Draft Pick Discussion, Rounds 1-5; Latest -- Dylan Covey doing well at U of San Diego

[battlekow]

From an interview with Scout.com before the start of this season:

Kevin Levine-Flandrup: What was it like

being selected as an Aflac All-American and then getting to not only

pitch at Petco, but to pitch a clean inning?

 

 

Dylan Covey: Leading up to the game I had been having shoulder

problems throughout the summer because at the end of the season I kind

of pitched a lot. I had actually only thrown one bullpen leading up to

Aflac, and my arm felt good, so I was just hoping I could throw strikes.

So I went in, and I don’t know what happened, but my arm just felt

amazing, and since then my arm just didn’t hurt.

 

Kevin Levine-Flandrup: As a pitcher tell

me about your arsenal.

 

 

Dylan Covey: I throw from very straight over the top which gives

my fastball a downward plane. I throw a 4-seam fastball that is

starting to sit around 92-94 MPH, my 2-seam fastball is about the same

but with some more arm-side run. Curve ball is a straight, 12 to 6,

up-and-down drop, and it is anywhere from 78 mph to 85 mph. My slider

is pretty much the opposite of my curveball, moves side-to-side, and

I’ve hit 90 MPH with it, but it’s usually in the high 80s. I’m

developing a changeup right now, it’s not great, but it’s not terrible.

 

 

 

Kevin Levine-Flandrup: What kind of change are you throwing?

 

 

Dylan Covey: It’s actually really weird. It’s like a split

finger, but I slide all three fingers on one side. My pointer and

middle fingers are split, but then I have my pinky and ring finger on

the side for stability. I actually saw someone throwing it and I

figured I’d try it out and it’s working out pretty good.

[YoungGeezy]

Yeah I read that earlier and this is the part that stood out most for me:

Kevin Levine-Flandrup: Your dad flirted with professional baseball, is that correct?

Dylan Covey: Yeah, he was drafted in 1968 by the Mets, but he didn’t sign.


Kevin Levine-Flandrup: How has that played into how you are approaching your draft experience?

Dylan Covey: Back then it was a lot different because they could draft you and then ask you to finish college. He kind of regrets not signing and didn’t really pursue it. He didn’t really have a relationship with his father, so because of that he has made sure to keep a really good relationship with me. He’s strict with me about making sure I do things right, and he wants to see me succeed where he didn’t. He’s definitely been the main factor in everything I’ve accomplished.


Kevin Levine-Flandrup: Have you thought about the draft?

Dylan Covey: Yeah, but right now it’s all surreal, so until it actually happens I don’t think I’m going to understand it. At this point I just feel like I’m a normal kid.


Kevin Levine-Flandrup: If you are drafted, would you consider signing?

Dylan Covey: Yeah, I would have no problem passing up college, but it would definitely have to be the right opportunity.

I loved the way that sounded, hope he signs soon

[WisconsinSportsRule]

After I read the first few reports, I immediately thought of Gallardo and then I looked at his delivery and it's so similar to Yo's.

[battlekow]

Covey a bit surprised

Tom Haudricourt

We just had a conference call with Brewers first-round draft pick

Dylan Covey, a high school right-hander from Pasadena, Calif.

To say the least, Covey was surprised to be picked by the Brewers.

"I don't even think I know how to spell Milwaukee," said Covey, who

added that he hadn't talked to many representatives of the Brewers of

late.

"I wasn't really expecting the Brewers."

Asked what he knew about the Brewers, Covey said, "I know they have a

slide in the outfield," referring to Bernie Brewers' slide beyond left

field.

Covey said there was quite an uproar at his jam-packed house when his

name was announcd as the 14th pick.

"The whole house was shaking," said Covey. "Everybody was jumping up

and down.

"The whole atmosphere with the draft is pretty crazy. It's been a

circus. I'm glad it's over. We'll see what happens."

