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| Rank |
Name |
Pos |
B/T |
H/W |
NCAA/HS |
School/State |
Comments |
| 01 |
Alvarez, Pedro |
3B |
L/R |
6-2/225 |
College |
Vanderbilt |
Lefty slugger is a natural run producer, the best college hitter since Alex Gordon |
| 02 |
Matusz, Brian |
LHP |
L/L |
6-4/193 |
College |
San Diego |
Projectable, tall and lanky lefty with solid 3-pitch repertoire |
| 03 |
Beckham, Tim |
SS |
R/R |
6-2/190 |
High School |
Griffin (GA) |
Silky smooth shortstop with promising bat, improving power |
| 04 |
Posey, Buster |
C |
R/R |
6-2/200 |
College |
Florida State |
Athletic backstop with cannon arm & contact bat |
| 05 |
Crow, Aaron |
RHP |
R/R |
6-2/205 |
College |
Missouri |
Strong-armed RHP on the rise with impressive command, improving offspeed stuff |
| 06 |
Hosmer, Eric |
1B |
L/L |
6-4/210 |
High School |
American Heritage (FL) |
Sweet swing, slick fielding first baseman |
| 07 |
Beckham, Gordon |
SS |
R/R |
6-0/180 |
College |
Georgia |
Exciting SS with considerable pop in his bat |
| 08 |
Alonso, Yonder |
1B |
L/R |
6-2/215 |
College |
Miami |
Big, imposing and patient slugger with sweet lefty swing |
| 09 |
Skipworth, Kyle |
C |
L/R |
6-3/195 |
High School |
Patriot (CA) |
Tall, athletic catcher with powerful lefty stick |
| 10 |
Smoak, Justin |
1B |
S/L |
6-3/200 |
College |
South Carolina |
Natural run-producer as a switch hitter with power to all fields |
| 11 |
Hunt, Shooter |
RHP |
R/R |
6-3/205 |
College |
Tulane |
Big bodied RHP with good, but inconsistent stuff |
| 12 |
Hicks, Aaron |
CF |
S/R |
6-1/160 |
High School |
Woodrow Wilson (CA) |
Electric 5-tool talent as an OF, power FB, hammer CB as RHP |
| 13 |
Friedrich, Christian |
LHP |
R/L |
6-3/210 |
College |
Eastern Kentucky |
Smooth lefty with a good fastball, wicked curve |
| 14 |
Wallace, Brett |
1B |
L/R |
6-1/245 |
College |
Arizona State |
Soft-bodied 1B with a patient approach and power |
| 15 |
Melville, Tim |
RHP |
R/R |
6-5/205 |
High School |
Wentzville Holt (MO) |
Tall, athletic RHP with good stuff, even better command |
| 16 |
Kelly, Casey |
SS |
R/R |
6-3/190 |
High School |
Sarasota (FL) |
Extremely athletic two-way talent that could star on gridiron as QB |
| 17 |
Fields, Josh |
CL |
R/R |
6-0/180 |
College |
Georgia |
Shorter righty closer with dynamic 2-pitch punch |
| 18 |
Odorizzi, Jake |
RHP |
R/R |
6-2/170 |
High School |
Highland (IL) |
Athletic righty with loose, electric arm and power stuff |
| 19 |
Castro, Jason |
C |
L/R |
6-3/215 |
College |
Stanford |
Strong defensive catcher with improving, powerful lefty stick |
| 20 |
Cashner, Andrew |
CL |
R/R |
6-5/195 |
College |
TCU |
Large-framed RHP that has thrived since being moved to closer's role |
| 21 |
Scheppers, Tanner |
RHP |
R/R |
6-4/200 |
College |
Fresno State |
Projectable righty with power fastball-slider arsenal |
| 22 |
Colllier, Zach |
CF |
L/L |
6-2/185 |
High School |
Chino Hills (CA) |
Quickly rising prep OF with promising lefty swing |
| 23 |
Hewitt, Anthony |
3B |
R/R |
6-1/190 |
High School |
Salisbury School (NY) |
Super athletic infielder/outfielder with speed, strong arm and budding power |
| 24 |
Martin, Ethan |
3B |
R/R |
6-3/200 |
High School |
Stephens County (GA) |
Power bat, arm makes him the ideal third baseman |
| 25 |
Weeks, Jemile |
2B |
S/R |
5-9/165 |
College |
Miami |
Rickie’s little brother has surprising pop in switch bat, great wheels |
| 26 |
Cole, Gerrit |
RHP |
R/R |
6-3/190 |
High School |
Orange Lutheran (CA) |
Perfectly projectable RHP with power arsenal |
| 27 |
DeVall, Brett |
LHP |
R/L |
6-4/220 |
High School |
Niceville (FL) |
Big bodied lefty that relies more on command and movement than stuff |
| 28 |
Gillaspie, Conor |
3B |
L/R |
6-1/200 |
College |
Wichita State |
Tough and gritty contact hitter with excellent approach to hitting |
| 29 |
Meyer, Alex |
RHP |
R/R |
6-7/200 |
High School |
Greensburg (IN) |
Big, workhorse RHP with power fastball-slider one-two punch |
| 30 |
Gray, Sonny |
RHP |
R/R |
6-0/185 |
High School |
Smyrna (TN) |
Shorter yet athletic RHP with electric arm |
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| Welcome to the final draft rankings for 2008. There is plenty of movement, with late draft risers such as Andrew Cashner, Jake Odorizzi, Zach Collier and Anthony Hewitt. I'm going to let the rankings speak for themselves, and keep in mind these rankings are not a reflection of how the draft may shake out, as signability and organizational needs will ultimately determine which players are selected where. In regards to the Brewers, they are poised for a big year, with six picks among the top 62 overall selections, and you have to feel confident that Jack Zduriencik will re-stock the farm system with talent now that he actually has extra, early picks to work with. Truly, a big draft is on tap. To view scouting reports of all 100 players entered in the Brewerfan.net database, be sure to click on the Player Profile drop-down menu and select all, and in the meantime, visit the fan forum to be a part of all of the conversation leading up to the draft, and Brewerfan.net's unrivaled draft-day coverage.
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