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By Jimmy, 6/29/2009 8:58 am

Altanta pitcher Tommy Hanson was sick yesterday.

No, I don’t mean sick as in “phat”, “off the hook”, “impressive”, or “surprisingly effective”.  I mean sick as in “ill”.  But not “ill” in the Beastie Boys sense.  I mean ill as in “having the flu”, “ailing”, “not well”, “spasmodically vomiting”, or “in need of immediate medical attention”.

Anyway, Hanson was throwing a tad slower than he has in his other starts, maxing out at 94 when he typically maxes out at 96-97.  And, he wasn’t missing many bats (2 Ks in 6 innings).  However, he must have made some sort of adjustment, because the young pitcher was nearly unhittable.  I wonder what he was doing differently yesterday?  Well, according to the pitch FX data, nearly half of his pitches were breaking balls.

Look, all I’m saying is: if I was a pitcher, and I was suffering from some sort of illness, I’d probably use it to my advantage by lathering the baseball with infectious puss.  I’d spackle so much puce-tinted snot on the ball, it would look like a squeeky-toy belonging to the dog from Turner & Hooch.  If Hanson did this (and I’m not saying he did), I tip my hat to this enterprising young lad.

Anyway, the 2009 iteration of interleague play comes to a merciful end, and the Sox walk away with a 11-7 record.  Fine with me.

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By Jimmy, 6/26/2009 6:42 am

According to  multiple sources, the sweep aspirations of the Boston Red Sox died in Washington D.C. at approximately 9:41 PM last night.  Paramedics arrived on the scene and determined that Boston’s bats had no pulse.  They attempted to revive Boston’s bats, but after a brief burst of futility in the form of a Rocco Baldelli 2-run HR, the offense remained lifeless.

Authorities are awaiting autopsy results before officially announcing the cause of death, but initial reports indicate that Boston’s sweep hopes died of old age…John Smoltz’s old age, that is.  Smoltz began to display symptoms in the first inning, after giving up 4 runs to the worst team in baseball.  Boston’s sweep chances were given last rights in the third inning, after the Nationals increased their lead to 5-0 and it was apparent that the Red Sox offense was in a vegetative state.

Boston’s sweep aspirations were two days old at the time of death.  They leave behind 90 unplayed regular season baseball games.

A candlelight vigil will be held at Turner Field in Atlanta, GA at 7:30 PM tonight.

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By TRic, 6/25/2009 1:36 am

Daisuke Matsuzaka is injured yet again.  After winning the MVP of the WBC, Daisuke has gone down twice with shoulder fatigue.  He simply continues to lose his control and has moments where his arm looks completely drained. 

Daisuke has looked bad this season.  This has led people to scream crazy things like “trade him” or “option him” which simply would not work with the contract he has.  Even worse some people have said cut him and that he is a completely bust already.  This is a man a season removed 18-3 season with 2.90 ERA getting fourth in the Cy Young voting.  Even with this terrible season Daisuke has a career 114 ERA+ and a record of 34-20 in less than three years in the AL East which is right around what Beckett did in his first two years and third here in Boston.  This is also a guy making 8 million a year (he is not getting paid the posting fee, and it really shouldn’t be looked at as a payroll expense, I will get into that later).  The guy is an absolute icon in Japan and his signing has already influenced other signings including 23 year old prospect Junichi Tazawa whose 2.92 ERA leaves him in the top ten of Eastern League starters.

So can a couple of bad starts make someone with those numbers called a bust this early in his career.  Well  Daisuke is a victim of his own hype.

Daisuke Matsuzaka is victim of several things.  First he was suppose to have a legendary pitch that would make people break out into anime induced seisures called a gyroball.   It was suppose to more unhittable than Rosie O’Donnell on a Sizzler Binge.  The “gyroball” is nothing more than when Daisuke fails to put sufficient spin on his cut fastball or sinking slider.  It is more of a shuuto than a gyroball which is a nibbling pitch which when thrown properly keeps hitters from making proper contact as it moves sort of like a reverse slider.  Effective but it requires pitching on the outside of the strike zone.

That leads in Daisuke’s biggest problem.  Even when he is rolling he is one of the most frustrating pitchers to watch.  Daisuke simply refuses to allow decent contact on the ball and much rather walk a hitter than throw a ball into the heart of the strike zone.  In turn this leads to slow games with many walks and seemingly high pitch count.  This then started the thinking that Daisuke is only a 5 IP pitcher when really he averaged closer to six last year (if you eliminate the game he got injured in 2009 and the game when he came back too soon he actually averaged more than 6 IP a start).

