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Here are the first round picks by the NL Central teams in today's MLB Amateur draft and a few words about them:Chicago Cubs (3)- Josh Vitters, 3B, HS. The Cubs got their guy here. Just about everyone had him and Mike Moutsakas (selected directly above by the Royals) as the 1-2 high school hitters in the draft, with neither one a clear #1.
Pittsburgh Pirates (4)- Daniel Moskos, LHP, Clemson. Big overdraft. The Pirates apparently asked for the money to sign Matt Wieters and were denied by ownership, so instead they drafted a guy that's been mostly a reliever in his college career. With the fourth overall pick. John Sickels listed him as the ninth best pitcher. I'm a Pirate fan. Permit me an, "ugh."
Milwaukee Brewers (7)- Matt LaPorta, LF, UFlorida, pictured above. Maybe a bit of a reach here. Baseball America was surprised by the pick and noted that it's rare for a college senior to be picked this high. He does lead the SEC in OPS this year, though, so how bad can he be?
Cincinnati Reds (15)- Devin Mesocaro, C, HS. He's from Punxatawny. You know, the place with the groundhog and the funny movie. It seems risky to me to take a high school catcher, but I'm a blogger and not a general manager. Also, that Joe Mauer guy worked out OK.
St. Louis Cardinals (18)- Peter Kozma, SS, HS. Baseball America calls him the best middle infielder available, but still a reach at 18. They do seem to think it's more of a need pick for the Cardinals. I can't tell you because he's the only guy on this page that I've never heard of at all before.
The Astros lost their first round pick by signing Carlos Lee.
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