MLB Draft Day One Is Over

The first three rounds of the major league draft is over and no local names were called.

For all of us who pull for for either Northern Nash or Rocky Mount we all wanted to hear their names called.

I have heard all spring that the Joyner family were sending vibes to scouts that they wanted to send Tyler to college and were not that interested in signing and playing minor league baseball at this time. Tyler has committed to the Nash County American Legion team this summer before Billy Godwin gets him in the fall at ECU.

I think even the Goodwin family had told scouts that Brian would have to be a high, high pick in order to sway him from Mike Fox and Chapel Hill.

When Charles Alston sent out the e-mail that Brian had decided to play select baseball this summer in Ohio I kind of thought that the Goodwin's after hearing what scouts were telling them where they thought Brian might go in the draft that they put out the word that they would spend the next three years in Chapel Hill.

I suspect we will hear their names called before the week is over since there are 50 rounds of players picked. 1600 players will get drafted by end of the day Thursday.

Major league teams don't have many quality picks and when family's send out messages that we are not interested most teams look in the direction of those that are. By the time the 10th round rolls around teams will start taking shots in the dark just to see if they can lure players to pro ball.

Round four starts at Noon on Wednesday.

The Tar Heels of North Carolina had three player drafted. As expected Dustin Ackley went as the second player taken to Seattle and D H Conley's Alex White was the fifteenth player taken. Carolina was the only school with two players taken in the first round. Kyle Seager was taken in the third round. As it turned out they were the only college players taken from any North Carolina College.

There was one thing very obvious in the draft. If you were six three and could throw ninty miles and hour or faster you got drafted. The ninty fifth pick in the draft was the first pitcher less than six feet three. Almost half of the draft were pitchers.

MLB Draft Starts Today

I think it is 6.00pm tonight the major league baseball draft begins. If either Brian Goodwin or Tyler Joyner go in the first round I will come back on this blog and announce where they were taken.

The preliminary draft experts are not showing Brian in the first round. As long as it takes to complete the first round and if neither player is drafted tonight then It will be late Wednesday before I know myself. I am limited on line during working hours.

It is my guess Brian will go about round two or three and Tyler may be in the top five rounds.

You know both have invites to play college ball next year so not going high in the draft as everyone thinks is not the end of the world for either.

If something pops I will post as soon as I know.

Carolina plays Sunday in the college world series. They are matched up with Arizona State the team that beat Clemson two straight in the super regional.

Virginia plays Saturday against LSU. Both Carolina and Virginia are in different brackets so they will not play each other unless the both make the championship series two out of three next weekend.

The Nash County American legion game for tonight at Northern Nash has been moved to Tarboro. The new Legion team started Saturday at New Bern and lost 14-4. When we look at the roster I think they have a good team it is sometimes a matter playing together and it falls into place. We will see. First home game is scheduled for 3.00pm Sunday afternoon at Wesyelan's Bauer Field.

Game time is 7.00pm tonight at Northern Nash. They also play at Northern Wednesday night and have another home game Sunday afternoon at NC Wesleyan