Covey has a scholarship to the University of San Diego but sounds

more interested in going pro.

"I want to play; I want to sign," he said. "I want to play soon. I'm

not sure what the process is like.

"Expectations for me this year were pretty high but I felt

comfortable. I'm not really sure my style is what makes me successful.

I'm willing to try new things and listen to people who have been there

before. That's one of my better attributes."

Covey said he goes to as many major league games as possible and

added, "I love watching baseball but my parents are kind of cheap so I

don't have the MLB Network."

As for being the third prep pitcher taken in the draft, Covey

said, "That's pretty sweet. I'm kind of shocked. I don't know what to

say."

[Boisebrewer]

He sounds like he has Sheets' sense of humor with the comment about his parents being too cheap to get MLB Network. If he turns out close to Sheeter I will be thrilled.

[wibadgers23]

I'm excited about this pick. Get the kid signed and get him to Helena.

[battlekow]

Pitcher Dylan Covey is beating odds, not to mention foes

Eric Sondheimer/Los Angeles Times

On a cold, drizzly night, the baseball diamond at Jackie Robinson

Stadium in Pasadena needs repairs if a game between Pasadena Maranatha

and Brentwood is going to be played, and the person showing the best

form handling a rake is one of the scheduled starting pitchers, Dylan

Covey.

In a couple of months, Covey, 18, figures to have enough

money to buy his own landscaping company, but the fact that he isn't

hiding in the warm, cozy Maranatha clubhouse in the middle of a steady

rain validates what people have been saying about his impeccable

character.

 

"He understands he needs to serve if he wants to be a leader," Coach

Brian DeHaan said. "He's the first guy out to rake, to clean the shed,

to maintain the field. He's going to motivate guys by his actions. He

doesn't talk a lot, but based on what he does other people follow."

 

Armed with a 94-mph fastball and a curveball that drops so sharply it

seems as if it's falling off a table as it approaches home plate, Covey,

a 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander, has put himself in position to be a

first-round choice next month in Major League Baseball's annual amateur

draft.

He has done so by beating the odds, rising up from a

small school after coming forth — literally — when no one saw him

coming.

His mother Angela says, "He's our little miracle guy."

 

She tells of how she and her husband, Darrell, decided to stop having

children after Dylan's older brothers, Brian, 37, and Nathan, 32, were

born. She underwent a surgical procedure.

Years later, she

changed her mind and went through an operation to reverse the procedure.

A couple of years went by.

"Then, one December, I thought I had

the flu and it turned out to be Dylan," Angela said.

Said Dylan:

"They tell me I was a miracle, but they also tell me I was the only one

planned."

He was home-schooled until it was time to go to high

school, and since Nathan had gone to Maranatha, Dylan followed, though

there was trepidation because he had become a promising baseball player.

 

"It was a hard decision," Angela said. "We struggled with the fact we

would be sending him to a small school, but it was right for him."

Whatever

doubts might have arisen from Covey's playing against small-school

competition in high school were erased over summers playing against the

very best the club-team travel circuit had to offer. His name and talent

became well known, from Florida to Arizona. On a team last year, he was

throwing 95 mph and some scouts thought he was better than a couple of

seniors who were considered top professional prospects.

http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gifAnd Maranatha's baseball program got better, winning a Southern Section

Division V championship last season behind Covey, who was 11-2 with 127

strikeouts. This season, he's 5-0 with an 0.14 earned-run average. He

has 104 strikeouts and only 15 walks in 51 2/3 innings, and has given up

just 19 hits.

He was a flop as a freshman, with a 2-6 record,

learning that no matter your reputation or potential, it comes down to

throwing strikes, dealing with pressure and executing fundamentals.

 

At showcases, Covey says, scouts seem to be everywhere, with radar guns

aimed en masse. Even at his high school games, 20 or more scouts show

up, sit behind home plate and chart his every pitch, looking for any

weakness, because someone is going to be investing lots of money in his

right arm.

