That pun is turr-ible. Just turr-ible.
Derrick Goold has an interesting pre-draft read with some interesting comments by Luhnow. Amongst other things, Luhnow and Co. have narrowed it down to five players.
In his office Wednesday afternoon, Luhnow said his staff has pegged five players for the 13th pick, but it’s a different five “than we had at the same time the day before.”
Any guesses who the five would be? Because according to the article, it sounds like it very well could include Brett Wallace and Yonder Alonso, two 1B that the Cardinals would have to believe can play another position. Out of those two, I’d venture to say Wallace would have the edge. For someone dubbed ” the Walrus”, he’s 16 for 20 on steals and has only committed 8 errors at 3B for Arizona State. Luhnow also has a “backflip” player.
“You have your reach school, the school you’d be excited to go to, and you have a safety school,” Luhnow said. “We all have that guy you don’t think is going to get to you, but you really think is going to be a good fit. I have a reach guy. I’d do a backflip if he’s there.”
Anyway, for a little pre-draft fun, feel free to guess who you think is in “Luhnow’s Five”.
My guesses–Aaron Crow, Brett Wallace, Aaron Hicks, Christian Friedrich and Tim Melville. Crow of course would be “backflip guy”.
- Keith Law has his latest and last mock, and has the Cards down for Friedrich.
- It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the draft, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have one working for you.
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I don’t know if anyone saw this but FR got a shout out from Jeff Gordon at stltoday.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/jeffgordon/story/35B4C68CCD29353A8625745C00429C1E?OpenDocument
I’ll take a shot: Christian Friedrich, Zach Collier, Brett Wallace, Brett Lawrie. . .and backflip guy - Eric Hosmer.
Backflip: Hosmer
Friedrich, Hicks, Perry, Melville
[...] Redbirds has been all over the draft - it’s their business - and are speculating on the news yesterday that Jeff Luhnow has a handful of guys on his board for the 13th [...]
Backflip: Crow
Fave Five: Friedrich, Wallace, Hicks, Perry, Crow
In case anyone hasn’t seen yet, according to mlb.com, the rays have confirmed that they will take tim beckham with the first pick in the draft.
Baseball America has posted its final mock draft and has the Cardinals taking Wallace at #13. Somehow that just doesn’t feel right to me.
I agree Roarke. Only way they take Wallace is if they feel he’s athletic enough for LF. . .he’s not toolsy enough for the Cards liking. Same with Alonso.
I am the walrus,
Coo coo, kachoo.
(Unless a crow flies into our lap, then I am the crow.)
>>I agree Roarke. Only way they take Wallace is if they feel he’s athletic enough for LF. . .he’s not toolsy enough for the Cards liking.<<
LF? IMHO, the question is whether he can 3B. Was Terry Pendleton “toolsy”? How about Brooks Robinson? Ken Reitz? Granted, Terry could actually run a bit his rookie year then got progressively fatter. Brooks could never run. Ditto Reitz. It was one step and a dive. I think athleticism may be overvalued at 3B. Can the guy hit? Does he have an arm? Does he catch the balls hit at him (something Braun never mastered)? Range is gravy if the bat is juicy enough.