Reggie Crawford, LHP, 1B, UConn: The Giants closed out the first-round by taking two-way player Reggie Crawford. We have to write that it does feel silly to obsess over what could go wrong with Rocker's arm in a draft where almost every other top pitcher already has an elbow zipper. The industry was already skeptical about him because of his lagging changeup and the potential command and durability concerns created by his mechanical deficiencies now, there's also the matter of last summer's post-draft physical that caused the Mets to bail. Even if Rocker was the same - and he's not, if only in age - the river has changed. Heraclitus said that no man steps in the same river twice, for neither he nor the river are the same. He resurfaced recently in the Frontier League, running his fastball up to 99 mph and overwhelming indy-league hitters with a 70-grade slider. Kumar Rocker, RHP, Tri-City Valleycats: Rocker, who previously suffered from overexposure, was absent from most of this year's cycle after the Mets failed to sign him following his selection at No.
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