2007 Draft Results

[Providence A's]

The Official Site of The Oakland Athletics: Team: Draft Results

The Official Site of The Oakland Athletics: News: Oakland Athletics News

The A's took a college RHP with their 1st pick. He was the 47th ranked prospect according to Baseball America. So according them to them he was taken a little early (26th). We must have wanted him and thought he wouldn't have been there by the next pick.

According to Baseball America, Simmons, 20, has the best fastball command in the college game. It's been clocked as high as 93 mph, but he typically works at 89-91. He walked 15 while striking out 116 over 123 2/3 innings for Riverside this year.

Simmons' secondary pitches haven't wowed scouts, but his toughness and makeup have, and his changeup has the potential to be a plus-pitch. His slider and curveball have graded out as below-average by most scouting services.

With our 1st compensation pick for Zito (41st pick) we took 1B Sean Doolittle. He also pitched for Virginia. He was ranked 91 according to BA. With our 2nd compensation pick for Thomas (59th pick) we took a Swisher clone in RF Corey Brown.

[realmofotalk]

No surprise that the A's and Baseball America hold different views on certain players.

[Providence A's]

yes, that's true...I was just using that as a comparison. It looks like we had a good draft. On the surface it seems better than last year.

[Providence A's]

The A's have signed their first 3 picks from the draft and 25 players have signed overall.

[Providence A's]

The Official Site of The Oakland Athletics: Official Info: Press Release

The A's signed 5 more players from the draft including the 2nd round picks and a 3rd round pick.