Thursday, June 11, 2009

Interesting Approach

With their first 3 selections of the 2008 draft, the Braves selected 3 high school pitchers, including Robert Stovall who dominated the state of Alabama and my brother-in-law's high school team. If it means anything, Bro-in-law, then 18 said he was flat out nasty. His online video shows an incredible curveball for a highschooler, but only an 88-89 fastball.

But his year, the Braves did not select a high school until the 298th pick (their 9th overall). This probably would not have been the case, if the Giants had not selected Zach Wheeler 6th, right before the Braves' first pick (7th) in the first round. Wheeler is a 6'3" RHP out of East Paulding High School (Dallas, GA).

Instead, the Braves selected Michael Minor, out of VANDY and team USA. Pretty good looking lefty, but what the hell do I know?

Check him out here: http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=4961152&content_id=4737439

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