The draft wasn't as forgiving to Florida. Second basemen Devon Travis (13th round, 424th overall to the Tigers) and Sherman Johnson (14th round, 447th overall to the Angels) were also picked, along with Scantling, the All-First Coast's top player in 2008. 200), pitcher Robert Benincasa went to the Nationals in the seventh round (No. Outside of the locals, Florida State navigated the draft without losing too much on Day 2.įirst baseman Jayce Boyd went in the sixth round to the Mets (pick No. Florida State College at Jacksonville outfielder Terrell Joyce was the area's lone junior college selection, going as the first pick of the 12th round to the Astros. Baseball America editor Jim Manuel said before the draft that Lockett had the most "helium" to rise in the draft of any other player from the First Coast because of his size and velocity. Lockett (6-5, 225), a South Florida signee, became the highest player drafted from Providence. The Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the 37th round in 2009, back when Maddox was a catcher, but he opted to attend Florida instead. It was the second time that Maddox, the All-First Coast player of the year in 2009, had been drafted. I'm just excited to have the opportunity to go that route if that's what we decide to do." "I'm excited and blessed to get drafted in the first place.
"It seemed like they had a lot of interest in me at that pick," said Romero, whose draft spot was one round better than former Bartram Trail ace Paul Fagan in 2003. Now Romero has to decide whether he gets enough incentive from the Marlins to forgo playing in college at Florida.
Romero, whose slot bonus is $458,400, said that he'd spoken to the Marlins on Monday and got a good vibe from the team about their third-round selection. Johns County high school when the Marlins picked him just minutes after Walker went off the board. Romero became the highest-drafted player straight out of a St. "They told me to enjoy the time, celebrate we'd work out those details later." "They said they would give me a call tomorrow ," said Walker, who spent Tuesday with family members back in Milwaukee. Teams have until July 13 to negotiate with and sign their picks. With baseball's new salary draft slot scale - teams have a set amount of money to sign all draft picks in the first 10 rounds - Walker's 97th position calls for a $490,400 bonus. Knowing that this is the first step to where I want to be, it's just a very exciting time. It's always been a dream of mine, a goal. "The whole process of waiting, and waiting around on where I was going to be. Over the long season, I don't see the DP as markedly more deadly."When I first heard my name it was kind of a relief, just relief," Walker said. Strikeouts are death by a thousand (OK, one or two hundred) cuts, representing missed opportunity. For the starting lineup, hopefully what we're mostly talking about here, one is kind of stuck with the situational luck of the draw through the course of the game. If choosing a pinch hitter, sure, one would factor these chances in with the particular situation. A strikeout is worse in all those situations, by not even putting the ball in play for a chance involving your BABIP, nor adding a baserunner via a walk. (Indeed none of his DP that season came when no one was on first.) That's 0%. A strikeout is bad too, but not as bad.Īnd then there are the other 506 times Trevor came to bat, when a DP was a very remote possibility if at all. There were also (if I added in my head correctly) 78 other PA with any combination of a man on first (and/or other bases) with fewer than 2 outs, from which came the other 15 DP. A strikeout (he also did those sometimes ) is bad too, but not as bad. Inning over, a very bad outcome, for those times. 13 GIDP came from that, which is a 27% rate. Obviously that's not close to 25%, so we must be talking about fewer PA.įocusing for simplicity on the greater DP threat, Trevor, I see on his b-r.com splits page that he had 48 PA all season where it was one out and only a man on first. Joe had 22 GIDP in 666 plate appearances this past season. Would you rather Plouffe and Mauer who hit into double plays 25% of the time
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