With the 16th pick the Brewers select....
Brett Lawrie IF/C Brookswood S.S. (Canada)

So we have comparisons have Biggio, Walker, Byrnes and Martin, that seems like a pretty broad swath of player types.
With the large amount of MLB ready relief pitchers still available the Brewers went with a more upside guy. I would expect the Brewers to grab one of those arms with the 32 pick which is one of their sandwich picks.
(Photo from www.baseballanalysts.com)
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With the 32nd pick the Brewers select....
Jake Odorizzi RHP Highland H.S. (Illinois)

I personally haven't read much on him. Apparently he's an outstanding athlete and a project that could pay huge dividends. Baseball America had him going as high as 25th overall.
With the 35th pick the Brewers select....
Evan Frederickson LHP University of San Francisco

A few analysts had the Brewers pegging this player in round two. Apparently he's a smart player on and off the field and wants to one day be the president and "be the most powerful person in the world". Ha, thats what his player bio says for USF. Also his favorite movie is Braveheart. Sorry, this is really all I could dig up on him.
(Photo from USF)
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With the 53rd pick the Brewers select....
Seth Lintz RHP Marshall County H.S. (Tennessee)

I know virtually nothing about him. He is one of the best Tennessee high school pitchers. Let's hope he doesn't turn out like fellow Tennessean Derrick Turnbow.
With the 54rd pick the Brewers select....
Cutter Dykstra CF/2B Westlake H.S. (California)

You guessed it folks, he's the son of former big leaguer Lenny Dykstra. He is a bigger version however and can hit for some good power. He currently plays shortstop but will most likely end up at 2B or CF because of his speed. We really like sons of former big league players. Judging by this picture, he tried out with the Brewers at some point.
(Photo from Rivals.com)
With the 62nd pick the Brewers select....
Thomas "Cody" Adams RHP U. Southern Illinois

(Photo from U of So. Ill.)
Round 3 Pick 94 - Logan Schafer CF Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Round 4 Pick 128 - Joshua Romanski LHP/OF University San Diego
Round 5 Pick 158 - Maverick Lasker RHP Sandra Day O'Conner H.S. (Arizona)
Round 6 Pick 188 - Jose Duran SS Texas A&M
2 comments:
Bear you are rocking this.
Baseball America ranks Brett Lawrie as one of the TOP THREE H.S. preps in strike zone awareness. They also ranked Cutter Dykstra in the TOP THREE H.S. preps in speed. That's top three in the entire nation.
I have to tip my cap to Jack Zduriencik & Co. Not only did they make some good picks, but they never really tipped their hand. Baseball America incorrectly predicted that the Brewers would pick RP Josh Fields with the #16 pick, but the Crew instead opted for Brett Lawrie. I think BA predicted that Lawrie would go #25 to Minnesota.
My sources told me that the Brewers were going to shy away from relief pitchers & focus more on multi-tool players. My sources went on to predict that the Crew would use their top pick for a guy like that SS Hewitt, but as it turns out that kid still needs A LOT of refinement & is sort of a risky pick.
Even though Jack Z kept a good poker face, it's been pretty obvious to diehard Brewer fans that their farm system needed to be restocked with starting pitchers. Six of the first 10 picks were SP.
Getting Brett Lawrie was clutch. Apparently he doubled off of both Kyle Davies & Luke Hochevar in an extended spring training game. He went on a tear against some quality pitching ... he played for a Canadian junior national team. This kid has the potential to be something big. This whole season I've been a little jealous that the Cubs now have their catcher of the future in Geovany Soto. Now the Crew might have theirs in Lawrie.
I really hope that Milwaukee can lure Odorizzi from his commitment to Louisville. The main selling point at Louisville is that they promised Odorizzi he could play at shortstop. Hopefully the Brewers can divert his attention with a nice little bonus. He's a hometown hero for the St. Louis area & has put up some pretty studly H.S. numbers.
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