Finally is the issue of the 51 million dollar posting fee.  People continue to place this amount as part of his pay making him almost 17 million a year pitcher.  The fact is the posting fee is more of an investment than salary.  First of all the team doesn’t pay luxury tax on it.  Secondly the team used the posting fee to help leap the Red Sox from obscurity to the most followed MLB team in Japan.  It was a market the Red Sox were looking to get into.  The posting fee is closer to buying the Salem Single A franchise than actual payroll.  People can argue that the Red Sox don’t see the 51 million back from getting Daisuke but I have hard time believing that.  This team is simply the best at generating revenue by any means possible and I doubt they haven’t been able to exploit their new found fame in Japan.

The truth of the matter is that without hype, Daisuke is the 28 year old No. 3 pitcher who has above No. 3 numbers and a reasonable salary.  8 million is cheap for pitcher with 114 ERA+.  The team has .609 winning percentage on days Daisuke Matsuzaka starts.  Right now Daisuke is not right, however it is hard to believe he is completely done.  More likely he never properly recovered from the WBC which is frustrating.  Current frustration aside calling Daisuke a bust right now is foolish.  Almost as foolish as giving Lugo 36/4 deal…

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By Jimmy, 6/24/2009 5:30 pm

I’ll preface this by saying that the Coco Crisp/Ramon Ramirez trade was pretty fair without the power of hindsight.  I posted my thoughts here a day after the trade was made, basically saying that the deal was a slight win for the Red Sox, but both teams were filling a need.

Now that we revisit the deal, it could not have turned out better for Boston or worse for the Kansas City Royals.

Crisp’s 2009 season will end as he undergoes surgery for a torn labrum.  His final line will be .228/.336/.378 in 215 plate appearances.  He was playing hurt, so we can’t really pin his sub-par numbers on a career decline.  Since Crisp’s contract has a club option for $8 million in 2010, he has likely played his final game in a Royals uniform, and there probably will not be any draft-day compensation for his departure.

Ramon Ramirez, on the other hand, has been nothing short of outstanding.  He’s been one of the best set-up relievers in the American League.  And the best part of the deal?  He’s under Red Sox control for the next few years (with arbitration).   He is a key component of a championship-caliber bullpen.

Meanwhile, Coco Crisp’s replacement is hitting .311/.361/.407 with 30 SBs in 36 attempts, and is currently 6th in AL All-Star voting for outfielders.

Put this one in Theo Epstein’s win column.

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By Jimmy,

This game had the makings of a nauseating pile of frustration throughout the first 6 innings, as the Sox seemed to have the art of letting John Lannan off the hook perfected almost to a science.  Lannan may have a tight ERA, but everything about him just oozes mediocrity.  His stuff, his command, his mound presence, all of it just screams “happy to be here!”.  Somehow, some way, he’s escaped without completely imploding in most of his appearances, and last night was no different.

To prove that my perception of Lannan isn’t off-base, here’s some quantitative data to support it: his ERA minus FIP  (a rough measure of luck on the pitcher’s mound) is the second lowest among NL starters according to fangraphs.com.

Anyway, the Red Sox managed to punish Washington’s bullpen (as many other teams have done this season).

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You probably haven’t heard of Craig Stamnen.  He’s a 25-year-old who was pitching single-A ball last season, and features an 89 MPH fastball.  Jordan Zimmerman is probably Washington’s best pitcher right now (an honor akin to “Uzbekistan’s best sumo wrestler” or something).

I will be extremely furious if the Red Sox fail to win either of these two games by a margin of less than 5 runs.

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By Jimmy, 6/22/2009 6:53 am

I was never a huge fan of Nick Green, and I still don’t think he’s as good of a player as most Red Sox fans seem to believe he is.  However, he’s done a lot of things right and not many things wrong over the course of this season, and that is exactly the opposite of what you can say about his main job competition (Julio Lugo).  With Jed Lowrie playing in his first rehab game for Pawtucket and set to return to the lineup soon, Nick Green just may have given himself the extra bit of job security he needs to stick for the remainder of the season.

