| By Chris Crawford |  | By 06-08-2010 |
Update: 2:22 p.m. Another intriguing pick late
Update: 1:35 p.m. Tremendous value in the 16th for M's
Update: 1:35 p.m. some thoughts on picks 11 through 15
Update: 12:29 p.m. some thoughts on picks 7 through 10
Update: 11:47 a.m. Mariners nab high school catcher, Christian Carmichael, in sixth round. What do we think? Click right here for our thoughts.
Update: 11:30 a.m. Through five rounds, here's a look at the top Mariners targets that could still be on the board in Round 6.
Update: 11:15 a.m. Here's what we know, and it's GOOD, on the Mariners fifth round pick, Stephen Pryor.
Update: 10:43 a.m. The Mariners could quite possibly be drafting this player in the fifth round.
Update: 10:37 a.m. Time to get excited if you're a Mariners fan. Another great pick. For instant analysis on the M's fourth round pick, James Paxton, click right here.
Update: 10:09 a.m. Many of the top names are now off the board, but several remain available. Check out our updated list of the best players available.
Update: 10:04 a.m. Instant analysis on the Mariners third round pick, Ryne Stanek, right here.
Update: 9:30 a.m. Complete analysis on the Mariners second round selection, Marcus Littlewood, right here.
Update: 9:23 a.m. Several targets are emerging for the Mariners at pick 67.
As fun as the first-round and compensation round is -- this is the day that matters. Franchises build systems in these rounds, and because of how yesterday played out the M's are going to have the opportunity to add some really good players.
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| 1. By: Slack on 06-08-2010 10:48:26 Thats a lot of good players! |
| 2. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 11:02:57 I agree with slack. We are gonna get a very very nice talent at 67, especially because walker doesnt seem like he will sign for a ton. |
| 3. By: universalguru on 06-08-2010 11:18:08 Stetson Allie went to Pitt... bummer |
| 4. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 11:21:52 alot of your top guys still out there JAC, im really likin where this could go |
| 5. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 11:29:56 got littlewood at 67 |
| 6. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 11:30:56 Good pick. Gonna take a while to develop, but he's projectable. |
| 7. By: universalguru on 06-08-2010 11:31:13 Guess Littlewood was the inevitable pick, since he was available |
| 8. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 11:32:19 I like this pick. A lot. I can't believe how much talent was out there to pick from. Guys who I thought were locks to be top 45 are now sliding deep into the 60s...not just Littlewood, but others too. |
| 9. By: Galway on 06-08-2010 11:34:36 Nice job of getting both guys. Is too much to assume the second round will save the M's a few bucks rather than selecting him at 43. Getting him at 67 makes taking a reach a bit at 43 look smart. |
| 10. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 11:37:24 There are a quite a few names being drafted that didn't get much press before the draft. Seems to be more this year, than in past years. |
| 11. By: Blowgun7 on 06-08-2010 11:41:27 Man, look at the Red Sox draft.. They are just taking top level player after top level player. They couldn't care less about signability. They got four of the best college players in the draft. |
| 12. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 11:46:47 Red Sox- Vitek was really an excellent choice for them. |
| 13. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 11:57:40 The Red Sox have name brand recognition and long-reaching revenues. |
| 14. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 12:02:55 3rd round pick is Ryne Stanek. Another 6'4"+ prep righty oozing projectability. Like it. |
| 15. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 12:05:08 Lovin this draft for us so far. Cant wait to read your reports on these guys JAC |
| 16. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 12:16:29 I like the way we're heading here. Color me a lot happier than at this time last year, through three picks. The BoSox seem to be aiming for quicker reinforcements than most MLB clubs. If they land all four of their top picks, they've had a heckuva "short-wait draft", I think. |
| 17. By: aerichner on 06-08-2010 12:35:22 i literally just threw my hands up in the air with the Paxton pick.... |
| 18. By: Slack on 06-08-2010 12:35:57 WOW!!! Now, I am wondering if Paxton will sign. |
| 19. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 12:36:32 I cant believe we just got paxton, especially inthe 4th!! wahoo!!! |
| 20. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 12:36:37 Is it acceptable to be dancing in my living room right now? I know Paxton didn't throw all that well in the Indie circuit, but a lefty with his upside? In the fourth round? YES. YES. YES. |
| 21. By: Blowgun7 on 06-08-2010 12:40:55 Paxton was still showing big velocity and an above average breaking ball. He's got work to do, but huge upside here. I love what we've done today. And although I was down on the Wilson pick last night, you look at this draft as a whole so far and it's very good. |
| 22. By: aerichner on 06-08-2010 12:53:33 who are the M's possibly drafting in the 5th, Joc Pederson? Anyone else attached to them right now? |
| 23. By: shemberry on 06-08-2010 13:01:37 This is a good day for the future of our franchise, get em signed! |
| 24. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 13:03:38 I was away for a bit....wow, Paxton was a great get. He'll cost a bit, but he can't afford to sit out another year. |
| 25. By: baseballman on 06-08-2010 13:07:47 JAC, if we can get that guy you mentioned in the 5ht, especially when he was on our radar for 43...I will do a back flip!! This draft is goin so well for this team! |
| 26. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 13:14:02 Just drafted Steven Pryor from Tenn. Don't know much about him, but he's a big righthander. 6'4" @ 250 lbs. |
| 27. By: Blowgun7 on 06-08-2010 13:15:51 Don't love drafting relievers this early. Kid throws hard and has big strikeout numbers out of the pen. |
| 28. By: okori on 06-08-2010 13:17:20 Yep. College closer. Touches 97-98mph. Redraft (drafted as a freshman).. Hey, beats taking a closer in the 1st round multiple years in a row. |
