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Adding the Lou Widget; Welcome to TWIB
MLBlogosphere — ... . The Arizona State University standout is blogging from the perspective of a much-scouted prospect leading up to the June Draft. This is the first year we at MLBAM have offered this kind of regular perspective, added to our overall comprehensive Draft coverage at MLB.com. ...

MLB.com’s 2008 Draft Page
East Windup Chronicle — ... If you haven’t seen it yet check out MLB.com’s draft page. I don’t know why but I’m consistently (and pleasantly) surprised how much coverage the draft is getting nowadays. ...

Ask the Expert: Jonathan Mayo
Rotoprofessor — In the return of Ask the Expert, I had the honor of posing 7 questions to Jonathan Mayo, a senior writer for mlb.com, who is currently covering the First-Year Player Draft, set to take place on June 5 & 6.  You can view his coverage on mlb.com by clicking here , his blog by clicking ...

Mail Call: PostCards with Luhnow
Bird Land — ... and about goings-on in the minor-leagues. He just won’t tell you who they plan to pick. Trust me, I’ve already asked … To submit questions, write the usual place: PostCards@post-dispatch.com. And here are some other places you can find everything from draft details, scouting reports, mock drafts, scuttlebutt and the usual array of stats and stories: Baseball America’s main draft page. MLB.com’s main draft page. Baseball America’s most recent mock draft. ...

MLB Bridges Gap Via Ceremonial Draft
The Glory of Baseball — ... the idea is one that people across baseball are praising. Winfield proposed having a "ceremonial" draft on June 5 for surviving players from the Negro Leagues. The draft would be a way for Major League Baseball to connect its past with its present, he said. "You would truly bring the past into the present," said Winfield, a Hall of Famer and vice president with the Padres. "You would change these people's lives. You would change baseball history -- American history. "I thought it would be poignant, timely and appropriate, and I thought we could do it." ...

Who will the Yankees Draft?
Yankee GM Blog — The MLB draft is just around the corner and there is not shortage(finally!) of information, some of the best; Keith Law Projects the First Round MLB.Com's Draft Central Baseball America's Draft Page River Ave Blues Does a Great Job as well So, the question is really who are the Yankees going to target at #28 of the first round? The organization could use some high end bats but it doesn't seem likely for those to drop. The Yankees seem to have a few requirements when it comes to the ...

Video: Draft Preview, Slotting System, Mets
MetsBlog.com — ... offense over pitching as mayo has been writing for weeks… In addition to writing for MLB.com, Mayo is also the author of Facing Clemens, which will give you a sense of what it’s like to stand in the batter’s box against Roger Clemens. In the following video, SNY’s Ted Berg talks with Mayo about the ‘slotting system,’ and who the Mets may select in this year’s draft. MLB.com will stream the entire draft live, starting on Friday, June 5, at ...

Draft Daze
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine — After an off day it's a good time to look at the draft. There's several spots for draft coverage:   *  Baseball America   *  ESPN.com   *  Perfect Game   *  Saber Scouting   *  MLB.com with fairly detailed scouting reports You can also find some good info at Baseball Prospectus and Minor League Ball. As posted over the weekend, there was a blogger mock draft.  Here are the results of Round 1.  Picking for the Jays, given the ...

The 2008 Draft
Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog — The 2008 First-Year Player Draft is set to begin on Friday at 11am. The Dodgers will have the 15th overall pick of the first round. MLB.com predicts that the 15th pick will be outfield Zach Collier from Chino Hills HS in California.  Baseball America predicts that the Dodgers will nab pitcher Aaron Hicks. Hicks also has offensive power and could be used in the outfield. ESPN.com predicts RHP Ethan Martin going between the 11-20 picks, which could allow him to be picked up by the Dodgers. Last year, the Dodgers had the 20th pick and selected ...

SI’s Heyman Prepares Us For National Scott Boras Day
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... MLB’s First Year Player Draft takes place tomorrow and despite blatant collusion efforts to maintain fiscal sanity on the signing bonus front, SI.com’s John Heyman is certain tomorrow’s event will largely revolve around the clients of Scott Boras. ...

Feeling a bit draft-y
New York Yankees Fan Blog — The amateur draft kicks off on Thursday. If you're in front of a TV Thursday afternoon, ESPN2 will broadcast the first 46 picks (the entire first round and the compensation picks) starting at 2 p.m. MLB.com will have their usual detailed coverage, as well. ...

