Draft order (Red Sox will pick #7)

Correct me if I am wrong but there isn't a single solid prospect who projects without caveats as a legit #1 pitcher in the draft (i.e. no Strassburg, Price, Bundy, etc), and I'm not seeing a transformative-type position player (i.e. Trout, Harper, Longoria, Ryan Zimmerman, Braun, Tulowitzki, Posey, Weiters).

Yawn.

Help me get excited here.

I trust Amiel and he will get the job done. He must be pumped to draft top ten in each round. When in doubt draft pitching.

I'd be excited if it was the 2011 draft class. If this was the NFL the Sox would likely be trading down or out of this round. Since that's not an option I'm still waiting for Cinderella.

4 spots dropped by winning 4 of 5. Unacceptable.

What a bunch of losers. So we went through a 10 game losing streak and a pretty bad stretches for nothing? We have to finish at least 8th.

Speier claims that the Pirates' compensation pick is one of the ten protected picks, and that the 11th pick is not protected. True?
www.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/alex-speier/2012/09/21/must-lose-situation-how-losing-now-could-help-

I believe Alex is correct, and I will change my draft pick update accordingly.

Section 4(c)(i) of the CBA states in relevant part as follows:

Notwithstanding the above, a Club shall not be required to forfeit a selection in the top ten of the first round of the Rule 4 Draft, and its highest available selection shall be deemed its first selection following the tenth selection of the first round.

Section 4(c)(ii) of the CBA states in relevant part as follows:

With the exception of draft selections awarded to a Club pursuant to Major League Rule 4(c)(2), all of a Club’s draft selections will be subject to forfeiture pursuant to subsection 4(c)(i) above, including draft selections obtained through assignments, draft selections obtained in the Competitive Balance Lotteries and Forfeited Draft Pick Lotteries, and draft selections awarded as compensation pursuant to subsection 4(b) above (note: these are the supp picks).

MLR 4(c)(2) states in relevant part as follows:

If a Major League Club selects a player before the fourth round of a First-Year Player Draft ... and such Club fails to sign such player before such player is removed from such Club’s Negotiation List ..., then such Club shall have the right to make an additional selection, called a supplemental selection, in the next First-Year Player Draft, as follows:

(A) If the unsigned player had been selected before the third round of the First-Year Player Draft, the supplemental selection awarded shall be exercised immediately after the numbered position overall that corresponds with the numbered position overall at which the unsigned player had been selected in the previous First-Year Player Draft. For example, if the unsigned player had been the 30th selection in the First-Year Player Draft, the supplemental selection awarded shall be the 31st selection in the next First-Year Player Draft.

We have to get ahead of Toronto, I can't handle another draft watching them take the guys I want right ahead of us.

6.Miami 66 86 .434 0
7.Toronto 66 83 .443 1.5 (vs. Tampa)
8.Boston 68 85 .444 1.5
9.PITT
10.NY Mets 68 83 .450 2.5
11.Kansas City 69 81 .460 3 (vs. Cleveland)

With the games remaining for the two teams ahead of us its gonna be tough to pass them specially the Blue Jays. At least lets hope we finish ahead of Pit's comp pick.

As long as we can stay tied with the Blue Jays heading into the final series of the season, their 3 games vs. the Twins will likely decide where we pick.

We also have played 3 more games than the Blue Jays, if they win 1 of the 3 games they have to play, that could vault us over them. I still believe when it's all said and done that the Red Sox will pick no lower than #7.

Ben Cherington sounded very aware of where they stand and what they need to do to get a higher draft pick on Speiers podcast. Hence, Cook, Stewart, Dice-K pithcing the majority of the final 9 games. I say we go 2-7 over the final nine games.