| 29. By: StandinPat on 06-08-2010 13:21:57 This early? Its not like the Fields pick, and a lot of SP's taken at this point don't wind up any better than 8th inning guys anyway. |
| 30. By: Slack on 06-08-2010 13:25:08 This is a good spot to get a guy like Pryor. It's true that a lot of SP's taken at this point will end up as relievers. Paxton could end up a reliever, too (I sure hope not!). |
| 31. By: Stormton on 06-08-2010 13:47:11 Carmichael? Don't recognize the name. Is Kris Bryant just unsignable? |
| 32. By: rjfrik on 06-08-2010 13:49:02 #11. I wish the M's would of drafted like that in the 1st, but, I love our draft this year so far, I would of changed the 1st pick as mentioned, but love the draft. I think Stanek is a better pitcher then Walker. |
| 33. By: Galway on 06-08-2010 14:00:16 This is a really nice collection of arms to add to our system. Arms are so unreliable to make it to MLB so stockpiling quality arms from good sized kids who may hold up better is great. |
| 34. By: StandinPat on 06-08-2010 14:00:20 And if they had, how are you sure they would have been able to go after guys like Stanek and Paxton later? There's a very good chance going with signability in the 1st allowed them to set up the later rounds. |
| 35. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 14:05:04 rj, you can't look at one battle, and evaluate a war. There is much that you don't see. This is a giant chess game that teams play on draft day. What happens in one round, can affect another. |
| 36. By: rjfrik on 06-08-2010 14:31:43 It's all how you look at it and how much money you want to spend. As I said to you before, look at teams like the RedSox. You have a different opinion then mine. That's fine, but you can't convince me that your opinion is right and I wish you would stop telling me absolutes in the way that I think. It's rude. You have an opinion Ed, I have a different one. You think, that drafting talent and trying to pay them is "Fantasy Baseball" and drafting by that philosophy is a "fictional scenario", which is your opinion. I think that opinion is flawed as do the Red Sox, Tigers and other teams apparently. I have never told you once how to think so please stop telling me how to think or telling me "what I don't see", it's just rude and it's the part of your responses to people that makes you seem like a jerk. I'm pretty sure that we could draft the exact same players in the exact same spots, if we decided to pay the supplemental choice a few more dollars then we expected to pay. It's all about your budget. My philosophy is your budget should expand if a great talent slips to you. That is all no more, no less. |
| 37. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 14:35:44 I'm amazed no one gambled on Paxton before we did. That's a steal-and-a-half if it works out. Seriously, we haven't had a pick like that in...forever? Lefties who sit at 94 with having shown good control just don't grow on trees. You HAVE to take a stab at them. And this guy's leverage has dissipated to almost nothing. So, I see no reason why he won't be a quick sign, especially if we're within the realm of fair. |
| 38. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 14:50:38 Not my fault you believe that money grows on trees and that the M's should pony up a "few more dollars". By few, you consider and extra million or more, a few? If so, then could I borrow a few bucks? Every team has a budget. Boston has much deeper pockets than the Mariners, and most teams around the league. Believe what you want, but because you wouldn't do something, doesn't make it wrong. |
| 39. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 14:54:34 Oh, and just to add to it.....had they picked Castellanos, they might not have felt comfortable drafting Paxton. Things are relative, not absolute. |
| 40. By: d2ret on 06-08-2010 15:03:39 Whos cares about losing your first round pick anymore if you sign a type A FA. The first round picks just fall to the later rounds. The draft is badly flawed with the signability issues. |
| 41. By: d2ret on 06-08-2010 15:06:16 I hope the M's continue to sign Type A FA's and play the draft the way they did this year, for the next couple years. Of course our next pick will be protected, which makes it even more sensible... |
| 42. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 15:15:35 If all things stand as they are today, that's true, d2ret. There is no reason not to sign a type A free agent. rj, yes the draft is flawed, because it's not souly about talent, but about signability. Player and agents aren't about to change that. It is what it is. It's an imperfect system that teams have to work around. That happens when big money is involved. |
| 43. By: Galway on 06-08-2010 15:28:45 I think the slotting issue will be huge at the next CBA. Folks should remember not to give the M's too much of a pass on the budget issue as over the past 10 years the M's are one the most profitable teams. Money still matters but the M's are well above average in terms of cash flow. |
| 44. By: Edman on 06-08-2010 15:51:15 Certainly, Galway, but they are nowhere near what the Yankees, Mets and Red Sox have to spend. I haven't seen any recent draft where they haven't spent. As well as, spending on International signings. |
| 45. By: Jay Yencich on 06-08-2010 16:35:53 I miss Tommy LaSorda. |
| 46. By: Chris Crawford on 06-08-2010 16:47:39 We all do, Jay. We all do. |
| 47. By: rocketdawg31 on 06-08-2010 16:53:17 Who doesn't miss Tommy Lasorda? The guy is worth the price of admission just to hear him mangle names. He's always been one of the more interesting personalities in the game for me...full of baloney (and you KNOW he's full of baloney, and HE knows you know...) but you can't help but like the guy (unless you're Mariano Duncan). And that love for the game is as genuine as it gets. My official take on the 2010 Mariners draft, through 20 rounds: Happy happy. There's some risks here, but there was no getting around that in the first place. We typically sign about 25-35 guys out of 50, I think. Here's hoping that holds true with this class. If they're all signed and even 2 of the first 5 picks hit, it's a stellar class that really pumps up the farm. |
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