The Pesky Pole walk-off HR from yesterday afternoon really represents the 2009 Nick Green Odyssey quite well.  It wasn’t really hit tremendously well, but it was hit in the right place at the right time, and it helped the Red Sox win.  Expect Nick Green to inheret Alex Cora’s role when Jed Lowrie returns to full strength.

Some other notes from the game:

• Thanks, Blue: the non-strike call on J.D. Drew (right before he hit the go-ahead RBI) was probably the worst non-strike call I’ve seen this season.  Bobby Cox and Chipper Jones were rightfully incensed.  If Jim Leyland was managing, he probably would have had a heart attack right there on the field.
• Tim Wakefield was mediocre, and considering Josh Beckett’s masterful performance on Saturday, the All-Star hopes continue to dwindle for the knuckleballer.
• Daisuke to the DL (catcher Dusty Brown gets called up).  Matsuzaka is suffering from a case of Johnwasdinitis, but the official diagnosis is “weak shoulder”.  Whatever.  The folks who hate the World Baseball Classic are being handed some juicy fodder on a silver platter here.

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By Jimmy, 6/20/2009 7:57 am

Daisuke Matsuzaka has to be, at least temporarily, removed from the rotation.  Forget about the money (sunk cost), forget about the Revenue Streams™.  Right now, this pitcher is a walking 6-run loss.  It shouldn’t be tolerated in an organization with so many talented starters.

The six-man rotation idea is a bad one for two reasons: 1) It includes Daisuke Matsuzaka in the rotation, when he is not fit to be pitching in the major leagues at the moment, and 2) it is an unnecessary change in routine for 5 other good starters who are all used to 4 day rest.  Let’s take the six-man rotation off the table.

Since we do know that he has the ability to be a pretty good starter, he’s still young, and, well, he has an ironclad no-trade clause, we can’t just jettison the guy.  So, one thing must happen.  It must be discovered that Daisuke has some sort of injury.  Yeah, that’s the ticket, that’s why he’s been pitching like festering coyote shit.  He’s got an injury, see?  This is the only rational move to make at this point.

Daisuke, you have a stained oblique.  No, no, you don’t feel fine, listen to me: you have a strained oblique.   Please take a week off, then go directly to Lowell for a rehab assignment.  Hopefully during a three week absence from the major leagues you will remember how to fucking pitch…er…I mean…that oblique strain will be healed.

We can only hope that the same medicine used on Clay Buchholz to cure his issues last season will work on Matsuzaka.  We know he has the stuff, we know he has the ability to get major league hitters out.  He’s lost, and needs to find his way.  He can start looking in Single-A ball.

John Smoltz, come on down.

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By Jeff, 6/19/2009 10:57 am

As we’re looking forward to a rain-soaked weekend, check out this site: Flip Flop Flyball

It’s a pretty cool way to chew up a few minutes of time.

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By Jimmy,

You see, this is what happens when you bench J.D. Drew in your previous game.

It was an odd day for Jon Lester, who gave up several seeing-eye ground ball type hits that didn’t end up hurting him, but also gave up two towering blasts which were, of course, the sole source of run support of Ricky Nolasco.

Nolasco allowed only 2 baserunners in his 5 innings of work.  Not bad for a guy with an ERA in Dice-K territory.

Just an FYI: the weather report for the next 3 days is looking grim.  So, don’t be surprised to see a double header this weekend.

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By Jimmy, 6/17/2009 1:28 pm

Generally, I’m against doling out All-Star honors as lifetime achievement awards.  People tend to cite the number of ASG appearances a player has compiled as a testament to his greatness, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me.

“Cal Ripken appeared in 19 All-Star Games!”  Right, but he only should have appeared in 12.
“Ozzie Smith appeared in 15 All-Star games!”  Fine, but he should have played in only 7.   Ect.

Anyway, the grumblings around these parts is that Tim Wakefield should be selected to the 2009 American League All-Star team.  Should he?  Let’s see.  Currently, Tim Wakefield has done this (I’ll reference triple crown stats here, since they are the likely determinants):

As far as I can tell, there are 6 starters who are clearly ahead of Wakefield in the pecking order, considering the teams they play for (remember, each team needs 1 representative) and their performance to date.

Now, we’ll assume 7 starters are taken.  6 were picked last year, but there have been fewer dominant performances by closers in the American League this season, so we’ll make the assumption that 1 more starting pitcher is taken this year.

Here are Wakefield’s competitors for that final “rotation” spot.

