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2008 Draft: Final Picks Of Day One

Quick recap of each pick:

No. 102
Vance Worley (RHP, Cal State Long Beach): A junior at CSLB, Worley is a big righty with a good low-90s fastball and sweeping curve.

No. 110
Jonathan Pettibone (RHP, Esperanza HS): Committed to USC, he was a dominating pitcher in high school, leading his league in strikeouts.

No. 136
Trevor May (RHP, Kelso HS): The 6’5″ right-hander was No. 99 in Rivals.com’s high school prep list.

No. 166
Jeremy Hamilton (1B, Wright State): The 185-pound left-hander was the Horizon League Player of the Year and a Golden Spikes finalist. Also played for USA Baseball and is an avid bowler. Pretty good hitter but really good defender.

No. 196
Colby Shreve (RHP, College of Southern Nevada): The 6’5″, 215-pound righty is a “work in progress” and can throw up to 96 mph. He just had Tommy John surgery.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.