He accepted a scholarship from the University of San

Diego last November, but it's clear that professional baseball beckons.

And since he's gearing up to help his team make another title run, get

ready for increased velocity and even sharper focus.

"I've been

working toward the end of the season so I'll be at full throttle when we

get to the playoffs," Covey said.

He's pleased he can be an

example of how you don't have to attend a big school to get noticed.

 

"If you do well," he said, "you're name is going to be heard."

[derflotr]

Despite the fact that pretty much every 1st rounder is supposed to be a future all-star, can't help but like the pick. Like others have said he sounds a lot like our ace right now, and he seems pretty likable.

[gobrew23]

"Covey went 7-1 with a 0.40 ERA and three saves with 138 strikeouts compared to 20 walks in 70 2/3 innings pitched for Maranatha this season."

 

 

Those numbers are great. I realize it's against HS hitters, so he should be expected to dominate, but 2 K's per inning over 70+ innings is great.

[battlekow]

Dylan Covey finds success, his curveball, in unusual places
John Kilma/Rivals High

Dylan
Covey distinctly remembers the moment he discovered his greatest
gift.

Standing on a muggy Florida mound and hardly having had the
time to get loose, he couldn't throw his fastball over the plate to save
his life. For a very long moment, Covey felt alone. He spread his
fingers across the ball, and when he threw it, flicked his wrist like he
was swatting a fly.

It was a moment that has forever changed his game.

For the first time in his life, he had thrown a curveball.

It's the pitch that now some Major League scouts consider the best true
right-handed curveball in the 2010 draft and adds him to the discussion
of potential first-round draft picks in June.

But how that curveball came about makes him unique.

"When he was in Little League, he threw something like 77 mph when he
was 12 years old, which is really hard for those kids," Darrell Covey,
Dylan's father, said. "He broke a kid's arm with a fastball and for a
while there he was afraid to throw as hard as he could. He had to work
through that. It took a while, but he got over that and began throwing
well again. I had always heard that you weren't supposed to let a young
kid try a curveball, so I never let him throw it."

Nobody knew Covey had a curveball. Home-schooled until he entered
Pasadena (Calif.) Maranatha High, a private Christian institution with
an enrollment of 665 students, Covey struggled as a young high school
pitcher.

"When I was a freshman, I had no off-speed," Covey said. "It would
either go above the catcher's head or straight into the dirt."

Covey fought to find consistent mechanics and release points. He had
moments where he fought his confidence.

But it was a moment of thinking on his cleats that led to Covey's
magical discovery.

At a wood bat tournament in Jupiter, Fla., two summers ago,
unpredictable downpours played havoc with Covey's game schedule. The
game he was scheduled to pitch looked like it was going to be a rainout,
but the sky cleared and the sun shone enough for event organizers to
hurriedly rush his team onto the field.

Covey didn't have time to warm up in the bullpen before the game. He
played long toss and then was on the mound with the usual eight pitches
to get loose.

"They put you on the mound and pretty much said, 'Figure it out,'" Covey
said.

When Covey tried to put his fastball over the plate, he threw it in the
dirt. When he tried to air it out, it nearly went to the backstop. Covey
was in trouble, and he hadn't even thrown a pitch in the game.

"I couldn't locate my fastball at all," he said. "It literally just flew
out of my hand that day."

Covey noticed how the sticky Florida air made his fingertips feel tacky
on the baseball. He fiddled with a curveball grip for the first time in a
game and tried not to wrap his fingers too tightly around the ball. He
rocked into his windup and hoped for the best

As soon as the curveball snapped off from his fingertips, Covey knew
he had found his future.

The catcher nodded approvingly, pointed his glove at Covey, and told him
to throw it again.

Watching in the stands, Darrell Covey couldn't believe what he had seen.
Dylan hadn't thrown a soft curveball with a wide and slow girth. He had
thrown a hard over-the-top curveball.

