MLB Draft!

The MLB Draft is right around the corner. June 5th and 6th are the draft dates. Again, ESPN will be televising the 1st round of the draft as they did last year for the first time ever. The MLB draft is 50 rounds long.

Here is the draft order
First Round 1. Tampa Bay 2. Pittsburgh 3. Kansas City 4. Baltimore 5. San Francisco 6. Florida7. Cincinnati 8. Chicago (A) 9. Washington 10. Houston 11. Texas 12. Oakland 13. St. Louis 14. Minnesota 15. Los Angeles (N) 16. Milwaukee 17. Toronto 18. New York (N)* 19. Chicago (N) 20. Seattle 21. Detroit 22. New York (N) 23. San Diego 24. Philadelphia 25. Colorado 26. Arizona 27. Minnesota* 28. New York (A) 29. Cleveland 30. Boston

The Royals have pick #3. Who I think he should take is Brian Matusz out of San Diego. The reason's being: 1. He's a lefty. 2. He has a good pitchers frame of 6-5 200 lbs. 3. A compact delivery that is easier to maintain. 4. Above average off spead stuff. His FB sits in the low 90's and probably will increase slightly with better conditioning that the pro's have over college. I'm sure a lot of Royals fans want Crow out of Missouri. My grips with him are his size (6-3 but really shorter and 195) and he's throw a lot of innings for MO plus his off spead stuff is just good, not great like Matusz. Some scouts think that Crow would be a top closer, not a front line starter.

Royals farm system seems to be pitching thin compared to position players. I wouldn't be suprised if Dayton Moore takes a lot of arms with this draft. With lower picks you could see them take talented OF's who have signed letters of intent to play with big time schools. Those are hard to get the players to take the money but you can get 1st round potential later in the draft that way.