2008 MLB Draft : Dawgs Projected 1st Round

Today's USAToday featured a sports section cover story on Thursday's 2008 Major League Baseball draft. The magazine opted to focus on a trio of players from the State of Georgia in Gordon Beckham (UGA Shortstop), Josh Fields (UGA Relief Pitcher) and Tim Beckham (HS superstar and likely #1 overall selection from Griffin).

Both G. Beckham (Top 10) and Fields (Top 25 or so) are projected to be first round draft picks. Unfortunately, the Atlanta Braves don't have a first round pick due to their trade with the Mets to get Glavine.

MLB coverage and High School baseball recruiting are definitely not my areas of emphasis here because I know little about the topics. However, I have glanced around at some mock drafts, and I thought you might be interested.

• MLB.com - Beckham 8th (White Sox) and Fields 26th (Diamondbacks)
  
• Baseball America - Beckham 8th (White Sox) and Fields 16th (Brewers).
• MyMLBDraft -- Beckham 5th (Giants) and Fields (16th Brewers).
  

And in a wildly off topic turn of events...the MLB draft will start with a unique "draft" of Negro League greats who will represent current clubs. It's a much cooler article than I'm making it sound.

If you're looking for news on how Perno's incoming recruits fair in tomorrow's draft, I guess you will probably find that in the Friday or Saturday edition of the Athens Banner Herald. I haven't got a clue in that area.

See Also:
-- ESPN Draft Coverage

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