If you’re rooting for Wakefield to appear in the All-Star game, the above four guys are the pitchers who will need to fail (to some degree) over their next 3 starts.

Now, here is where Wakefield’s chances get hurt even more.  The Chicago White Sox (Mark Buehrle’s team) are a bad baseball team.  It is very likely that only 1 White Sox player will be sent to St. Louis this July, and there is a very good chance that this player will be Mark Buehrle.  If that’s the case, and the first six pitchers I listed above do not get hurt or falter precipitously, Wakefield’s chances are close to zero.  There simply won’t be room for him on the roster.

The odds are against him.

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By Jimmy, 6/16/2009 4:50 pm

The ballot counting monkeys (no, really…they hire trained chimpanzees to count All-Star ballots) over at MLB.com are indicating that the All-Star voting is very tight in the category of American League 1B.   Who should you vote for?  Well, let’s take a look at the year-to-date performances of the top three candidates:

I guess the takeaway from this is: vote for whichever guy you believe is providing the most value as a player.

If you’re one of those people who tend to value baseball players using their performances in areas such as “hitting”, “fielding”, “baserunning”, “helping his team win”, shit like that, then you should probably cast a vote for Kevin Youkilis.

If you place a heavier value weighting on qualities such as “being from Maryland”, “Twitter proficiency”, “marrying a fire-breathing Valkyrie pygmy”, and “possessing equine facial characteristics”, then you can vote for the other guy.

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By Jimmy,

Most of the recent trade rumors have focused on Brad Penny, but Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports tells us that reliever Takashi Saito has drawn interest from several teams.  Apparently, Hank Blalock was close to being dealt for Saito, but the recent injury to Josh Hamilton made the trade impossible.

The interest in Saito surprises me, since a) Saito is older than dirt, and b) the Red Sox have a handful of other pitchers who are less expensive and would be more attractive in a trade (Masterson, Delcarmen).  However, as I’ve mentioned before, Saito seems to be pitching like the guy who dominated the National League for three years.

Saito since May:

If he can continue at a pace even close to that, he’s probably worth holding on to.  Trading Saito wouldn’t solve the problem of the rotation logjam when Smoltz arrives, and it probably wouldn’t give the Sox a return equal to the spoils received if Manny Delcarmen was dealt.

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By Jimmy, 6/15/2009 6:37 am

It had to happen eventually. Sure, he throws 100 MPH and compliments that with some nasty offspeed stuff, but every once in a while Daniel Bard can still display a hint of the wildness that dogged him during his first professional seasons in A-ball.  Add to the equation a bandbox stadium and a hot hitting team, and the end result is the first shitty appearance of Bard’s young MLB career.  After two doubles, three walks, and four earned runs allowed, Bard’s ERA jumped from 0.75 to 3.55 during yesterday’s game.

The bigger story from the game was probably the derailing of the Josh Beckett Express.  The guy had been on a Pedro-esque streak of dominance over his last few starts, but it all came to a crashing halt in The House That Bobby Abreu Built.  On a positive note, it seemed like an example of good hitting (as opposed to bad pitching).  Beckett’s stuff didn’t seem far off from his stuff over the course of the last few games.  He may have left a few pitches over the plate, and the Phillies took advantage of them.

In a vacuum, I would say that Beckett should have never come out to pitch the 7th inning.  But, in this case, the Red Sox bullpen had been put through hell over the last few games, so I don’t fault Terry Francona for trying to squeeze one more inning out of Beckett.

Two out of three from the Defending Champs in their house?  I’ll take it.

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By Jimmy, 6/12/2009 3:45 pm

I don’t like interleague play.

I used to like the idea of it, back when there was no such thing.  When I was a kid, the idea of seeing players like Ozzie Smith, Nolan Ryan, and Fernando Valenzuela was very, very intriguing.  These NL stars were foreign and mysterious, and everything I knew about them was printed on the back of a 2 inch by 3 inch piece of cardboard I kept stashed in the closet.  Nowadays, in the age of HDTV, ESPN, FOX, MLB TV, and that little thing called “the internet”, it’s rather easy to see the stars of the National League.  It’s no big deal to catch Albert Pujols on TV…because Albert Pujols is always on TV.

My interest in the NL has morphed into frustration.  Why would they continue let their pitchers hit?  Can’t they see how unnatural it is?  Can’t they see how fans love home runs, and hate injured pitchers?

