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TxDad -- UTPANAM loved to throw around schtik....at one point, he proclaimed that 9-5A would have the #1 overall pick! I continually challenged him on it.....but he would never discuss it further.

It looks like the only 9-5A pick on day 1 was.....ummmmm....Eric Ridener (formerly of Plano East), who was drafted in the 8th round by Pittsburgh.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....UTPANAM has retired, I think.

Smile
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No Linebaugh, Blue, or Clark......yet. No Arrieta or Bishop or Corgan.

CJ and Drew are injured and Preston's is a question of signability.

I think it is a mistake to think that kids were somehow "over-rated" if they are not drafted. Not that anyone is doing that here.....but some read too much into this process.

Having said that, I thought someone would take a "flyer" on Clark. Apparently, a few teams were poised to call his name in rounds 8-10, but UT baseball is an attractive alternative.
I can't speak for Preston, but I can tell you Randall's situation. Randall signed a NLI with every intent of going to Baylor unless he was given life changing money. That is what we told Coach Smith and we had no reason to change that position. All the scouts that I spoke with were given a round or bonus money it would take to get him to sign, obviously knowone felt he was at that level. We did receive two calls during the draft to see if our position had changed and if we would sign for a certain amount, we declined. We aren't interested in a DNF, playing in Baylor is going to be a great atmosphere and close to home. Don't get me wrong we would have loved to hear Randall's name called out, but we will wait 3 years and see what happens.

Preston is a great talent, along with several other area players that I haven't heard called, I am sure some of their stories are similar to ours.

Congradulations to all area guys that did get drafted!!!
All Texans drafted:

3 NYM Philip Humber rhp Rice U.
4 TB Jeff Niemann rhp Rice U.
7 CIN Homer Bailey rhp La Grange (Texas) HS
8 BAL Wade Townsend rhp Rice U.
21 PHI Greg Golson of John Connally HS, Austin
31 KC J.P. Howell lhp U. of Texas
32 TOR Zach Jackson lhp Texas A&M U.
40 OAK Huston Street rhp U. of Texas
46 MIL Yovani Gallardo rhp Trimble Tech, Fort Worth
57 TOR Curtis Thigpen c U. of Texas
64 HOU Hunter Pence of U. of Texas-Arlington
86 ARI Garrett Mock rhp U. of Houston
106 MIL Josh Baker rhp Rice U.
118 LA Javy Guerra rhp Denton Ryan HS, Denton, Texas
123 SEA Rob Johnson c U. of Houston
138 CIN Paul Janish ss Rice U.
149 CWS Brandon Allen of Montgomery (Texas) HS
153 SEA Mark Lowe rhp U. of Texas-Arlington
177 TOR Cory Patton of Texas A&M U.
184 HOU Ben Zobrist 2b Dallas Baptist U.
189 NYY Nate Phillips ss Grace Prep Academy, Arlington, Texas
199 BAL Seth Johnston 2b U. of Texas
210 STL Buck Cody lhp U. of Texas
274 HOU Troy Patton lhp Tomball HS, Magnolia, Texas
282 SD Chris Kolkhorst of Rice U.
302 PHI Charles Cresswell c Perryton (Texas) HS
312 SD Matt Varner rhp U. of Houston
320 COL Chris Buechner rhp Lamar U.
324 MON David Trahan rhp Alvin (Texas) JC
325 KC Josh Haney 2b Texas Tech
327 TOR Kristian Bell rhp Blinn (Texas) CC
336 CHC Jonathan Hunton rhp Lamar U.
347 CLE Jordan Chambless rhp Calallen HS, Corpus Christi, Texas
352 PIT J.P. Padron 3b Clear Creek HS, League City, Texas
380 COL Matt Miller of Texas State U.
381 TEX Kyle Rogers rhp Ball HS, Galveston, Texas
387 TOR Kyle Yates rhp U. of Texas
412 PIT Jermel Lomack 2b Prarie View A&M U.
430 SF Eugene Espinelli lhp Texas Christian U.
438 CIN J.D. Reininger 3b U. of Texas
448 LA Joe Savery lhp Lamar HS, Bellaire, Texas
454 HOU Drew Sutton of Baylor U.
456 CHC Alfred Joseph of Foy H. Moody HS, Corpus Christi , Texas
471 TEX Jarrad Burcie rhp Tarleton State (Texas) U.
484 HOU Garrett Murdy rhp Texas A&M U.-Kingsville
519 NYY Jonathan Tierce of Texas State U.
523 DET Chris Martin rhp Arlington ( Texas) HS
540 STL Cameron Blair ss Texas Tech
556 MIL Josh Brady of Texas Tech
559 BAL Matt McGuirk of Arlington Heights HS, Fort Worth
564 MON Ben Cox rhp Lamar U.
571 MIN Tate Casey rhp Longview (Texas) HS
604 HOU J.R. Towles c North Central Texas JC
606 CHC Trey Taylor lhp Baylor U.
610 SF Rickey Putnam rhp U. of Houston
615 TB Pat Breen of U. of Houston
619 BAL Ryan Finan 1b Lamar U.
628 LA Justin Simmons lhp U. of Texas
642 SD Kyle Stutes lhp Lamar U.
655 KC Ethien Santana of Laredo (Texas) CC
682 PIT Dustin Craig rhp Sam Houston State U.
694 HOU Jeff Wigdahl lhp St. Mary's (Texas) U.
695 BOS Matt Goodson rhp U. of Texas
699 NYY Jamarkus James of Grand Prairie (Texas) HS
703 DET Jordan Foster of Lamar U.
720 STL Jose Delgado 2b Texas Tech
721 MIN Garrett White lhp San Jacinto (Texas) JC
727 OAK Dallas Braden lhp Texas Tech
736 MIL Sean Morgan rhp Fort Bend Clements HS, Sugar Land, Texas
737 CLE David Newman lhp San Jacinto (Texas) JC
747 TOR Jason Armstrong ss Trinity (Texas) U.
748 LA Justin Ruggiano of Texas A&M U.
759 NYY Garrison Campfield rhp Navarro (Texas) JC
776 ARI Eric Schindewolf 2b Texas A&M U.
778 LA Ben Petralli c Weatherford (Texas) HS
783 SEA Zach Ashwood lhp The Colony (Texas) HS
791 ATL Adam Parliament of El Paso (Texas) CC
805 KC Zane Carlson rhp Baylor U.
830 COL Steven Thomas rhp Texas Tech
831 TEX Brett Zamzow rhp Navarro (Texas) JC
838 LA Brett Lawler 1b San Jacinto (Texas) JC
849 NYY Jacob McCarter rhp Navarro (Texas) JC
858 CIN Terrance Sparks lhp Prairie View A&M U.
874 HOU Brad James rhp North Central (Texas) JC
883 DET Josh Lee 1b McMurray (Texas) U.
889 BAL Jaime Garcia lhp Sharyland (Texas) HS
901 MIN Daniel Berg 3b Texarkana (Texas) JC
904 HOU Brandon Barganier of Temple (Texas) JC
909 NYY Jonathan Lindenberger rhp San Jacinto (Texas) JC
918 CIN Jacob Arrieta rhp Plano East HS, Plano, Texas
936 CHC Jesse Estrada rhp Grayson County (Texas) JC
945 TB Matt Rainey rhp Odessa (Texas) JC
950 COL Jackie Davidson rhp Richland (Texas) CC
951 TEX Michael Mask of Texas Tech
953 ANA Brooks Shankle 3b U. of Texas-San Antonio
984 MON Chris Whisenhunt lhp Fort Worth Christian HS, North Richland Hills, Tex
1020 STL Brett Cooley 1b U. of Houston
1024 HOU Nick Cobler lhp Strake Jesuit College Prep, Houston
1027 OAK Yusuf Carter of El Paso (Texas) CC
1029 NYY Jonathan Bertschinger of Navarro (Texas) JC
1033 DET Clay Britton of Weatherford (Texas) JC
1040 COL Josiah Cowden rhp Cypress Community Christian HS, Kingwood, Texas
1041 TEX Sam Demel rhp Spring (Texas) HS
1044 MON Rudy Garza rhp Hill (Texas) JC
1075 KC Eric Krebs rhp Alvin (Texas) CC
1089 NYY Matt Harrington rhp Fort Worth Cats (Central League)
1096 MIL Sean McCraw c Alvin (Texas) HS
1113 SEA James Russell lhp Heritage HS, Colleyville, Texas
1149 NYY Joseph Krebs lhp Navarro College (Texas)
1157 CLE Preston Clark c Rockwall (Texas) HS
1159 BAL Larry Hill lhp Smithson Valley HS, Spring Branch, Texas
1193 ANA Stephen Marek rhp San Jacinto (Texas) JC
1221 TEX Clayton Jerome rhp Texas Christian U.
1225 KC Kendall Thurman rhp Angelina (Texas) JC
1234 HOU Casey McCleskey of Burkburnett (Texas) HS
1236 CHC Kenn Kasparek rhp Weimar (Texas) HS
1245 MIL Josh Louis rhp Temple (Texas) JC
1246 CLE Josh Harris rhp Lamar U.
1276 CIN Ben Parker rhp Huston-Tillotson (Texas) College
1285 TOR Chad Beck rhp Panola (Texas) JC
1292 HOU Tom Rafferty of Temple (Texas) JC
1296 NYY Keaton Hougen rhp Wylie (Texas) HS
1325 NYY Harrison Ashmore rhp Mansfield HS, Arlington, Texas
1340 MON Austin Reilly ss Fort Worth (Texas) Country Day HS
1347 MIN Lance Lofton 3b Connally HS, Waco, Texas
1352 CHC Christopher Dunkin c La Porte (Texas) HS
1363 CIN Justin Glover 1b Westside HS, Houston
1377 PHI Aaron Brown rhp Clear Creek HS, League City, Texas
1379 HOU Anthony Adler rhp U. of Texas-Dallas
1412 NYY Justin O'Bannon rhp San Jacinto (Texas) JC
1419 MIL Brandon Glover of McKinney (Texas) HS
1425 PIT Ricardo Rivas rhp El Paso (Texas) CC
1433 MIN Ryne Nelson rhp Dickinson (Texas) HS
1436 HOU Eric Epperson of Arlington Heights HS, Fort Worth, Texas
1449 CIN Tyler Cales rhp James Madison HS, San Antonio
1452 TEX Adam Resendez of Boswell HS, Fort Worth
1459 LA Scott Bates c Salado HS, Belton, Texas
1464 HOU Matthew Gardner c Andrews (Texas) HS
1491 SEA Leighton Autrey of Navarro (Texas) JC
1494 CHC Gerald Miller of Prarie View A&M U.
1496 NYY Chris Davis 3b Longview (Texas) HS
Kevin,
I hate to sound like sour grapes, but once again the Wichita Falls area is overlooked on this site. Although you obviously spent a good bit of time compiling your list, you left off the #10 Texan taken in the draft. Former WF Rider star, B.J. Szymanski (Princeton), was the 48th player taken in the draft as the 7th pick in round 2 by the Reds. This is the 2nd Wichita County player taken on the first day of the draft in three years. Iowa Park pitcher Chase Wright was taken in the 3rd round by the Yankees in 2002. Another former Rider star, Jeff DeMontel, was drafted by the Marlins in 2002 and is currently making his way up the minor league ladder.
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Teagarden will be at UT for at least one more year -- I know he played a lot of 1B -- sharing time with Thigpen there and behind the plate.