"I wish I could remember that signal caller's name," Darrell said. "He
was a real good guy back there. I remember he caught Dylan's curveball,
threw it back to him, and told him to keep throwing it. He just went 70
percent curveballs and 30 percent fastballs that day."

Covey went from nervous to overjoyed. He could manipulate the seams
exactly how he wanted to. He trusted the pitch the moment he threw it.
Instead of pitching to light up radar guns, Covey did the exact opposite
of what prospects are supposed to do in showcase games. He began
throwing the curveball as his primary pitch and his fastball as his
secondary pitch.

"I had to work backwards," Dylan said. "And all of a sudden, I had a
curveball."

Covey led his high school team to a CIF-Southern Section championship as
a junior and then shut down throwing for most of the summer until he
appeared in the Aflac game in August. At San Diego's Petco Park in a
showcase game that brings together many of the best high school players
in the nation, Covey looked perfectly at ease on a Major League mound.
He threw a hard curveball at 83 mph - considered well above average on
the Major League scouting scale - and pitched at 90-93 mph, finishing
with a flourishing 95 mph fastball.

He got stronger in the fall, pitching a scout ball outing in which his
curveball was 81-86, which solidified his first-round prospect status.

In his first high school outing this spring, Covey's velocity was 94-95
deep into the game and his curveball showed shape and power at 81-83
with hard velocity, tight rotation and good command.

The pitch has become Covey's calling card, and has some scouts drawing
some pretty impressive comparisons.

"The way he looked reminded me a lot of the way (former Cy Young winning
right-handed pitcher) Curt Schilling looked as a younger pitcher," one
Major League scouting director said, speaking on condition of anonymity,
a baseball industry standard.

And, from what it appears, it's only going to get better for the kid who
learned to throw the curveball in a moment of desperation.

"Right now, (Covey) probably isn't even close to being as physically
strong as he's going to get," the scouting director said. "His body is
sort of at that stage of being between a boy and a man. He's going to
get stronger and he should be the sort of guy who can get you deep into
games with power stuff on a routine basis.

"The separator for him is the curveball, which is how Schilling was at a
similar age."

Like Father, Like Son

A former ballplayer who was drafted but never signed to play
professionally, Darrell Covey never lost his feel for the game.

After having two sons - Brian, now 37, and Nathan, 32 - Darrell and his
wife, Angela, decided they weren't going to have any more children. So
Angela underwent a surgical procedure.

Years later, even though Angela believed her child-rearing years were
over, they had second thoughts. The procedure was reversed and, in 1991,
Dylan was born.

"They said I was a gift," Dylan Covey said.

Baseball ran in the Covey bloodlines and flowed from father to sons with
joy and heartache. A fourth son, born two years after Dylan, had died
prematurely. Baseball soothed tears and, like their faith, fostered
family unity.

Soon enough, during backyard games of catch, Darrell could tell by the
sting in his glove that Dylan came with a gift of his own.

As Dylan grew and eventually joined the team at Pasadena (Calif.)
Maranatha High, older brother Nathan became an assistant baseball coach
with the team. Both Nathan and Darrell were there to help Dylan fight
through his growing pains.

In the summers, Darrell and Dylan hit the road playing in travel ball
and wood bat events, rooming together and forming a relationship like an
old catcher mentoring along a promising young pitcher.

Dylan remembers the road trips like a map folded in his back pocket:
tournaments and showcases in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Arizona and Florida,
and wherever else baseball took them.

"Most guys didn't have Dads that traveled with them or that they could
go out and throw with and talk about things you'd do in a game," Dylan
Covey said. "Things like what pitch you'd want to throw a certain guy in
a situation.

"He's always been the guy who was there."

