Baseball America - 2005 Draft

Craig Hansen's power slider was the best breaking ball in the draft

We wrap up our Expanded Draft Report Cards will some overall rankings

and a compilation of All-Star teams.

•Draft Report Cards Part I:

Arizona through Chicago
•Draft Report Cards Part II:

Cincinnati through Houston
•Draft Report Cards Part III:

Kansas City through New York Mets
•Draft Report Cards Part IV:

New York Yankees through San Diego
•Draft Report Cards Part V:

San Francisco through Washington

• First Round Overview: Diamondbacks Take Upton at No. 1
• Draft Chat Wrap: Jim Callis took your questions
• Draft Day Two Blog: Still some big names on day two
• Draft Day Blog: Over 70 dispatches from day one
• Complete First Round With Scouting Reports
• Justin Upton: Alan Matthews spends draft day with No. 1 pick
• Organizational Reports:

Now available for all 30 teams
• 2005 Draft Database
• Subscriber Only Draft Database:

Search by name, school, etc.
With Scouting Reports And Bonus Info For The First Ten Rounds
• Final First Round Projection

• 2005 Draft Tracker: Plenty of movement over the last 48 hours

Top Stories
• Royals Sign Alex Gordon
• Maybin Signs With Tigers
• Dodgers, Hochevar Start From Scatch
• Hochevar Negotiations Get Weird
• Jered Weaver And Stephen Drew Agree To Terms

Updated Daily

• Pre-Draft Blog: Lights Shine On Lance Broadway
• 2005 Draft Tracker: Who's moving up, who's moving down

Handicapping The Draft

Friday, May 20:	Initial First-Round Projection
Monday, June 6:	Final Projection

Scouting Reports & Rankings

Monday, May 23:

Top 200 Prospects & Best Tools

Tuesday, May 24:

Regional Reports: California

Thursday, May 26:

Regional Reports: Western states

• Arizona	• Colorado	• Nevada
• New Mexico	• Oregon	• Pacific Rim
• Rockies	• Utah	• Washington

Friday, May 27:

Regional Reports: Texas

Monday, May 30:

Regional Reports: Midwestern states

• Arkansas	• Dakotas	• Illinois
• Iowa	• Kansas	• Louisiana
• Minnesota	• Missouri	• Nebraska
• Oklahoma	• Wisconsin

Wednesday, June 1:

Regional Reports: Southern states

• Alabama	• Georgia	• Mississippi
• N.Carolina	• Puerto Rico	• S.Carolina
• Tennessee

Thursday, June 2

Regional Reports: Florida

Friday, June 3:

Regional Reports: Virginia

Friday, June 3:

Regional Reports: Northeastern states

• Canada	• Indiana	• Kentucky
• Michigan	• Mass	• MidAtlantic
• N.E.: Lower	• N.E.: Upper	• New Jersey
• New York	• Ohio	• Penn
• Virginia	• W.Virginia

News

• First-rounders Jered Weaver and Stephen Drew Agree to Terms
• Jered Weaver Joins Drew In Independent Atlantic League
• Five Cuban Defectors To Declare For Draft

Features

Wednesday, May 18:	Excerpt: License To Deal & Jerry Crasnick chat
Thursday, May 19:	Scott Boras' Impact On The Draft
Friday, May 20:	D-Backs Eye Upton; Royals Won't Go Cheap
Tuesday, May 24:	John Mayberry
Thursday, May 26:	Rancho Bernardo High
Friday, May 27:	Jordan Danks
Monday, May 30:	Jeremy Hellickson
Thursday, June 2:	Andrew McCutchen
Thursday, June 2:	Draft-and-follow Update
Friday, June 3:	Virginia Baseball
Saturday, June 4:	History of Bonuses

Chats

The Basics

May 13:	John Manuel
May 20:	Allan Simpson
May 27:	Jim Callis
June 3:	Allan Simpson
June 8:	Jim Callis

How the Draft Works

Draft Order

Bonus Bonanza

History of No. 1 Picks

Pre-Draft Coverage
• Top 50 College Prospects
• Top 50 High School Prospects:

Led off by Justin Upton
• 2005 Early Draft Preview
• Top 100 College Players:

Led off by Nebraska's Alex Gordon
• College Overview:

Best Tools and more
• Jason Neighborgall: Righty looks to gain control
• Top 100 High School Prospects:

Justin Upton is No. 1
• High School Overview:

Best Tools and more
• Sean O'Sullivan: Two-way star stays busy

Previous Drafts
• 2004: Padres pull late surprise with Matt Bush at No. 1
• 2003: Devil Rays make last-minute decision of Delmon over Weeks
• 2002: Teams exercise rare restraint with signing bonuses
• 2001: Twins go with hometown hero Mauer
• 2000: Remember when Scott Heard almost went No. 1?