Behind The Box Score

According to a BaseballAmerica.com report, the Reds have hooked the first two draft picks from the 2009 draft. Mike Leake, the first pick for the Reds, signed for 2.27 million, coming out of Arizona State. He was dominant in college, going 16-1 his senior year, with a stellar 1.71 ERA. On a blog earlier this year, Leake said that, “This is a great time in my life right now with fantastic opportunities and obstacles along the way. I will embrace the opportunities with open arms and will stay humble wherever the road takes me.”

The other was a righthander named Brad Boxberger from USC for 857,000$. Boxberger’s numbers aren’t as impressive, still nice however. He was 6-3 with 3.16 ERA for SC this season. MLB.com has a little bit of a report on him, saying that, “He can throw several pitches for strikes and knows how to pitch…the key has been his ability to maintain his velocity deep into his starts, something he hadn’t done in the past.”