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[wishicouldhit]

To me, this picks confirms Bruce seid's philosophy of drafting pitching. “Our goal as a scouting staff is to build a championship caliber pitching staff and field a lineup that is young and durable that will keep us competitive at the championship level for the long term". To accomplish their goal they seem to like big strong guys with a mid 90 fastball and a plus off speed pitch (Heckathorn comes to mind). I prefer this pick over a "safe college pitcher" that has a low ceiling.

[battlekow]

Covey: "I'm pumped"

Adam McCalvy

 

California prep right-hander Dylan Covey informed the world on

Monday that his parents "are kind of cheap," and thus do not have the

MLB Network at the family's Pasadena home. So he gathered with more than

100 boosters at a friend's house for Day 1 of the First-Year Player

Draft, and, at some point, the 18-year-old looked around the room.

"I

just stopped and thought, 'All of this stuff is for me,'" Covey said.

"I've never looked at it that way before. I was always just going out

and playing. I took a step back and realized this is the next chapter in

my life. What's going to go on from here is a mystery."

The

Brewers made Covey the organization's latest young power arm with the

14th overall selection, committing to Covey despite some mixed results

in recent history in drafting high school pitchers.

Covey

has drawn some comparisons to the Giants' Matt Cain and the Dodgers'

Chad Billingsley for his pitching style. He told reporters Monday night

that he models his attitude after the Mariners' Cliff Lee.

"He

kind of has that humble aspect about him on the mound," Covey said. "I

would like to model myself after him as a pitcher for his personality

traits."

When the Brewers made him the 14th

overall pick, "the whole house was just shaking from shouting and

jumping up and down," Covey said. "It was awesome. I really wasn't

expecting the Brewers. I met with them a couple weeks back, but they

never really talked to me other than that and they didn't give me many

phone calls. But I'm pumped."

Among the

well-wishers were Covey's older brothers Brian, 37, and Nathan, 32. His

mother, Angela, told the Los Angeles Times over the weekend of

how she and Dylan's dad, Darrell, decided to stop having children after

Nathan was born. She underwent surgery, but, years later, changed her

mind, and had the procedure reversed. More years passed before she

became pregnant with Dylan, who mom described to the Times as

her, "miracle guy."

While Brewers fans get to

know Covey, he'll be getting to know the Brewers. He admittedly knows

little about the franchise, other than the fact that there's a big slide

in the outfield at Miller Park.

"I don't even

think I know how to spell Milwaukee," Covey said.

He

may learn soon. Covey will turn 19 on Aug. 14, two days before the Aug.

16 deadline for teams to sign their 2010 Draft picks.

Covey

has some leverage with a scholarship offer from the University of San

Diego. The Brewers have done a very good job in recent seasons of

signing their picks early and getting them started in the Minor

Leagues.

"I'm totally up for signing and

playing with the Brewers," he said. "We'll see what happens. I'm not

completely writing college off, but there's a good chance -- I would say

a really good chance -- that I will sign."

He

also said: "I want to play, I want to sign, and I want to play soon,

but I don't know what that process is like. I don't have any idea what

to expect."

He was the third high school

pitcher selected in the Draft.

"That's pretty

sweet," Covey said. "I'm kind of shocked. I don't even know what to say

right now because this whole atmosphere is crazy."

[tigerbrew]

Yeah, his stats are really awesome. Hope his curveball is as good as described, if so the Ben Sheets comparisons seem pretty good and we could have a potential ace. Overall, I like the pick a lot.

[Funketown]

Let's hope Doug can get this guy signed. Looking at TH's post, that's an ugly history of 1st round high school pitchers signing with the Crew, so here's hoping he bucks the trend.

[LouisEly]

When the Brewers made him the 14th overall pick, "the whole house was just shaking from shouting and jumping up and down,"

 

I thought he was going to say this was because an earthquake hit right about the time he was drafted. True - I was in my car so I didn't feel it, but my roommate said it shook the house pretty good. Second one today - the one that hit at 2:17AM last night woke me up (small - 3.8 - but really close to the epicenter).

