It's only a couple of days until this year's draft. For the first time that I can remember, the baseball draft is actually getting a fair amount of press, and will be televised on June 7-8. The projected first pick overall has been pitcher David Price out of Vanderbilt since Day 1, and it would be very unexpected if the D-Rays did not make this pick. The projected top 5 picks are Price, RHP Rick Porcello (Seton Hall, Royals), 3B Josh Vitters (Cal, Cubs), LHP Ross Detwiler (Mizzou, Pirates), RHP Phillipe Aumont (Quebec, Orioles).The Brewers have the #7 pick and are expected to take RHP Jarrod Parker out of a high school in Indiana. The Reds have the #15 pick and are expected to take3B Kevin Ahrens out of a high school in Texas. The Twins have the #28 pick and are expected to take SS Peter Kozma out of a high school in Oklahoma. Obviously these are not set in stone, but the hot commodity in the draft every year is pitching, and this will be what to watch for this week.
STANDINGS AS OF 06.04:
Twins 28-28 (6.5 GB)
Brewers 32-26 (6.0 GU)
Reds 22-36 (10.0 GB)
touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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