White Sox sign Loaiza for some reason
Sox Machine — ... ... If that's the case, I'd rather see Charlie Haeger. ******************* With that, I'm heading to the motherland for a long weekend. You'll still get game and minor league recaps and something about the draft , but posting will be sporadic otherwise. ...

MLB Draft Today
FishStripes — ... The draft starts at 2:00 p.m. and you can follow here: MLB Draft Central .    Your probably going to have to click on a link or two to follow it live.  Your other option is to watch ESPN2. ...

Liveglogging the MLB First Year Player Draft
Walkoff Walk — ... If you want to read some ridiculous baseball commentary without any shred of insight, join us later today at 2PM EDT as I will be liveglogging the 2008 MLB First Year Player Draft. As usual, I'll be listening to the XM Radio baseball channel, featuring coverage by former Mets GM Jim Duquette and hosts Holden Kushner and Grant Paulsen. ...

The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Events: Draft: 2008
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — ... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Thursday, June 05, 2008 The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Events: Draft: 2008 In case you didn’t already know...Draft starts at 2 PM. ...

Padres 2008 Draft Odyssey
Ducksnorts — ... First-Year Player Draft Thursday, June 5, 2008 11 a.m. PT ESPN2 MLB.com ...

Xavier Avery Going, Going . . .Gone?
Dawg Sports — ... Good luck to Xavier in the draft (which begins this afternoon at 2 p.m. and can be followed live at the MLB website ). While losing football signees usually drives me a little batty, I  always felt that Avery was a much better prospect in baseball than football, and has been open about the fact that his heart is really on the diamond. Plus this relieves a little scholarship congestion resulting from a big class last season followed by what should be smaller classes in 2009 and 2010. This should be a really special day for him and I hope he enjoys it. ...

2008 Draft Open Thread
Bucs Dugout — ... Have at it, folks. I'll be in and out today, but I'll definitely be around for the first pick when the draft starts at 2:00 PM EST. Major League Baseball's Draft Page  John Sickels' Minor League Ball  Baseball America    ...

Draft Day
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog — Today is draft day, called by some to be one of the most exciting days in baseball. I'll be the first to admit that I know absolutely nothing about the draft. While I admire those who keep up to date with the best high school and college prospects, I just don't care that much. That said, the draft begins at 2:00 and you can follow everything here and watch the first round coverage on ESPN2.

Six of Sixty-Two: Draft Day is Here
Brew Crew Ball — ... We're mere hours away now from The Great Restocking.  Thanks to Coco Cordero and Scott Linebrink signing elsewhere in the offseason, we have a boatload of extra picks, and I'm sure Jack Zduriencik will use them wisely.  (Hey Jack, think Gallardo, not Rogers, ok?) A great place to follow the action is MLB.com's Draft Central.  The Draft Tracker application has info on hundreds of eligible players, and will track (duh) every pick.  There's video on many of the top prospects, and plenty of fluff-filled feature articles to keep you busy. ...

2008 MLB Draft Live Thread!
The Front-Row Johnson — Whoo! Follow live at MLB.com. It's free! (11:10 AM) Word is that the Devil Rays will pick Tim Beckham. (11:17 AM) MLB.com predicts that the Giants will take Buster Posey, with Justin Smoak falling to 9 and the Washington Nationals. Come on, Giants, I want me some Smoak on the Water two years from now.

Worse Than Expansion
Enjoy the Enjoyment — ... second-worst record in team history after 60 games. Think about it--for a franchise that was historically terrible, only once (1978) have they been this bad after 60 games. Good lord. Here's how bad it is--I was just told that they played McLaren's tirade on the Howard Stern Show. When you're mocked along with the likes of Underdog Lady and Elephant Boy...well, it can't get much worse than that. Luckily, the rebuilding begins right now. The 2008 MLB draft just started, the Mariners should make their pick about 1pm.

Draft: The Draft is On
MetsBlog.com — MLB’s 2008 First-Year Player Draft has begun. The Mets have three of the first 33 picks, including the No. 18 and No. 22 overall picks. …Update…2:15 pm… If you’d like to watch the draft on ESPN 2, go to MLB.com, as they’re streaming it live. …Update…2:17 pm… Why is this even important?  The Draft is extra important this season, because, as SNY’s Ted ...