[bobbledude25]

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Covey Emerges Among Hard-Throwing Elite

 

In 160 pool-play games played on 12 fields over a four-day period, 166 pitchers were clocked at 90 mph and above. A total of 298 hit 88 or better. Hard throwers were in evidence throughout the tournament, but no pitcher threw harder than Winning Inning (Fla.) righthander Mychal Givens (Tampa), a projected first-rounder in 2009 who was clocked at 96—and yet lost his only start while giving up three walks, four hits and four runs in three innings. Eight more pitchers were clocked at 94, including Covey, who worked all seven innings of San Gabriel Valley’s key 3-2, pool-play win over the talented Royals Scout Team. Not only did Covey allow just one hit, a wind-blown triple, but he struck out 17 and most impressively was 94 from the first inning to the seventh. No pitcher in the entire tournament (with the possible exception of Miller) may have created quite as much buzz. Ranked No. 34 in the 2010 high school class at the outset of the tournament, Covey progressed to a potential first-rounder off his dominant performance.

[homer]

I hate drafting high school pitchers in the first round. I don't care about drafting guys that can help sooner than later and I like the best player available scenario but the injury risk is so great that I think small market teams need to look elsewhere. I hope this guy proves me wrong.

 

At least we're not drafting DII guys http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[battlekow]

Brewers didn't go for quick fix

Tom Haudricourt

As much as the Brewers need to develop pitchers and get them to the

major leagues as soon as possible, they did not go for a quick fix

Monday night in the first round of the June draft.

Rather than take one of the many available college pitchers, the

Brewers selected right-hander Dylan Covey of Maranatha High School in

Pasadena, Calif., with the 14th pick.

Team owner Mark Attanasio and general manager Doug Melvin were in the

Brewers’ draft room and endorsed the decision of scouting director

Bruce Seid and his staff to go with the long view with Covey.

“I give the guys credit for not taking the easy way out and maybe

going after a college pitcher that might be able to get there quick and

pitch in the bullpen,” said Melvin, whose pitching staff ranks

next-to-last in the National League with a 5.29 earned run average.

“College pitchers can get there early but they can leave early, too.

You’ve got to look at it over the long haul. We’ve always said whatever

talent we thought was best, we’d take.”

Covey, 18, went 7-1 with a 0.40 earned run average as a senior, with

138 strikeouts and 20 walks in 70 2/3 innings. He recently was named the

Gatorade player of the year for the state of California.

A 6-2, 195-pound power pitcher, Covey regularly throws his fastball

in the 93-94 mph range and touches 96 mph. He also has a power curveball

in the 83-86 mph range that separates him from other power

pitchers.

“When we talk about creating depth and building a future for the

Brewers, I think our selection of Dylan Covey fits that description,”

said Seid. “We know Dylan real well. We weren’t sure that he would get

to us but he did.

“This gave us the opportunity to take somebody we really wanted.

Dylan is a fantastic young man. Our scouts Dan Huston and Corey

Rodriguez were heavily involved in this situation, got to know him real

well, got to know the family real well.”

[sheetskout]

I'll be honest, my initial gut reaction was base entirely on everyone labeling him "a safe pick", a concept I'm generally not thrilled about.

I have to disagree. There were much safer picks on the board at this time. Does he have front-line potential? I would say no. But he's still a high-school arm with a long way to go which shows they were willing to take the risk. Wimmers would have been a WAY safer pick here.

 

That being said I think this was a good pick. I was hoping Sale would fall one more pick but I think this was the best they could have done. It's seems to me when Pomeranz came off the board the pitching got tricky. Especially when Loux went higher than expected. Harvey would have been nice too.

 

Covey will be a nice arm to bring along with Odorizzi, Heckathorn, Arnett, etc.

[TheCrew07]

“I give the guys credit for not taking the easy way out and maybe

going after a college pitcher that might be able to get there quick and

pitch in the bullpen,” said Melvin, whose pitching staff ranks

next-to-last in the National League with a 5.29 earned run average.