Baseball has evolved, folks.  Pitchers focus on pitching.  Asking a 6′5″ hurler to dig into the batters box is akin to hiring an accountant to fix your plumbing.  It’s illogical, and…dare I say it: un-American.  That’s right, you heard me.  The National League is un-American.  Letting pitchers hit?  That’s socialism.  Why not let everyone hit?  I think fans should get to hit…let me hit.  And give me free health care, while we’re at it.  Everything should be equal! Let designated hitters pitch.  I bet Big Papi can throw a mean slider, now that his eyesight has been fixed.  Just take the MLB rule book and light it on fire, and let everybody do whatever the fuck they want.  How does that sound?

It’s socialism, baby.  Someone get Sean Hannity on this, pronto.

Jon Lester and Daisuke Matsuzaka are a combined 1 for 20 at the plate during their MLB careers.  Even Josh Beckett, an NL transplant who is considered a decent hitter (by pitcher standards) is .147/.185/.218 during his career.  Their #1 goal while hitting during this weekend’s series is to not get hurt.

Eventually, someone with power in the MLB office will realize that the current paradigm doesn’t make sense, and will set the rule-changing process in motion.  Hopefully, it happens before the next Red Sox pitcher strains his oblique mid-swing.

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By Jimmy,

In his best start of the season, Brad Penny fully resembled the guy who represented the Dodgers in the All-Star Game two years ago.

The pitcher was touching 98 MPH and consistently sitting at 96 MPH with his fastball, all the while mixing in a deceiving volley of curveballs and changeups.  The Yankee lineup – the fully operational Yankee lineup – were certainly impressed with Penny’s stuff.

Unfortunately, it looks like Penny will be a victim of the numbers game, as John Smoltz is one rehab start away from joining the Red Sox.  While it’s great that Penny’s trade value has risen quite a bit over the past month, I have to admit: I like the guy, and I’ll be sad to see him go so soon.  There is actually one other pitcher I’d rather boot from the rotation, but it would be a PR nightmare for Terry Francona if he were to have the audacity to make that move.

Once Manny Delcarmen barfed up those runs in the 7th inning, I was fully resigned to a death by bullpen.  It has been such a rare occurrence this season, and I figured we were “due”.  Shame on me for expecting anything less than a continuance of the Megasweep ™.

Some other notes from the game:

• I know the mention of eye-problems sounded like a bit of a joke, but since that story came out on June 6th, David Ortiz is 6 for 15 with 3 HRs and 4 walks.
• Rocco Baldelli actually looked good in CF last night, including a possible game-saving diving catch in the late innings.
• Ex-Dodger pitchers have been on quite a roll.  Takashi Saito has a 1.50 ERA since April 24th (18 innings).

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By Jeff, 6/11/2009 2:19 pm

Day 3.

Round 31 Pick 948 - Shaughn Webb lhp Palm Beach CC FL
Round 32 Pick 978 - Michael Clark lhp American Heritage HS FL
Round 33 Pick 1008 - Blaze Tart rhp Pendleton School HS NC
Round 34 Pick 1038 - James Patterson lhp Central Arizona College AZ
Round 35 Pick 1068 - Matthew Milroy rhp Marmion Acadamy HS IL
Round 36 Pick 1098 - Michael Yastrzemski rf St John’s MA
Round 37 Pick 1128 - Matthew Koch rhp Washington HS IA
Round 38 Pick 1158 - Ezekiel Devoss cf Astronaut HS FL
Round 39 Pick 1188 - Gavin McCourt of Harvard-Westlake HS CA
Round 40 Pick 1218 - James Dykstra rhp Rancho Bernardo HS CA
Round 41 Pick 1248 - Kyle Rutter rhp North Carolina St NC
Round 42 Pick 1278 - Gera Sanchez rhp New Mexico JC MN
Round 43 Pick 1308 - Luke Maile c Covington Catholic HS KY
Round 44 Pick 1338 - Derrick Thomas rf Roswell HS GA
Round 45 Pick 1368 - Kyle Arnsberg c Arlington Lamar HS TX
Round 46 Pick 1398 - John Pivach rhp U of New Orleans LA
Round 47 Pick 1428 - Jordan Sallis 2b Arkansas- Ft Worth AR
Round 48 Pick 1458 - Brian Heere rf Kansas KS
Round 49 Pick 1488 - Chris Constantino 3b Bishop Hendricken HS RI
Round 50 Pick 1518 - Andrew Hedman 1b Ponoma-Pitzer College CA

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By Jimmy,

The Red Sox, using the same financial muscle utilized in the signing of top prospect Lars Anderson a few years back, have begun their annual tradition of depriving college baseball teams of highly-touted incoming freshman.

