OF Isaac Galloway (36), RHP Daniel Webb (48), RHP Sonny Gray (52), 3b Zach Cox (72), OF Jordan Danks (86), RHP Cecil Tanner (144), RHP Luke Burnett (166), OF Brian Humpries (180), RHP Aaron Barnett (188) are still on the board.

Expect more high-risk steals early.

Benji Gonzalez 5’11 160 from Puerto Rico

... looks like a Creechling to me. Ugh.

... though the Bucs fourth-round pick from Pepperdine looks like more of a 2B.

BTW, these picks are flying.

... the son of Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell, an early front runner for the Bucs’ manager post.

3b Matt Hague OK State teammate of Jordy Mercer

Is that considered a good show up there?

That’s where most of the college prospects go in the summer. For the most part it greatly improves their draft stock

A PITCHER

Andrew Gagnon 6’3 RHP from Cali

CF 6’2 190 Appy State

1b 6’7 240 from Southern A&M

I’d like to think the dude has some pop. Then again, he probably slow as Grandpa Simpson.

OF 6’3 185 from a Texas HS

U of Arizona RHP 6’2 220

... since WTM is missing in action, you seem like the resident draft expert. That said, do you like what the Pirates have done so far?

As we go through these later rounds, we may be looking for organizational depth and signability, but I don’t think the fact that they took a bunch of shortstops necessarily reflects on the organization. Although clearly it is TRUE that we have virtually no middle infield prospects, I’m with Vlad that SSs are usually the best athletes at these levels and there is a good chance that many of them will eventually move. Hopefully they were fulfilling their objective of taking the best guys on their board. If they all prove to be good they will be great trade pieces. It’s not like they are putting together a team to put on the field tomorrow. The Reds took Smoak and they have Joey Votto. Take the best guy on the board.

Also, obviously we aren’t going to have any sense of how this draft turns out for 3-5 years. But, I have been giving Huntington the benefit of the doubt since the day he took the job. I think he and Coonolly have taken a lot of unfair criticism-like IPF calling Huntington a fool- on this site. I didn’t think there was much to do over the winter with so few trading chips and having players coming off poor seasons. The free agent signings are turning out to be fair to good, and more importantly there were no big onerous contracts handed out that will hamper the club going forward. The signing of Dumatrait appears, for the moment, to be brilliant and I’m sure fairly lucky. The pickups of Yates and Michaels, while not significant in the long run, have improved the club.

And, I have to like the draft with the caveat that we get guys signed. I don’t know how you can not give these guys kudos for the job done thus far.

6 foot 180 lefty from of all place North Pole, Alaska

Did the guy in charge of the MLB Draft Tracker need a smoke break?

Wesley Freeman

6-4 215 from Florida HS

6’4 215 from All Saints Academy

Looks like he’s golfing the ball.

But really, it’s looks strange. There’s a hitch that shouldn’t be there.

One minor disappointment: For whatever reason, the Bucs are going heavy on the RH hitters … 10 of 12 position players so far.

Jaron Shepard LH CF

Navarro College (TX)

SS – 6’1 185 from WA State HS

C – 6-2 215 from Georgia Tech

BA did a report on him

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=352

Robert Miller

6-1 185 RHP Shawnee HS (NJ)

From the video, he looks pretty decent. Tops out at 92 or so.

6’1 185 RHP from Jersey

6’4 185 RHP from Glendale CC in AZ

6’3 210 3B from Heritage, TX

Judging from the video, he looks like an excellent athlete. Nice swing, too.

6’3 220 lefty from an Illinois HS

... I really doubt they’ll let Alvarez go. Why can’t they sign all five?

3b from St. Stephens, NC

6’3 195 RHP from Southern Mississippi

I’ll be back later

Woobie hold it down if you can.

Zach Wilson

6-1 190 RH 3B Woodrow Wilson (CA)

He was a teammate of Twins’ first rounder Aaron Hicks (per MIB.com):

This year, 3B Zach Wilson may not be the top-rounder Moustakas or Cardenas ultimately became, but he’s definitely caught the eyes of scouts visiting Woodrow Wilson High School in Southern California to see Aaron Hicks play.

Edwin Roman

5-10 160 R/R CF from Puerto Rico Baseball Academy.

Kyle Saukko

5-11 175 RHP Sierra JC (CA)

29th – Kevin Komstaduis 1b from WA St. HS
30th – Dan Martin 6’9 RHP from TX JC
31st – Ryan Hinson 6’3 LHP from Clemson
32nd – Anthony Forrest 6’5 RHP from Louisana JC
33rd – Mark Carver 6’2 195 C from UNC Wilmington
34th – Matt Payne 3b N.C State
35th – Tyler Cox LHP Illinois St.

15 rounds to go.

36. Kyle Morgan OF U San Francisco
37. Matt Curry 1b TX JC
38. Alan Knotts RHP Louisana Tech
39. A.J Fagan RHP Manhattanville College (NY)
40. Beau Didier 3b WA prep school

41. Chris Simmons C Army
42. Cole White C Army
43. Johnny Gunter RHP JC in Bama
44. Mike Williams LHP Mt. Olive College
45. Allen Ponder RHP Auburn

5 rounds to go

46. Scott McCough SS Plum HS
47. Jordan Craft OF Kennessaw HS (GA)
48. Owen Brotsma RHP Texas Tech
49. Zach Bradford RHP Pitt-Bradford
50. Craig Parry LF South Dakota St.