2009 MLB DRAFT: Cougar player thread

by Jeff Nusser on Jun 9, 2009 2:00 PM PDT in WSU Baseball News

In about an hour, Major League Baseball will kick off it's annual First-Year Player Draft, which essentially encompasses high school and college players in the United States (and its territories) and Canada. A number of Cougs stand to be drafted over the course of the next three days -- MLB has expanded the timeline of the draft in an apparent effort to build interest -- including Matt Way, Alex Burg and Jeremy Johnson, among others.

Today's portion of the draft will cover the first three rounds and their attendant compensation rounds. I suppose there's a chance that Way could go today, but odds are better that you'll see him and the others Cougs drafted on Wednesday and Thursday.

If one of them does get drafted today, we'll update this post with their selection. Either way, consider this your spot to talk about the draft in general, including what you think of the Mariners' pick -- likely to be North Carolina superstud Dustin Ackley.

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The M's

better get this draft right with three picks in the top 33 and another pick at 51. They have to get 2-3 big contributors for 5 years from now. Sucks for the Phillies who don’t pick until 75, but I don’t think anyone there is complaining about giving up those picks for Ibanez.

by peaty411s on Jun 9, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions

Klay Thompsons brother goes to the White Sox

by Brian Floyd on Jun 9, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions

I'm really interested to see where Matt Way....

ends up getting drafted. Arkansas has been on a mission ever since they made it past us. Matt held them in check. He was in control about as much as you could expect against a team that walked thru the rest of that regional.

He’s going to put Alaska on the baseball map. Hopefully the M’s took notice.

by SW WA Coug on Jun 9, 2009 6:52 PM PDT reply actions