Their first victim is Auburn University, who will have one less running back on their football squad next season.  10th round pick Brandon Jacobs, a 5′11″ 245 pound (now that is a low center of gravity) high school slugger has decided to nix his commitment to the football factory and sign a contract with the Red Sox.  Jacobs, as you can probably imagine, is all about pure strength, and has a chance to develop into a powerful slugging corner OF/1B.

A few more “signability” high school draft picks who the Sox will work on over the next two months:

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By Jimmy,

The last time the Red Sox won seven straight games against New York to begin the season, a guy named Smokey Joe Wood was our best pitcher, and Archduke Ferdinand was still alive and well.  Of course, in 1912, the Red Sox had been the dominant franchise in baseball throughout the past decade.  I suppose history does repeat itself to some degree.

The one thing that stuck in my mind after last night’s closely fought win was the contribution of Hideki Okajima over the past three years in comparison to that of Daisuke Matsuzaka.  It seems like Daisuke has every qualitative factor working in his favor (age, stuff, endurance, talent, reputation) and the difference in money and effort spent to acquire each player definitely reflects that.

However, judging by their total WPA since they arrived here:

Matsuzaka: 3.99
Okajima: 4.36

Amazing, isn’t it?

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By Jeff, 6/10/2009 12:19 pm

I’ll be updating the draft picks here as they come in. Sometime this weekend, I’ll have bigger bios of these guys.

Round 4 Pick 138 - Jeremy Hazelbaker cf Ball St University IN
Round 5 Pick 168 - Seth Schwindenhammer lf Limestone Community HS IL
Round 6 Pick 198 - Branden Kline rhp Governor Thomas Johnson HS MD
Round 7 Pick 228 - Madison Younginer rhp Malden HS SC
Round 8 Pick 258 - Shannon Wilkerson rf Augusta State University GA
Round 9 Pick 288 - Kendal Volz rhp Baylor University TX
Round 10 Pick 318 - Brandon Jacobs lf Park View HS GA
Round 11 Pick 348 - Jason Thompson ss Germantown HS TN
Round 12 Pick 378 - Michael Thomas c Southern U A&M TX
Round 13 Pick 408 - Chris McGuiness 1b The Citadel SC
Round 14 Pick 438 - William Holmes rf Chaffey College CA
Round 15 Pick 468 - Michael Bugary lhp California-Berkley CA
Round 16 Pick 498 - Luke Bard rhp Charlotte Christian School NC
Round 17 Pick 528 - Kraig Sitton lhp Oregon St OR
Round 18 Pick 558 - Renny Parthemore rhp Cedar Cliff HS PA
Round 19 Pick 588 - Thomas Ebert rhp Florida International FL
Round 20 Pick 618 - Alex Hassan rhp Duke NC
Round 21 Pick 648 - Randall Faint lhp Texas HS TX
Round 22 Pick 678 - Jordon Flasher rhp George Mason U VA
Round 23 Pick 708 - Chris Court rhp Stephen F Austin TX
Round 24 Pick 738 - Daniel Kemp ss Tantasqua HS MA
Round 25 Pick 768 - Austin House rhp LaCueva HS NM
Round 26 Pick 798 - Miles Head 3b Whitewater HS GA
Round 27 Pick 828 - Reed Graganani ss Mills Goodwin HS VA
Round 28 Pick 858 - Eric Curtis rhp Miami Dade CC South VA
Round 29 Pick 888 - Cody Stubbs 1b Tuscola HS NC
Round 30 Pick 918 - Jeremiah Bayer rhp Trinity College MA

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By Jeff, 6/9/2009 11:08 pm

Renfroe is a prep two way player for South Panola High in Batesville, Mississippi

Ranked 67 by BA, and is unranked by Keith Law

6′3 195 lbs and obviously he hasn’t been drafted yet. He’s committed to Ole Miss, and word around the campfire is that it’ll take $3 million to pull him away from the Rebels.

Renfroe Hits One Out at Wrigley