Mock Draft, 5-10

Today we will take a look at picks 6-10. On my last revision we noticed how power house teams such as the Accies and Soldiers are controlling this draft. We will start with again with the Accies who have the 6th overall pick of this draft.
p.s-Morgan, I think we need to update the picks file. =)

6) Bristol Accies, Mark Reynolds, 3B/2B-The Accies are loaded as far as the rotation is concerned. They are thin at 2B with all-star Chase Utley missing some time last year. Utley is expected to be healthy this year but could miss most of spring training and a few weeks after the season starts. Aside from that history tells us that the Accies love having depth up the middle. Reynolds is coming off a solid campaign in the minors and is expected to be a solid addition to this team who can contribute on his first year. Reynolds is a full time 3rd bagger who belted 17 dingers in only 366 at bats of minor league ball. But being that he played a few games at 2nd last year he'll be able to come in and log some games at 2b for the Accies. It is safe to say that he will eventually be moved back to 2nd base as he has played all four infield positions in the minor leagues.

7)South Side Soldiers, Yovani Gallardo, PThe Soldiers are up and they eventually are going to take the youngest and most successful arm available in this draft. They will think about taking Dice-K but the age difference won't be enough for them to even think about going with him. Yovani can come in and produce great dividends for an already loaded rotation. He's a top prospect but most importantly he is ready now as we learned from his season last year in the minors (9-5 110 innings, 101k's, hitters just .245 against him). History tells us the Soldiers will take him use him and then bait him in order to get more picks for next year's draft. It is a method that like the Acciess, replenishes it's farm consistently. Unlike the Acciess, the Soldiers are always willing to move their super prospects for the right price.

8)Bristol Academicals-Jacoby Ellsbury, OFThe Academicals are up once again. Being that they picked someone who will actually contribute on his first year, the Acciess will go back to their old ways here and pick a hot prospect who will actually blossom a couple of years from now. Jacob Ellsbury is fancied by many GM's around the LP2. "Jacob is a baseball prodigy" said one scout. Jacob appeared in a few games last year for his minor league team but actually had a great season. "He's a guy that does the little things, things that go unnoticed only for so long!" said a source within the league. Bristol loves stacking up prospects and this is one guy that they are completely enamored with.

9)New York Knights, Daisuke Matsuzaka, PThe New York Knights are coming off a very successful campaign. They are stacked up the middle and have great corners rounding up the infield. K-Dice drops right into the Knights arms and it's a match made in heaven.. K-Dice had a good season in the minors last year. He's a foreign import who is followed around by all of Japan. K-dice doesn't only bring stability to this rotation but it also buys the Knights about a 1 million new fans in the far east! "This is the perfect city for K-Dice to come and excel his long awaited professional debut!" said an LP2 scout. K-dice is known for his ferocious ability to pile up K's. He struck out 201 hitters in 204 innings of work last year. "K-dice is capable of having days were his nasty stuff is just ridiculous but is also known for having bad games. He once gave up 7 runs in only 5.1 innings of work and allowed 10 hits!" Said a GM who has been following K-dice since his days in Japan. The Knights and K-Dice are perfect for each other.

10)Boston Bombers, Yunel Escobar-SS/2BThe Bombers had an off season last year and they have turned toward rebuilding their team. They have a solid foundation with the likes of Ian Snell, Delmon Young, Adrian Gonzalez, J.J. Hardy, etc. Yunel Escobar fits in perfectly. Yunel is highly touted around the league. "He's a guy that can play any infield position but catcher, and even then we might never know!" said a league source. It's true Escobar's got a quick nifty swing and is very pesky around the bases. Like Ellsbury and Pence he's a player that gives it his all. His potential is not huge as far as power numbers are concerned but we can definitely see him leading off a very promising Bombers lineup in the not so distant future.
Stay tune for part 3...