{"id":1633,"date":"2011-06-08T22:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T02:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2013-09-16T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T11:25:17","slug":"good-lord-weve-drafted-a-lot-of-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Good Lord we’ve drafted a lot of Arms …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Meyer leads a very very large pack of college arms in the Nats draft class. Photo via Lex18.com<\/p><\/div>\n

I wrote this post in three parts, after each of the draft’s three days.\u00a0 Hence the groupings.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick breakdown of the top 10 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
– Anthony Rendon<\/td>\n2b\/3b<\/td>\n1\/6 Rice Jr.\u00a0 Boras client, slipped b\/c of shoulder injury #1 BA ranked<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Alex Meyer<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n1\/23 UKentucky Jr. big starter, 97mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Brian Goodwin<\/td>\nof<\/td>\nS1\/34 Miami Dade Juco (was unc).\u00a0 lefty leadoff\/cf type.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Matt Purke<\/td>\nlhp<\/td>\n3\/96 TCU Soph. Fantastic pick, was a top10 talent, shoulder bursitis issue.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Kylin Turnbull<\/td>\nlhp<\/td>\n4\/127 Santa Barbara Juco.\u00a0 6-4, 93mph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Matt Skole<\/td>\n3b<\/td>\n5\/157 Georgia Tech Jr.\u00a0 Big bat.\u00a0 47homers in 3yr college career.\u00a0 wow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– David Hill<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n6\/187 Vanderbuilt Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Brian Dupra<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n7\/217 Notre Dame Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Gregory Holt<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n8\/247 UNC Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Dixon Anderson<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n9\/277 California Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Manny Rodriguez<\/td>\nrhp<\/td>\n10\/307 Barry University Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

First day observations: Wow, that’s a lot of pitching.\u00a0 8 of our first 11 picks are college arms.\u00a0 Not ONE high school guy.<\/p>\n

Looking at the next 20 rounds (where there’s less of a chance the guy pans out):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
– Caleb Ramsey<\/td>\nOF\u00a0\u00a0 11 Houston Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Blake Monar<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 12 Indiana Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Blake Kalenkosky<\/td>\n1B\u00a0\u00a0 13 Texas State Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Cody Stubbs<\/td>\nOF\u00a0\u00a0 14 Walters State JuCo J2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Zach Houchins<\/td>\nSS\u00a0\u00a0 15 Louisburg JuCo J1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Deion Williams<\/td>\nSS\u00a0\u00a0 16 Redan (Ga.) HS (Committed to Georgia State)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Esteban Guzman<\/td>\nRHP\u00a0 17 San Jose State Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Nicholas Lee<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 18 Weatherford College JuCo J2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Hawtin Buchannan<\/td>\nRHP\u00a0 19 Biloxi (Miss.) HS (Committed to Ole Mis\/Mississippi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Josh Laxer<\/td>\nRHP\u00a0 20 Madison (Miss.) Central HS (Committed to Ole Mis\/Mississippi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Todd Simko<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Travis Henke<\/td>\nRHP\u00a0 22 Arkansas-Little Rock Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Khayyan Norfork<\/td>\n2B\u00a0\u00a0 23 Tennessee Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Kyle Ottoson<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 24 Arizona State Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Erick Fernandez<\/td>\nC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25 Georgetown Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Shawn Pleffner<\/td>\nOF\u00a0\u00a0 26 Univ. of Tampa Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Bobby Lucas<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 27 George Washington Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Kenneth Ferrer<\/td>\nRHP\u00a0 28 Elon University Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Sean Cotton<\/td>\nC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29 Tusculum College Sr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Bryan Harper<\/td>\nLHP\u00a0 30 South Carolina Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In rounds 11-30, here’s some highlights:<\/p>\n