Posts Tagged ‘MLB Draft ’
When the Brewers signed free agent Kyle Lohse, much was made about the team giving up its 17th overall pick to do so. The less-reported (and more damaging) penalty for signing a free agent attached to draft compensation, though, is the loss of pool money… [More]
The Brewers will be getting an extra pick in the 2013 draft, and it has nothing to do with free-agent-to-be Zack Greinke. It’s no secret that small-market organizations like the Brewers need to build through the draft. When the new Collective Bargaining Agreement was announced,… [More]
Much of the analysis on the site thus far regarding the 2012 MLB Draft has been limited to a collage of professional scouting reports and information from Draft resources on the individual draft picks. After a day to ruminate over the Brewers’ 2012 draft class,… [More]
It’s been interesting to see baseball’s new draft rules play out over the past few days. The new restrictions put the Pittsburgh Pirates in a bind, for example, after they took Stanford pitcher Mark Appel with the 8th overall pick. Appel wants to be paid… [More]
On Monday night, the Brewers drafted 3 players in the first and supplemental round, first taking high school catcher Clint Coulter, followed by college outfielders Victor Roache and Mitch Haniger. You can read more about them from JP Breen, and see thoughts and video collected by… [More]
Round 1. C Clint Coulter (Union HS, Wash.) Coulter impressed the Brewers in a pre-draft workout at Miller Park, prompting the organization to select him with their first pick of the 2012 Draft. Baseball America calls him a beast, and few scouts question whether or not… [More]
The podcast has returned and is filled with MLB Draft goodies this week. We were lucky enough to be joined by Lincoln Hamilton from Project Prospect, who did a very nice job breaking down what to expect in the draft on Monday and all the… [More]
** Article written by Ryan Topp and J.P. Breen ** The 2012 MLB Draft is scheduled to begin on Monday evening at 6:00 PM central time. The first round and the first supplemental round will be completed on Monday, while the remainder of the rounds… [More]