And pitch in the bullpen? What? In the first round? That just can't be an accurate quote, if it is than I have no idea what Doug was trying to say. When was the last time a college pitcher was drafted and had an immediate impact in the same year for the team that drafted him? Why would we ever draft a reliever in the first round? Price only pitched out of the bullpen for the Rays because they went to the WS, and he was the #1 pick in the draft. If he means next year... that's not even a realistic scenario give where we drafted. If he mans the rotation for next season is set.... well, I don't want to revisit that discussion in the draft forum.

[battlekow]

And pitch in the bullpen? What? In the first round? That just can't be an accurate quote, if it is than I have no idea what Doug was trying to say. When was the last time a college pitcher was drafted and had an immediate impact in the same year for the team that drafted him? Why would we ever draft a reliever in the first round? Price only pitched out of the bullpen for the Rays because they went to the WS, and he was the #1 pick in the draft. If he means next year... that's not even a realistic scenario give where we drafted. If he mans the rotation for next season is set.... well, I don't want to revisit that discussion in the draft forum.

It's not that crazy. We talked about the Brewers possibly drafting Josh Fields in the first round in 2008 because they were in the playoff hunt and he was supposed to be the most MLB-ready dominant reliever. In hindsight, it's really good that they didn't do that, and while the concept in general may be ill-advised, it's not foreign.

[TheCrew07]

I guess my point is how would a reliever help Milwaukee's pitching situation? Is another reliever going to make this a .500 ball club? All Seid has been talking about is building a championship rotation, I'm not seeing how that concept meshes with what Melvin was quoted as saying.

 

Basically all he really said was I give them credit for not being incredibly stupid... what wonderful insight.

[YoungGeezy]

Let's hope Doug can get this guy signed. Looking at TH's post, that's an ugly history of 1st round high school pitchers signing with the Crew, so here's hoping he bucks the trend.

I really don't think Doug has much to do with the signing process except setting up the budget for how much Seid can spend, I believe the scout who finds you is the one that signs you along with the help of Seid and his cross-checkers. So whoever is was the southern Cali scout who has talked to Covey is pretty much the middleman in the negiotiations between player and Seid.

 

Yeah that list is not to pretty but still figure that 2 of those could have a nice impact on the team in the next year or 2 (Rogers and Jeffress) and maybe even Jones out of the pen. I really think it is a crap shout eighter way, high school or college pitcher. People can talk about how much more high school pitchers fail or get injuried but that is actually untrue, the number is numbers are much closer than people think. The one advantage though is if a high schooler does get injuried he is still is young enough to bounce back and be a prospect. It would be a big difference if Rogers was 27 instead of 24 or Jones 30 instead of 27 on the way the Brewers would have handle their injuries and future with the ball club.

 

I'm excited for him to sign and hope they get in done quick.

[YoungGeezy]

I guess my point is how would a reliever help Milwaukee's pitching situation? Is another reliever going to make this a .500 ball club? All Seid has been talking about is building a championship rotation, I'm not seeing how that concept meshes with what Melvin was quoted as saying.

 

Basically all he really said was I give them credit for not being incredibly stupid... what wonderful insight.

Lol thats why he doesn't really involve himself with the draft, I'd be willing to bet he had never even really seen video on Covey before today. I can't stress it enough that GM's have very little to do with the draft because they are busy enough with all there stuff going on. Thats why great scouting directors like Jack Z and Seid are extremely important. Unless you have a top pick and have a Young Vs. Weeks or a Taillion vs. Machado type of pick then they will be more involved but outside that, not really.

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I like what I'm reading about Covey. A HS arm that has touched 96-97 with the heater & has a plus or plus-plus curve sounds fantastic to me. Hopefully Dylan can avoid the injury bug & head into 2011 with a clean slate.