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2008 DRAFT POOL

The Raccoons will – for the first time in god-knows-how-long – not pick in the top 20 in the annual Amateur Draft. Their strong, but not strong enough, finish in 2007 has them stuck with the 21st pick in every round of the 2008 draft, plus the 14th pick in the 24-pick supplemental round as compensation for the signing of Daniel Sharp by the Miners.

At #21, you don’t have to salivate over the cream of the crop. You won’t get them anyway. And if you get one of those assumed future Hall of Famers at #21, they are most likely fake. Nevertheless, here’s a look at the potential top picks in the draft, which is soft on catchers and middle infielders, but has a few interesting pitchers, and a good selection of outfielders. Here’s the best dozen-some:

SP Noah “Bloody” Bricker (12/11/13) – 17 K/9 in high school and Whitebread points out his FIP of 0.04, whatever that means
SP Michael Colvard (11/13/11)
SP Kevin Woodworth (11/16/11)
CL Chris Spindler (17/13/9)

SS Tyler Gray (14/12/4) – Whitebread says something about the best high school WOBA in the country, whatever that means
3B Tom Thomas (14/7/16)
3B Mark Abraham (10/7/11)

OF Ryan Feldman (10/15/12) – consensus #1 pick?
OF John Kelsey (10/10/17)
RF/CF Chris Macias (10/9/11)
OF/3B Dave Carter (11/9/12)
OF Jason Seeley (9/10/14)
OF Justin Bellows (7/10/17) – don’t know how he’s a 7 contact and Whitebread has him 2nd in high school WOBA in the - … I STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT WOBA IS!! (grunts)

Where does Noah Bricker’s nickname come from? Because you can’t hit that bloody bastard!