DODGERS MLB DRAFT: DODGERS HIT THEIR TRIFECTA.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer Officially putting last summer's Luke Hochevar Luke Anthony Hochevar (born September 15, 1983, and graduated from Fowler High School (Fowler, Colorado). While attending Fowler High School, he was the 2A Player of the Year (senior year). debacle behind them, the Dodgers were able to use their first three selections -- all of which fell within the first 31 picks overall -- on what scouting director Logan White said was the exact trifecta tri·fec·ta n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] of players he was hoping for Tuesday, the first day of baseball's annual amateur draft. The Dodgers took Clayton Kershaw Clayton Edward Kershaw (born March 19, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.) is a 6'3", 210 lbs., left-handed pitching prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw attended Highland Park High School and established himself as an elite high-school prospect in 2006 when he posted a 13-0 , a high school left-hander out of suburban Dallas, with the seventh overall pick and are expected to sign him quickly to a bonus that probably will fall somewhere between $2.1-$2.4 million. ``As far as completing a contract, it's not going to take too long,'' said Kershaw, who has a scholarship offer to Texas A&M and is being advised by agent J.D. Smart. The Dodgers used the 26th overall pick on Bryan Morris, a righty right·y Informal n. pl. right·ies 1. A right-handed person. 2. An advocate or member of the political right. adv. who spent this season as a freshman at Motlow (Tenn.) Community College after failing to sign with Tampa Bay, which drafted him in the third round last season. The Dodgers then took Preston Mattingly, a high school shortstop out of Evansville, Ind., and the son of former New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. star Don Mattingly, with the 31st pick.
Morris is expected to get between $1.1-$1.4 million, and Mattingly between $900,000-$1.1 million. Together, those three picks shouldn't cost the Dodgers much more than the amount that had been sought by Hochevar, who spurned spurn v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns v.tr. 1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1. 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully. v. a $2.98 million offer last September. ``I feel as good as I have in any of the drafts since I have been here,'' said White, who has overseen the Dodgers' past five drafts. ``I don't want to say we got every player we wanted, but we hoped we would get the combination of Kershaw, Morris and Mattingly. This was the best-case scenario going into it, and we got it.'' In somewhat of a surprise, Hochevar was taken by Kansas City with the first overall pick. tony.jackson@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 CAPTION(S): box Box: |
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