5/7/12

Draft Notes 5-7-12 – Rock Rucker, ‘XMLBScout’ Mock,


A personal favorite of mine, Russell County (TX) H.S. OF Rock Rucker, has been moving up the mock charts lately. I’ve seen him consistently in the 3-4 round range and someone had him in the second last week. Double R is well known for his bat, but don’t be surprised the 6-5 lefty isn’t drafted as a potential rotational starter. He routinely runs it up to the mid-90s. 



1.)Astros - Kevin Gausman, RHP - LSU (New ownership group and GM want an impact player that will move quickly in the system with the Astros and Gausman makes a lot of sense here, even though they love Buxton as well.)

2.)Twins - Mike Zunino, C - Florida

3.)Mariners - Mark Appel, RHP - Stanford

4.)Orioles - Byron Buxton, OF - Appling County HS, GA

5.)Royals - Marcus Stroman, RHP - Duke

6.)Cubs - Michael Wacha RHP - Texas A&M

7.)Padres - Kyle Zimmer, RHP, San Francisco U

8.)Pirates - Carlos Correa, SS, Puerto Rico HS Academy, PR

9.)Marlins - Lance McCullers, RHP - Jesuit HS, Tampa FL

10.)Rockies - Courtney Hawkins, OF, Carroll HS, Corpus Christi, TX

11.)Athletics - Deven Marrero, SS - Arizona State

12.)Mets - Albert Almora, CF, Mater HS, FL

                        (there is no way in hell that Luc Giolito falls this far AND the Mets pass on him…)




2 comments:

Sadiq Rahman said...

Wow, probably a Yankee fan who purposely made Giolito fall to them at #30.

On another note, I hear the Mets won't pass up on Courtney Hawkins at 12.

Anyway, still way too early. Can't wait to see the hundreds of changes to the draft board in the coming weeks.

Mack Ade said...

there is a lot of twitter chatter on Hawkins, mostly from him...

OF wise, Buxton is #1 on board but will not be still there at 12...

current board after that, in order: Almora, Dahl, Hawkins, Roache