Glavine 3000 Season 34 Rule 5 Draft Recap

 

10. Al King-2^nd Rnd/16^th Pick Overall-Portland/San Fran-She said-Only played 2 season in the Majors but pitched in 144 games and was a somewhat dependable arm in that time. Very possibly the only player ever from North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.

9. Rex Obermueller-1^st Rnd/4^th Pick-New Orleans/Huntington-purplehaze54- A multi Gold Glove winner in the minors, his defensive skills where his main strength in the majors as well, making 64+ plays at SS/CF/2^nd combined. Only 1 career homer and 24 steals.

8. Tim Taylor-4^th Rnd/25^th Pick-Portland/San Fran-She said-Another solid pick buy she said, The Tool Man, played for parts of 4 seasons. 170 games in his 1^st two seasons with an ERA just over 4.00.  A little surprised his career didn’t last longer as a lefty specialist.

7. Darryl Hunter-1^st Rnd/10^th Pick-Syracuse/bdrose- Won 2 Gold Gloves, even at LF that is nice from a Rule 5.  Also stole 70 bases in his career that was only three major league seasons.

6. Vince Conti-2^nd Rnd/21^st Pick-Pittsburgh/verik22- a very solid back up catcher, Conti did everything pretty well but not great. Best season was in ’37 when he hit 11 homers with 36 RBI and a 269/348/451 Slash line

5. Dominic McGowan-1^st Rnd/2^nd Pick-Portland/San Fran-She said- Another arm picked up by she said. McGowan was the best and worst when he was a starting pitcher.  In ’37 he went 10-10 with a 3.98 ERA, three seasons later he went 5-22 with a still respectable ERA of 4.53

4. Bono Guilmet-5^th Rnd/27^th Pick-Portland/San Fran-She said- I think she said may have been the only person picking this season…Bono in his three seasons never had an ERA over 3.79 and saved 45 games in his 2 seasons as a part time/fulltime closer.

3. Al Benitez-2^nd Rnd/17^th Pick-KC/Helena-olemiss33- Benny was just outside a big time power bat for KC. He swatted between 27 and 34 homers for 4 years straight. However his average hovered around .230   Was also not a very good fielder at any position that was not connected to the bench

2. Brace Swann-1^st Rnd/1^st Pick-Atlanta/New York-rquin9- Bruce “Stop looking at me” Swann was a fairly good RF for better part of ten seasons. 9 times he hit over 20 homers(topping out at 31). He finished his career with almost 1700 hits and just shy of  600 Extra base hits.

1. Maicer Johnson-1^st Rnd/12^th Pick-Toledo/Rochester-bearclan1- MJ made one all star team, but honestly could have been on a few extra. Saved 85% of his chances while sporting a 3.54.  A bit of soft tosser he was none the less an effective reliever when given the ball.