Youth Movement

Posted by Brian Michael, Wed, June 07, 2006 08:29 AM | Comments: 1
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Following on yesterday’s and today’s draft theme, Cole Hamels reminded us of the impact a quality draftee can make. Cole shook off any remnants of his shoulder discomfort and in 5 and 2/3 innings allowed three hits, one run and two walks, striking out two. He threw 90 pitches, 64 for strikes. The Arizona announcers were repeatedly amazed at Hamels’ control as they several times referred to how Sal Fasano hardly ever had to move his glove to catch a pitch. His first big league win propelled the Phillies to a 7-3 record in their last 10 games and they are now within 3.5 games of the division leading Mets. Ryan Madson takes to the hill this afternoon as the Fightins attempt to sweep Arizona before heading back the East Coast. Opposing him will be Dustin Nippert who has yet to see action this season.

With all the talk of youngsters, it’s best we take a look at the results from Day 1 of the MLB draft yesterday. Below is a recap of the Phillies’ selections.

Pick	Player Name	Position	Year of Birth	Notes
18	Kyle Drabek	RHP	1987	Doug Drabek’s son, throws heat, off-field liability
37	Adrian Cardenas	SS	1987	Likely will be converted to 2B, power hitter
65	Andrew Carpenter	RHP	1985	Fastball, slider, and splitter
97	Jason Donald	SS	1984	Great defensive ability, not as good at the plate. Represented by Scott Boras
127	D’Arby Myers	CF	1988	Likely going to USC
157	Quintin Berry	CF	1984	Speed is his strong point, contact hitter
187	Daniel Brauer	LHP	1983	Strikeout pitcher, pitched a no-hitter this year, Big 10 Pitcher of the Year
217	Theodore Yarbrough	1B	1984	2006 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year
247	Terrance Warren	OF	1988	Youngest player selected by Phils
277	Andrew Cruse	RHP	1984	Decent long reliever, SEC player of the week honors
307	Samuel Walls	RHP	1983	Closer with 94-mph fastball, elbow injuries in past
337	Jarrod Freeman	RHP	1987	Likely to go to Utah
367	Darin McDonald	OF	1987	Likely to play football at Idaho St.
397	Zachary Penprase	SS	1985	Got speed, lots of triples and SBs in college
427	Gus Milner	CF	1984	Went back to Kansas after being drafted last year, picked 33 rounds higher this year.
457	Riley Cooper	CF	1987	Will probably play football for Florida
487	Cody Montgomery	3B	1983	NCAA Player of the week, Bible Study leader for his team.
517	Jay Miller	OF	1983	Cotact hitter, Pac-10 Player of the Week
547	Michael Dubee	RHP	1986	Son of Phils’ Pitching Coach, Rich Dubee

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Wow the Pac 10 really improved their national prestige with their expansion. Colorado and Utah – who’s next? Northern Arizona University?
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