Pitchers Dominate First round Of MLB Draft

Brian Goodwin the Former Rocky Mount Gryphon class of  2009 became the highest drafted player from Rocky Mount High School in thirty years as he was selected in the compensation Round by the Washington Nationals the 34th player selected.  Technically the Compensation round is the second round and Brian, was the first pick of round two.

Buck Williams was the last RMHS player selected in the first round of any professional draft when he was selected in the NBA draft in the early 80's.

It was quickly clear that with the softer aluminum bat in college baseball the Major League baseball teams were going after pitchers since  they could get a much better idea about how good a pitcher could be  facing the aluminum bat similar to wood bats of MLB.

This is the second time Brian has been picked in the MLB draft as he was selected in 17th round in 2009 by the Chicago White Sox upon completion of high school.  The question then was would he play for Mike Fox at the University of North Carolina or take an offer from a pro baseball team.  Because of the doubt of how much money it would take to sign him out of high school and his family telling  the MLB clubs that they wanted him  in college Goodwin fell to the 17th round where the choice was simple go to UNC.

Goodwin played his freshman year at Carolina  and batted 282 and started every game for the Tar Heels but ran a foul last fall and was suspended from the baseball team for the spring of 2011.  Goodwin chose to transfer to Miami Dade College in Miami Florida where he hit 382 on the season.

The draft which is live on the MLB Network rated Brian Goodwin as the 8th best outfielder in the draft before it began.  He was the fourth outfielder taken on the night.

If Goodwin decides that major league baseball must wait.  Brian has committed to Ray Tanner and the Gamecocks of South Carolina  for 2012.  Let the negotiations begin. 

Way to go Brian!!!!!!

Tonight in Ahoskie Post 58 beat Brandon Warren and Post 102 5-1.  Warren heading to Barton in the fall wasn't quite as good as Jeremy Sloop who pitched a complete game three hitter only had two walks and struck out 12. 

Post 58 is now 3-0 in Area play and own a five game winning streak and have pushed their record top 7-3 overall.  The games scheduled for Tuesday at Nash Central has been moved to Wednesday.