White Sox Take Jared Mitchell with 1st Round Pick
17. Jared Mitchell, OF, Louisiana State
The Good: The best college athlete in the draft by a mile; he's made consistent progress at LSU as far as his hitting, especially in developing a more patient approach and finding his power; he's plus-plus runner and a true weapon on the basepaths.
The Bad: He's far more raw than most players out of a major college, with lots of swings and misses in his game; he is not an instinctual outfielder.
In A Perfect World He Becomes: He has true impact potential, but comes with a fair share of risk.
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big surprise.
KW takes the multi-sport athlete. i hear he played football.
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only had to wait a couple minutes. thanks.
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"highest upside of any position player in the draft" -MLBN
Formerly Crede's Crew
if you like tools, this guy is it.
i like the pick. the Ks scare me some but he seems to take some walks. he’ll need quite a bit of refinement but this type of pick is a hell of a lot better than the mccullochs and the broadways. take a chance on getting something.
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In a perfect world he'll have true impact potential?
by Black Sox Baseball on Jun 9, 2009 7:06 PM CDT reply actions
I can hardly think of a comparable player
by Daniel Berlyn on Jun 9, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Strikes out way too much to be compared to Crawford as is.
by Daniel Berlyn on Jun 9, 2009 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions
And walks way too much too.
My guess is they hope he might develop a little bit….
dude you get rec based on your username alone
Always bet on black!
by onlysoxfaninboston on Jun 9, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
yikes....
dude hit .320 and struck out a 30% of the time. not good. but i like the high risk picks. no criticism from me.
punters can be impact guys
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by Shoeless In SC on Jun 9, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, just what the draft needs
self-important 15 minute breaks
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i dunno. i'm pretty tired after all that.
i have no idea how these guys got through the whole draft in five hours back in the day. i guess we’re just soft these days.
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i love the one-handed catch he made in left field foul territory while playing for the giants.
Cashing checks and having sex.
I thought it was the guy investigating the steroids issue.
Seriously, at #23 to get someone with a “potential high impact” is fine by me. Take a shot.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Two good ones
would have been great if Brothers had fallen to them.
You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?
hopefully a body and a head, too
as well as other stuff
by Daniel Berlyn on Jun 9, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
with Paxton, Miller, Brothers
taken right in front of them, not sure
You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?
phegley
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Great dissing potential, what with that name.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
One of these types will shake out fer us, I'll tell ya.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Not sure I get that
with the other catchers on the board. Only reason I can think of is time to reach the majors as the other top C’s were high schoolers.
You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?
I won't lie, but I really hoped we would have gone after a pitcher.
I hope KW knows what he is doing.
InsideTheSox: “I am ridiculously excited to join the White Sox,” — Jared Mitchell
Link: http://twitter.com/InsideTheSox/statuses/2097261993
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won't be a problem
KW got his guy:
http://whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/06/getting_our_guy.html
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“I want to get out there as quickly as possible and start playing,” Mitchell said. “I think I’m very signable.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=299560
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Cowley grades the drafts
cst_sox: Central Division letter grades for the first-round of the draft: Twins B, Indians C, Royals A, Tigers I (incomplete), Sox A-.
Link: http://twitter.com/cst_sox/statuses/2096615090
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Draft
In a draft supposedly deep in catchers, probably a good move to grab one here. Would have thought the failed Borchard, Owens, Fields experiments would have scared them off the high strikeout rate/great athlete football player. But if Granderson is a real comp, then the pick is a steal.
I haven't studied the draft this time around
but fwiw, Sickels took Mitchell in his Twins shadow draft a spot before the Sox picked. I raelize just cuz Sickels likes him doesn’t mean it’s a good pick, but it’s worth noting.
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
Scouting director Doug Laumann calls Mitchell “high ceiling, athletic type of player” and the “best player on the board.”
http://twitter.com/InsideTheSox/status/2097339851
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well, I would hope so
in regard to the 2nd part . . .
You're a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?
"I’m very excited for a couple of reasons: Number one, Jared is just an outstanding young man,’’ director of amateur scouting Doug Laumann said of the pick. "He played some baseball in the Cincinnati area where I live the past couple of years, and I got an opportunity to know the people that spent a lot of time with him, and first and foremost, he’s an excellent, outstanding young man. Secondly, one of the things we were trying to accomplish in this draft was to find the high-ceiling, athletic type of player. We certainly weren’t going to sacrifice the ability of some guys just to get that, but as it turned out he was the one guy that we felt was the best player on the board and at the same time fit exactly what we were looking for. A potential lead-off type of guy and a high-ceiling type of guy.’’
http://www.670-thescore.com/blog/2009/06/09/sox-select-mitchell/
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Jared Mitchell coming to a TV near you
LSU vs Virginia
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When is the last time an LSU guy panned out well?
I remember only Ben McDonald’s promise unfulfilled.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
aaron hill
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
Trayce Thompson
Andy Seiler: White Sox pick Trayce Thompson from Santa Margarita HS (CA). He’s going to take tons of money to sign, but he’s got HUGE upside.
more CFers.
i guess after the last couple seasons, KW doesn’t want to run out.
