Can we get a sticky on here? Tomorrow is a big, big day.

[WVRed]

Originally Posted by reds44

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ev...Name&sp=L&pg=2

Prospect videos.

Bad link.

[NewEraReds]

this should work

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ev...=lastName&sp=A

[edabbs44]

Just read that Joba might have arm problems. One club has major red flags on him.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/draft...t&lid=tab2pos1

[NewEraReds]

Originally Posted by edabbs44

Just read that Joba might have arm problems. One club has major red flags on him.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/draft...t&lid=tab2pos1

dont know what arm problems these are, but hes had problems a lot of this year

[reds44]

Draft Order:

First Round
1. Royals
2. Rockies
3. Devil Rays
4. Pirates
5. Mariners
6. Tigers
7. Dodgers
8. Reds
9. Orioles
10. Giants
11. Diamondbacks
12. Rangers
13. Cubs
14. Blue Jays
15. Nationals
16. Brewers
17. Padres
18. Phillies (from Mets for type A Wagner)
19. Marlins
20. Twins
21. Yankees (from Phillies for type A Gordon)
22. Nationals (from Athletics for type B Loaiza)
23. Astros
24. Braves
25. Angels (from Indians for type B Byrd)
26. Dodgers (fron Angels for type A Weaver)
27. Red Sox
28. Red Sox (from Yankees for type A Damon)
29. White Sox
30. Cardinals

Supplemental First Round
31. Dodgers (for Weaver)
32. Orioles (for Ryan)
33. Giants (for Eyre)
34. Diamondbacks (for Worrell)
35. Padres (for Hernandez)
36. Marlins (for Burnett)
37. Phillies (for Wagner)
38. Braves (for Farnsworth)
39. Indians (for Howry)
40. Red Sox (for Damon)
41. Yankees (for Gordon)
42. Cardinals (for Morris)
43. Braves (for Furcal)
44. Red Sox (for Mueller)

Second Round
45. Royals
46. Rockies
47. Devil Rays
48. Pirates
49. Mariners
50. Tigers
51. Braves (for type A Furcal)
52. Reds
53. Padres (for type A Hernandez)
54. Cardinals (for type A Morris)
55. Diamondbacks
56. Indians (for type B Millwood)
57. Indians (for type A Howry)
58. Orioles (for type A Ryan)
59. Nationals
60. Brewers
61. Padres
62. Mets
63. Marlins
64. Twins
65. Phillies
66. Athletics
67. Astros
68. Braves
69. Indians
70. Nationals (for type B Carrasco)
71. Red Sox
72. Braves (for type A Farnsworth)
73. White Sox
74. Cardinals

Supplemental Second Round
75. Indians (for Elarton)
76. Cardinals (for Nunez)

Third Round
77. Royals
78. Rockies
79. Devil Rays
80. Pirates
81. Mariners
82. Tigers
83. Red Sox (for type A Mueller)
84. Reds
85. Orioles
86. Diamondbacks (for type A Worrell)
87. Diamondbacks
88. Rangers
89. Giants (for type A Eyre)
90. Marlins (for type A Burnett)
91. Nationals
92. Brewers
93. Padres
94. Mets
95. Marlins
96. Twins
97. Phillies
98. Athletics
99. Astros
100. Braves
101. Indians
102. Angels
103. Red Sox
104. Yankees
105. White Sox
106. Cardinals

Fourth Round
107. Royals
108. Rockies
109. Devil Rays
110. Pirates
111. Mariners
112. Tigers
113. Dodgers
114. Reds
115. Orioles
116. Giants
117. Diamondbacks
118. Rangers
119. Twins (for type B Jones)
120. Blue Jays
121. Nationals
122. Brewers
123. Padres
124. Mets
125. Marlins
126. Twins
127. Phillies
128. Athletics
129. Astros
130. Braves
131. Indians
132. Angels
133. Red Sox
134. Yankees
135. White Sox
136. Cardinals

Fifth Round and Up
137. Royals
138. Rockies
139. Devil Rays
140. Pirates
141. Mariners
142. Tigers
143. Dodgers
144. Reds
145. Orioles
146. Giants
147. Diamondbacks
148. Rangers
149. Cubs
150. Blue Jays
151. Nationals
152. Brewers
153. Padres
154. Mets
155. Marlins
156. Twins
157. Phillies
158. Athletics
159. Astros
160. Braves
161. Indians
162. Angels
163. Red Sox
164. Yankees
165. White Sox
166. Cardinals

Compensation Picks
The former Club of a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A, B or C Player shall be entitled to receive compensation in the form of a draft choice in the First-Year Player Draft succeeding the Player’s election of free agency.

