Comments on: Tigers Draft Results

By: William

William — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:20:48 +0000

the 7th pick was a kid from Shades Valley HS here in Birmingham. They are about 10 miles from where I live, and were my high school’s rival.

Jade Todd..I have only seen highlights, but he was the Metro Player of the Year for B’ham. Big, strong pitcher.

Selfishly, I like to see a bit of Alabama flavor in the draft…two of the top 7 picks:)…here is a link…he has already signed with DET, so he won’t be going to U of A.

http://www.al.com/sports/birmi.....038;coll=2

By: Michael S.

Michael S. — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:50:25 +0000

I’m not knowlegeable about the young talent out there but from what I’ve read it appears we may have done better than we did. I’m hopeful the C Avila is good though. Lets face it, Pudge is not getting any younger and I don’t see any great prospects in our minor leagues to step up and take over for him.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:38:04 +0000

I was okay with the draft, but still think Perry is just the wrong pitcher to take at 21 given the talent that was still on the board behind him. Don’t like that at all — even after watching him a bit tonight in his game against the Hurricanes on ESPN.

By: William

William — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:55:59 +0000

as a graduate of Alabama, I agree with Eddie–I have watched Avila up close–he was a very good player in Tuscaloosa.

I hope he can have a good career in DET.

By: Matt in Toeldo

Matt in Toeldo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:50:21 +0000

I was originally pissed about the first pick and those that followed. But after looking into things a little deeper, I’ve warmed to the overall draft a bit. Of course, most of that warming is based on an assumption that the Tigers have an eye toward most of these guys going into starting roles.

Green and Jacobson both had success as starters in Cape Cod and Satterwhite has potential with three pitches, so maybe this isn’t the parade of relief prospects I feared it was.

That’s probably me just putting on my rose-colored glasses, though.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:55:03 +0000

I am not a fan of that pick with Casey Kelly, Casey Kelly, Reese Havens, Anthony Hewitt, and Gerrit Cole (one of my top 3 prep pitchers) still on the board. And Jake Odorizzi was also available and I pegged him as my top prep pitcher (I’m no analysts — I just love reading up on this sort of thing so I’m no official anything but I’m not just throwing out names for the hell of it).

Pretty underwhelmed with the pick of Perry, to put it nicely.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:41:05 +0000

Not impressed at all with the draft, but I don’t claim to be any more than a distant follower of amateur talent. I tend to agree with the notion that these guys struggled as starters and will be relievers long term. Maybe it’s by design because they have had such a hard time building a bullpen the past two years and want options down the road? The general notion seems to be hard throwers w/ inconsistent offspeed stuff with mechanical flaws and/or an injury history.

Avila is not a nepotism pick. He’s legit.

By: Lee Panas

Lee Panas — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:31:39 +0000

I don’t follow the amateur players all that much but I’m not getting good vibes about Perry. He sounds like he has potential but doesn’t come across as a strong first rounder.

By: TC Chris

TC Chris — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:56:33 +0000

Totally agree that I would prefer a starter in this spot.

There was a solid looking left handed starter from Eastern Kentucky (can’t remember his name). Maybe he would have worked out as well as Kenny Baugh, but I don’t know. I hate the idea that they may have looked specifically for a reliever.

Hopefully they can turn him into a starter, if they went after him hoping he would help this season I don’t see the wisdom of the pick. Why would you expect this guy to be any more successful than Dolsi or Cruceta I don’t know.

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:48:37 +0000

Second round pick, Cody Satterwhite doesn’t seem particularly strong either.

“he issues largely come from inconsistencies in his delivery and despite the subpar season, a team that feels it can tweak his mechanics is still likely to draft the right-hander fairly early.”

Doesn’t instill confidence in me as I look at what we have out on the mound today.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:14:02 +0000

I was a bit underwhelmed by the pick myself. I guess we’ll see .

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:35:39 +0000

As long as they don’t spend much over slot if at all, I don’t think this is an awful pick. Personally, I would never pick a reliever for the first round. But if he’s got good stuff (which he seems to) and good control (which is the difference maker, not stuff), then fine. I hope they don’t go nuts on giving him money, but overall not an awful pick.

By: Chris in Dallas

Chris in Dallas — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:15:07 +0000

Here’s the scouting report from Keith Law @ the Mouse Ears Network:

“Perry touched 100 mph in the NCAA regional last weekend. He was consistently 94-98 mph on the Cape last summer. Arizona tried to make him a starter, but it didn’t work. He has the best stuff of any closer prospect in the draft. Given the Tigers’ bullpen situation, Perry might be the first player in the draft to make it to the majors this year.”

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:10:05 +0000

RHP Ryan Perry from University of Arizona it is.