I assume Preston and Taylor will do likewise in 2005, although I'm not sure Clark has seen any action from other defensive positions (1B, 3B?). Obviously DH is another option for Augie -- it's good to be king, eh?

Nine Longhorns drafted yesterday -- wow. It seems that if you pay your dues there, pro baseball will be an option.
"Randall signed a NLI with every intent of going to Baylor unless he was given life changing money. That is what we told Coach Smith and we had no reason to change that position. All the scouts that I spoke with were given a round or bonus money it would take to get him to sign, obviously knowone felt he was at that level. We did receive two calls during the draft to see if our position had changed and if we would sign for a certain amount, we declined. We aren't interested in a DNF, playing in Baylor is going to be a great atmosphere and close to home. Don't get me wrong we would have loved to hear Randall's name called out, but we will wait 3 years and see what happens."

8Baugh Dad, I admire that yall stuck to your guys during the draft. As a big Baylor baseball fan and supporter I am excited about Randall being a Bear and am looking forward to watching him play next year. The Baylor ballpark is indeed a special place and next year has a chance to be a special season.

Congrats and good luck.

Sic'em
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Cootbear

Thanks!!! We have been to several games at the Ballpark and it is indeed quite an atmosphere. The Bears have one of the best facilities in the Nation and Randall is really looking forward to the Challenge. I know the guys were very dissappointed with how things ended up this year, so many one run games!

See you on the Baylor message board someday.

Sic'em Bears
It was a frustrating season indeed. However the talent is there to go far. I look for the experience of this season and the hunger it will instill to really help us next year.

If you come to Waco any during Fall ball come down and introduce yourself above the home dugout. Several of us will be in attendance at most intrasquads. I've made some great lifelong friends through BU baseball. You'll also need to join us next season for tailgating. A great time is most definitely always had by all.

FYI, I'm cooter1 on baylorfans.com
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Another Texan who was drafted is LHP John Rodriguez (more commonly known as Craig Rodriguez when he was in high school). He was drafted in the 31st Round by Tampa Bay (915th overall). Craig is a 2003 graduate of Houston St. Pius X High School, where he helped his team win the TAPPS Class 5A State Championship his senior year. He played at Pearl River CC (I believe that is in Mississippi) this past season.

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