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by- Logan Quick
2009 NFL mock draft- round 1- picks 1-32
This draft will be interesting. With a month exactly until the draft, nobody
knows who #1 will be. Let alone the other 31 picks. So here is my mock
draft, and hopefully it has some right picks on it come April.
#1 DET- QB GEO- Matt Stafford- the Lions [...]

                    RF #21 Nick Markakis
 
Info- 6-2 195
11/17/1983
Signed 6yr/66.1mil + 1yr/7mil option(09-14)
2008 stats- .306 AVG, 20 HR’s, 87 RBI’s, 10 SB, 7 CS, 157 G, 595 AB’s
 
Outlook- Markakis is entering his 4th season in the bigs, all with the
Orioles. Nick is the face of the franchise, and for that the
O’s rewarded the budding All-star right fielder [...]

CF #10 Adam Jones
Info- 6-2 210
8/1/1985
Acquired 2/8/08 from Seattle for LHP Erik Bedard
Under team control 5 more years
 
 
2008 stats- .270 AVG, 9 HR’s, 57 RBI’s, 10 SB, 3 CS, 132 G, 477 AB’s
 
Outlook- Jones was the center piece of the Bedard trade, which
the O’s acquired 4 other players, including top prospect
Chris Tillman. Jones did fairly [...]

                                                          by- Greg Quick
                            1B/3B #23 Ty Wigginton
Info- 6-0 225
10/11/1977
Signed 2yr/6mil deal on 2/3/2009 (09-10)
2008 stats- .285 AVG, 23 HR’s, 58 RBI’s, 111 G, 386 AB’s
 
Outlook- The O’s signed Wigginton to a 2 year deal this offseason
to help against lefty pitching mostly, batting .340 off them
in 2008. Wigginton also has versatility that attracts the O’s,
as [...]

                                       by- Greg Quick
              3B #6 Melvin Mora
 
Info- 5-11 200
2/2/1972
Signed 3yr/25mil + 1yr/8mil opt for 2010(5/19/2006) (07-09)
 
2008 stats- .285 AVG, 23 HR’s, 104 RBI’s, 135 G, 513 AB’s
 
Outlook- Mora is the longest tenured player on the Orioles in 2009.
He is also entering his 9th full season in a O’s uniform. This
is a big year for [...]

                                                                    by- Greg Quick
                                    SS #3 Cesar Izturis
Info- 5-9 190
2/10/1980
Signed 2y/5mil deal 12/16/2008 (09-10)
2008 stats- .263 AVG, 1 HR, 24 RBI’s, 24 SB, 6 CS, 135 G, 414 AB’s
 
Outlook- The O’s signed Cesar this off-season to be the starting SS
for the next 2 years, and will be a huge upgrade to what the
O’s had at [...]

                                                   by -Greg Quick
                      2B #1 Brian Roberts
Info- 5-9 175
10/9/1977
Signed 4yr/40mil dollar extension 2/20/2009 (09-13)
2008 stats- .296 AVG, 9 HR’s, 57 RBI’s, 40 SB’s, 10 CS, 155 G, 611 AB’s
 
Outlook- Roberts has came up through the O’s farm system and
became an All-star caliber second baseman. The O’s
rewarded Roberts with a long term extension in Febuary
to [...]

                                                                                          by- Logan Quick
This season has been a disaster for the Wiz. We only have 16 wins with 13 games left, after 4 straight 40 win seasons and 4 straight playoff appearences. They only bright spots have been the consistent All-star play of SF Caron Butler and PF Antwan Jamison, and the emergence of SG [...]

                                                              by -Greg Quick
                       1B #17 Aubrey Huff
Info- 6-4 230
12/30/1976
Signed 3yr/20mil contract 1/3/07 (07-09)
2008 stats- .304 AVG, 32 HR’s, 108 RBI’s, 154 G, 598 AB’s
 
Outlook-Huff is entering a contract year in 2009, and he is looking
to repeat 2008, as he won the Silver Slugger at DH. The O’s
are counting on Huff to replace Kevin Millar [...]

                                                                                           by- Logan Quick
          This offseason has been interesting to say the least for the Ravens. We lost big players, but kept the players we needed to keep to maintain our playoff calliber status for 2009. The offseason has actually been sucessful, considering what the Ravens were going up against.
            The big losses were LB [...]