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are they legit defensively?
because that move to the corner spots makes the bat a hell of a lot more important.
Cashing checks and having sex.
sounds like mitchell has the arm and bat for right
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
well, if the arm plays in right then it definitely plays in cf. it sounds like only time will tell if he can learn the position. he's got the skills now, but lacks the instinct.
Cashing checks and having sex.
yeah
from what i read he’s just raw – he grades out as a centerfielder defensively, biggest issue is the ks
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
Instinctual actions – in contrast to actions based on learning which are served by memory and which provide individually stored successful reactions built upon experience – have no learning curve, they are hard-wired and ready to use without learning, but do depend on maturational processes to appear.
Cashing checks and having sex.
yah, but CF is easier to play
according to a certain someone
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sondheimer6-2009apr06,0,6269616.column
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Kevin Goldstein (6:42:45 PM PT): Trayce Thompson to the White Sox in the second round is a fascinating pick. His father was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft this year, and his upside ranks with anyone in the draft based on his athleticism, but he’s still VERY VERY RAW and thinks he can turn into an elite pick with three years at UCLA.
dolla dolla bills ya’ll
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Wait what?
Did I miss a reference to a year in a prior Goldstein blurb?
His father was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft this year
So his father is Derek Rose or Blake Griffin?
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
father is from cuba
is 60, put down 20
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Goldstein was wrong
He was the #1 pick in 1978, not this year.
I figured :)
The thought of Rose having a kid older than him gave me a kick.
And ew, I spelled Derek like my roommate, not Derrick like the proper way.
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LHP David Holmberg with the 71st pick.
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when is our next pick
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by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
i know nothing about it
i was just wondering when we get to go again
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by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
like a woman at the racetrack.
“when do they run around again?”
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big lefty with upper 80s fastball. out of florida high school.
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saw brett anderson as a comp
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
so hell be great against us and suck vs everyone else?
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by e-gus on Jun 10, 2009 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Anyonoe know how hard it will be to sign Trayce Thompson or David Holmberg?
Have we had luck with HS players in the past?
bryan morgado with #102
lefty from tennessee. has had TJ already. mid 90s fastball.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2009/reports.jsp?content=morgado
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i imagine one could go to tennessee's site and find them.
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all I can tell you is that he had a sexy K rate last year.
by Daniel Berlyn on Jun 9, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
i just saw a bad walk rate and a ridiculously high ERA.
and that he was moved to the bullpen. suggests issues.
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appears to potentially be a dexter carter type.
bad numbers in college – could be a mechanical fix to be made (pure speculation).
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minds think alike
Bryan Smith (7:42:24 PM PT): Bryan Morgado is sort of born from the same thinking that Dexter Carter was last year for the White Sox. Good stuff, sort of a mess in college, but the Sox are betting they can harness it.
seems dexter carter is becoming an archetype.
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bryan smith?
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
formerly of Baseball Analysts
he knows his prospects/minor leagues for sure
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my response was to larry's 9:46 post
seemed like that’s where he got his info, so i was asking if that’s where he got it from, not who smith was.
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
Any idea what the logic of the Phegley pick was?
goldstein was having a hard time figuring it out
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
check the bloodlines.
probably related to a sox janitor or something.
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that bad, huh?
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
in four years, the cheat will be cursing phlegley like he curses donny lucy.
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ugh
everett williams was still available too, without the signability and parental issues accompanying trayce thompson
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
keep in mind.
i’m the guy who picked kyle skipworth in a mock draft last year.
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you aren't the only one panning it
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
he has time, no?
The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.
what would a white sox draft be like without comic relief?
fun? seriously, i’m asking.
Cashing checks and having sex.
Depends on the fisherman,
but generally, yes. (Good one, MM.)
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
I'm no hypocrite
I didn’t have a horse in this race
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It's the Kurt Brown homage pick...
It has to be repeated every few years…..
by hitlesswonder on Jun 9, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I haven't read enough to form an opinion
but it can’t be as bad as the Richard Brooks or Tyler(?) Reves picks of a few years ago
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Did I post in the wrong thread?
Only I know for sure.
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I happen to have a particular bird with your name on it...
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on Jun 10, 2009 6:58 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Best On The Board For Day Two
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1140
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71. White Sox – David Holmberg, rhp, Port Charlotte (Fla.) HS
Holmberg showed the top velocity at the Sebring (Fla.) Baseball Classic last week at 93 mph.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=1124
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I have to get out more -
Sebring is only an hour away from us.
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by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
hey lar
where would mitchell fall into your prospect grouping for the sox? that is, if you have enough info/isn’t too soon to speculate…
also, anyone have any potential sleepers they’re hoping they see the sox take today?
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." GMH
without thinking too much he'd probably be in the last group, towards the back.
i certainly wouldn’t put him above carter.
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Bellamy
Bryan Smith (9:49:46 AM PT): Favorite picks in Round 5:
Kyle Bellamy to the White Sox: Yeah, he’s a middle reliever, but he’s signable and he’s death on right-handed hitters. I liked Drew O’Neil last year, though, so take that with a grain of salt.
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