MLB.com: Draft Central
Replacement Level Yankees Weblog — Disclaimer: If you think this is the official website of the New York Yankees, you're an idiot. Go away. Thursday, June 5, 2008 MLB.com: Draft Central MLB’s Rule 4 draft is today. Yanks have picks # 28 and 44. Who will be this year’s Dave Parrish? --Posted at ...

Reds take UM 1B Yonder Alonso in first round
Redleg Nation — ... Alonso was also rated the No. 2 prospect last summer in the prestigious Cape Cod League, a wooden bat amateur league. A native of Cuba who moved to the United States at 9 years old, Alonso attended Coral Gables High School in suburban Miami and stayed in his hometown for college. Miami is still alive in the College World Series, so we may get a chance to see Alonso in the next week or two. —– From Alonso’s scouting report at MLB.com: “He’s not a base-clogger, with good instincts on the basepaths.” Someone at MLB.com ...

2008 MLB Draft: Day 1 Roundup
The Front-Row Johnson — ... As I'm typing, the Giants have drafted several new players, including 6 pitchers. I'm totally in favor of this new philosophy, and let's hope the Giants get these guys signed.

Beesball - Two Jackets Drafted on Day 1
Georgia Tech Sports — Charlie Blackmon goes to the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round with the #72 pick in the 2008 MLB draft. Starting pitcher David Duncan was taken 152nd overall, in the 5th round by the Houston Astros. Congrats to these guys. Blackmon's story is truly a storybook one, as he's already been drafted twice as a pitcher, but now as an outfielder. Here are some comments on various GT prospects. Here is the official draft central. By the way, note that a Georgia high school kid went #1. Some of the commentors are right - Georgia is a serious hotbed of talent in all ...

Da Draft...pfpasdjlaf Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Amazin' Avenue — ... I can vouch for the fact that Alex did his homework on this one: he spent many days compiling scouting reports, poring over video and devouring every bit of information he could get his hands on. All told, he had notes on several hundred players and was as prepared as anyone I've ever seen. He did a phenomenal job in analyzing not just the Mets' picks, but most of the other picks in the first couple of rounds. If that's not enough for you, there's more coverage at MLB.com, ESPN.com and Baseball America. I know a lot of folks are really gung-ho ...

Draft Open Thread, Day Two
Bucs Dugout — ... Here's MLB.com's draft page.

A catch-all
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke? — ... The second day of the draft is today and you can follow along here. By this point, the picks just get more and more obscure and it's going to be hard to find information on them, so if you happen to know anything about any of our picks, leave it in the comments. You can also use this as an open thread to discuss the draft in general, if you're not doing that in one of the several threads going below already.

MLB Draft Continued
FishStripes — ... and shooting from the hip.  Normally in the later rounds the club is just trying to fill out the rosters so that the projected prospects have someone to play with.  But it doesn't always work that way since many a late rounder has found their way to the bigs. Before I go any further, I would like to thank Nynolelaw for keeping us up to date on the Marlins first day picks.  Good job and very much appreciated! If you like to keep up with day two go to: MLB Draft Central and click on the appropriate links. The draft will start at 11:30 ...

The Draft - Day Two
Pittsburgh Pirates — ... Day two of MLB’s amateur draft begins today at 11:30 AM, and will continue until complete. Try to keep up, as the picks should come very quickly today. ...

Draft day #2
Brew Crew Ball — ... I went to every game at the D3 World Series last month, and a few of the players who starred there are likely to be chosen today.  If that isn't exciting, I don't know what is. The coverage starts today at 10:30 CT ...I'm not sure whether that means that the punditry starts then or pick #203 is right at 10:30.  I don't know how long it will last, but I'm guessing it will take us all the way to game time. A few links to keep you in the know: MLB Draft Coverage home page MLB.com draft tracker  (this is really cool--check ...

Your 2008 MLB Draft Update
Walkoff Walk — ... The second day of drafty goodness starts right now, so head over to MLB.com to follow it because I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than glog another day of that.

AaronGleeman.com — ... By selecting Aaron Hicks with the No. 14 overall pick in last week's draft the Twins used their first pick on a high-school hitter for the eighth time in the past 10 years. Here's the complete list: ...