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Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Sox feel good about first 3 picks — Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein and Co. came away feeling very good about the club's three picks during the first day of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. — Boston selected second baseman Kolbrin Vitek (20th overall) …
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Frankie Piliere / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
MLB Draft Analysis: Red Sox Big Winners — The Boston Red Sox do a lot of things well as an organization. Drafting is one of those things, and they had a stellar day to kick off the 2010 MLB Draft. As for the rest of the proceedings, it was an unusual day to say the least, with plenty of shockers among the early picks.
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Red Sox tab Vitek with first pick in Draft — CLEVELAND — The Red Sox went for an intriguing bat with the 20th overall pick in Monday night's First-Year Player Draft, grabbing Ball State second baseman Kolbrin Vitek. — While Vitek is widely regarded for his offense, it is unclear if second base will be the position he winds up at.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox, Dice-K handle Indians, 4-1 — Game over: Red Sox 4, Indians 1 — Matsuzaka went eight innings before Bard pitched the ninth and allowed a homer by Kearns. — Draft update: Vitek has agreed to a contract — Just spoke to Kolbrin Vitek, who visited the Red Sox over the weekend …
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox use first-round pick on Kolbrin Vitek — With their first-round draft pick, the Red Sox selected second baseman/outfielder Kolbrin Vitek out of Ball State University. Vitek hit .361 with 17 homers and 16 steals en route to winning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year honors.
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Nationals pick Bryce Harper — The Nationals have selected catcher/outfielder Bryce Harper, a 17-year-old power-hitting prodigy, with the first overall choice in baseball's first-year player draft. Nationals executives, sitting around a table, watched Commissioner Bud Selig announce the pick on television.
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D.C. Sports Bog, MASNsports.com, Orioles Insider, Federal Baseball, Mr. Irrelevant … and The Nationals Enquirer
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Roch Kubatko / Baseball America:
Orioles Stray From Pitching-First Plan With Machado
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Ben Goessling / MASNsports.com:
Nationals make Harper the No. 1 pick - The Goessling Game
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
Best Available Talent Heading Into Day Two — Here's a look at the top remaining players on our updated Top 50 draft prospects list that we posted on Monday. — 15. Stetson Allie, rhp, St. Edward HS, Lakewood, Ohio — 20. Brandon Workman, rhp, Texas 23. Brett Eibner, rhp/of, Arkansas 25. A.J. Cole, rhp, Oviedo (Fla.) HS
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John Manuel / Baseball America:
Yankees End First Round With Stunner, Cito Culver — Once again, this wasn't a consensus first-rounder. Need more proof? Cito Culver ranked No. 168 on our board, but Culver had athleticism, plus tools to play shortstop and good infield actions, and the Yankees popped him at No. 32.
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The LoHud Yankees Blog, Pinstripe Alley, NoMaas.org, Sliding Into Home and The iYankees Blog
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Quality players left entering Day 2 of Draft — SECAUCUS, N.J. — Washington Nationals, you are on the clock with the first pick ... again. — Sure, it may not be as sexy as taking uber-prospect Bryce Harper with the first overall pick on Monday night, but the Nationals will get to kick things off …
John Manuel / Baseball America:
Biggest Shocker So Far: Hayden Simpson to Chicago Cubs — We were on Hayden Simpson in the preseason. But no one was on him at No. 17 overall. — Simpson, our No. 191 prospect on our Top 200, was our preseason Division II pitcher of the year, and he was the pitcher of the year at Division II.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Mets draft workhorse with their first pick — Club selects Carolina righty Harvey seventh overall — NEW YORK — In the game that everyone still talks about, Matt Harvey took the mound feeling ill. — “Playing on the road at Clemson is a very tough place to play,” he said weeks later.
Associated Press:
Adrian Gonzalez hits pair of homers as Padres down slumping Phillies — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The way the Philadelphia Phillies are hitting, their pitchers need to be perfect or close to it. — Adrian Gonzalez's (FSY) first of two solo homers broke up Cole Hamels' (FSY) …
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels are feeling chipper about their top draft pick — Angels use the first of their three first-round selections, No. 18 overall, on Kaleb Cowart, a highly regarded third baseman/pitcher who says he patterns his game after Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones.
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Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
Final Mock Draft: Mock Away — 1. Washington Nationals: Move along, nothing to see here. — Pick: Bryce Harper, C/OF, College of Southern Nevada — 2. Pittsburgh Pirates: The needle seems to have move a bit towards James Taillon over Manny Machado. The Pirates think Taillon is the better talent …
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