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2008 Draft Coverage

Draft Database

2008 Draft Database
Pick-by-pick and team-by-team listings of the 2008 draft

2008 Advanced Draft Database

Pick-by-pick and team-by-team listings of the 2008 draft

Rankings

State-By-State Scouting Reports
Rankings and scouting reports for players in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico

Best Tools

Pre-draft breakdown of the best tools among college and high school prospects

Scouting Reports On The Top 100 Prospects

A rundown of the top draft prospects with tools breakdowns

Scouting Reports On Nos. 101-200

Tools breakdowns for the next wave of draft prospects

Top 200 Prospects Chart
Heights, weights and statistics for the draft's top prospects

Draft Top 50

Ranking the top 50 prospects on April 7

College Best Tools

A preseason look at the best tools among the college ranks

High School Best Tools

A preseason look at the best tools among the high school ranks

Preliminary Top 30

A preseason rankings of the draft's top 30 prospects

Previews/Analysis

Final Mock Draft
Jim Callis predicts who will go where in the first round

First Round Projection

Jim Callis predicted on May 16 how the first round will shake out

Draft Tracker: May 29
Tim Beckham jumps up into the top spot

Draft Tracker: May 7
Pedro Alvarez leads off the first draft tracker

Jim Callis Column

Red Sox could have had Alvarez as part of 2005 draft class

Jim Callis Column

Iffy high school bats often don't develop

Chats

Jim Callis Chat
Callis talked about the upcoming draft on May 22

Matt Blood Chat
BA assistant editor discussed the draft on May 8

Jim Callis Chat
BA's longtime draft expert chatted about the draft on April 8

Jim Callis Chat
Callis did a draft chat in conjunction with the early draft preview on Feb. 11

News

The Basics Of The Draft
All the nuts and bolts about how the draft works

Draft Order
Complete rundown of picks, with compensatory selections included

Brewers Will Be Busy This Year
For once, the Brewers have plenty of extra picks

Time To Test

MLB drug tests draft prospects for the first time

Picking No. 1
Q&A with Rays scouting director R.J. Harrison

Player Features

First Is Usually Last

Unlike most years, first basemen will be in high demand this year

Rare Find

Elgie could be first North Dakota position player drafted since 1992

Quite A Pair

Teammates Eric Hosmer and Adrian Nieto will both be drafted early

Two Sports, One Decision

Two-sports stars have difficult decisions to make

Special Summer

Little-know prospect Alex Meyer rockets up draft boards thanks to strong summer

Rebuilding Job

After rough 2007, Georgia's Joshua Fields regains his confidence

History Maker?

Mitch Harris could become the highest drafted player out of a service academy

Life's Better As A Pro
Righthander Jason Jarvis tries to rebuild draft stock in Lincoln, Neb.

Leaving A Legacy

Josh Romanski and Brian Matusz helped strengthen the San Diego baseball program

He Can Do Everything

Versatile Buster Posey needed little time to learn how to catch

Something To Crow About

Missouri's Aaron Crow ranks among the draft's top pitchers

Bash It Like Beckham

Georgia's Gordon Beckham isn't flashy, but he gets results

Pitcher's Nightmare

Eric Hosmer has pitchers quaking in their cleats

No Sleeper

Fastball puts Scheppers in competition for first-round spot

Draft Blog Updates

Draft Blog
Updates through draft day

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