2006 Amateur Draft: The Later Rounds

By Andrew Lipsett

Evan covered the Sox’ first 5 picks earlier, but I wanted to take a quick look at some of the players drafted after Justin Masterson. There’s some interesting talent here, and possibly a couple of major steals; I’d imagine that at least one of these players will become a solid prospect once signed and playing. Of course, that will require actually signing them, which could be an issue for the last two guys I’ll discuss. (note: I already recapped many picks over at 12eight, and am reposting a few of these blurbs here, because rewriting them would be kind of dumb).

6 (83): Aaron Bates, 1B, North Carolina State University; DOB 3/10/84

The more I look at Bates