Bud Selig and MLB's infinite marketing wisdom still do not even televise the first round of the MLB draft. freaking idiots I swear and they wonder why the younger generation market is dwindling each year.
astros got SS thomas manzella from Tulane as well with their 3rd pick. 1st and 3rd picks were from the wave. says a lot about their talent. also grabbed Roger Clemen's son, Koby with their 10th pick.
Tulanes prize recruit, Butler, got picked early, I believe. Misery loves company. Only 4 LSU signees so far. We may skate on the rest.
The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is held every year in June by conference call among the 30 Major League Clubs. The Clubs take turns selecting players in reverse order of their won-loss records at the close of the previous regular season. In 2005, the order of selection will be without regard to League, for the first time. The Major League Rules govern which players are eligible for selection in the Draft. These Rules are detailed, but the basic eligibility criteria can be described as follows: Generally, a player is eligible for selection if the player is a resident of the United States or Canada and the player has never before signed a Major League or Minor League contract. Residents of Puerto Rico and other territories of the United States are eligible for the Draft. Also considered residents are players who enroll in a high school or college in the United States, regardless of where they are from originally. Certain groups of players are ineligible for selection, generally because they are still in school. The basic categories of players eligible to be drafted are: * High school players, if they have graduated from high school and have not yet attended college or junior college; * College players, from four-year colleges who have either completed their junior or senior years or are at least 21 years old; Junior college players, regardless of how many years of school they have completed; and * 21-year-old players. A Club generally retains the rights to sign a selected player until one week prior to the next Draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college on a full-time basis. A selected player who enters a junior college cannot be signed until the conclusion of the school's baseball season. A player who is drafted and does not sign with the Club that selected him may be drafted again at a future year's Draft, so long as the player is eligible for that year's Draft. A Club may not select a player again in a subsequent year, unless the player has consented to the re-selection. A player who is eligible to be selected and is passed over by every Club becomes a free agent and may sign with any Club, up until one week before the next Draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college full-time or enters, or returns to, a junior college. In the one-week period before any Draft, which is called the "closed period," the general rule is that no Club may sign a new player.
Compensation Picks The former Club of a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A, B or C Player shall be entitled to receive compensation in the form of a draft choice in the First-Year Player Draft succeeding the Player’s election of free agency. A Type A, B or C Player shall be a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A, B or C Player under the statistical system of ranking Players set forth by the Elias Sports Bureau using statistics based on a two-year average for each respective position group. Type A Players: Ranks in the upper 30% of his respective position group Type B Players: Ranks in the upper 50%, but not in the upper 30%, of his respective position group Type C Players: Ranks in the upper 60%, but not in the upper 50%, of his respective position group
Brewers drafted SS Jemile Weeks, brother of rickie weeks. double play combo of brothers. how nice for that family. good kids.
Lara got drafted by Minnesota in round 17. They just showed him at the Marlins game here on FSN and asked him whether he planned to go to LSU or the Twins and he said he does not know yet.
