This is one of those introductory paragraphs that doesn't add a whole lot to the title. Due to signing Nelson Cruz, the Mariners didn't have a first round pick this year. The club had to wait all the way until pick No. 60 to draft their first player, and they tabbed Nick Neidert, a promising right-hander out of Peachtree High School in Georgia who fell due to elbow tendinitis concerns. Twelve picks later, the Mariners selected Oregon State's ace, righty Andrew Moore.
Neidert
In Neidert (pronounced NYE-dirt), the Mariners might have wound up with a bargain.