A Type A, B or C Player shall be a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A, B or C Player under the statistical system of ranking Players set forth by the Elias Sports Bureau using statistics based on a two-year average for each respective position group.

Type A Players: Ranks in the upper 30% of his respective position group
Type B Players: Ranks in the upper 50%, but not in the upper 30%, of his respective position group
Type C Players: Ranks in the upper 60%, but not in the upper 50%, of his respective position group

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First time I will be really paying attention to the draft, and I can't wait. Draft starts at 1 pm.

[Outshined_One]

Word out of KC is that the Royals have agreed to a contract with Brad Lincoln and will be taking him #1 overall.

This is going to be a fun draft, especially with rumors swirling about Andrew Miller's contract demands (8 figures?!).

[Javy Pornstache]

Originally Posted by Outshined_One

Word out of KC is that the Royals have agreed to a contract with Brad Lincoln and will be taking him #1 overall.

This is going to be a fun draft, especially with rumors swirling about Andrew Miller's contract demands (8 figures?!).

Wow, thanks for the tidbit, Outshined. I wonder if this comes true tomorrow....there had been a lot of talk that the Royals weren't going to come to an agreement with Andrew Miller, so Lincoln would be a great first pick for them. I wonder where that'd leave Miller? Colorado has pick 2 but they are apparently really enamored with Evan Longoria, as is Tampa Bay. So it's safe to say that they will be picks 2 and 3, but a matter of who gets who. I like Morrow a lot for the Reds' pick, and can see it play out to where we get him, but I think a key is what the Pirates do at 4....they seem to really like Greg Reynolds of Stanford and could go for him there. Then Hochevar, Stubbs and Kershaw as the next three picks would let the Reds have their pick from Morrow, Lincecum or Bard. We'll find out soon enough!

[Outshined_One]

Looks like the draft could get really fun. The KC Star has some fun little tidbits about Miller that could see him drop:

[Andrew] Miller, 21, is generally viewed as the draft's top prospect after going 12-2 with a 2.26 ERA in 15 starts at North Carolina with 108 strikeouts and 35 walks in 103 2/3 innings.

But reports escalated in recent days that Miller is nursing an arm injury that, perhaps, caused a late-season decline in effectiveness. He is just 3-2 with a 3.67 ERA in his last five starts.

Even if healthy, Miller presents the Royals with potential signability concerns. The buzz among scouts is he wants a major-league contract plus a signing bonus of at least $6 million -- perhaps as much as $8 million.

Miller's stuff has apparently been fine, but I wonder if the injury's affecting his control or mechanics?

This doesn't appear to be as bad as Bobby Brownlie back in 2002, though. Still, it merits watching.

[SirFelixCat]

Excited about this years draft as well...let me ask you guys, "if" Miller were to fall to the Reds, would they take him and would you want them to?

[Red Leader]

This will be the official draft thread. I edited the title because we'll keep track of all picks in this thread, not just the Reds picks. I have "stickied" it as well. Draft starts at 1PM. After the Reds first pick we can start a new thread listing just Reds players if you would like so people don't have to sort through what will likely be close to 100 pages of information to find out about players the Reds have drafted.

Enjoy the draft.

[Reds Fanatic]

Channel 189 on XM will have coverage of the entire draft. Today starting at 1 and tomorrow at noon.

MLB radio is also covering the whole draft. Also MLB.COM will have video coverage of the 1st round of the draft.

[M2]

I just mentioned this in another thread, but if somehow Miller drops to the Reds at #8, it will be a moment of truth for the franchise.

Previous regimes would have had a zillion excuses for why they couldn't draft the best pitcher in the draft, the best young pitcher they might get their hands over the next decade. As a fan I've grown tired of can't-do. I want the Reds to be the best and to do that they need to figure out how to get the best.

It's starting to look like the Castellini regime is about to be given a golden opportunity to prove its worth. If Andrew Miller's on the board at #8 we'll find out what the Reds think of themselves.