Glavine Season 34Amateur Draft Recap/Rankings
1.
Florida A+ 12.Syracuse C+ 23.
Pawtucket D+
2.
Kansas City A 13.
Chicago AL C 24. Texas D+
3.
Helena A 14.
New Orleans C 25. Louisville D+
4.
Charlotte A- 15.
Monterrey C 26. Atlanta D
5.
Pittsburgh B+ 16. Chicago
NL C 27. Boise
D
6.
Fargo B+ 17.
Ottawa C- 28. Colorado D
7.
San Francisco B+ 18.
Vancouver C- 29. Houston D-
8.
Wichita B- 19.
New York AL C- 30. Buffalo
F
9.
Rochester B- 20.
Tucson C- 31. Hartford F
10.
Jackson C+ 21.
Cincinnati C- 32.
Las Vegas F-
11.
Oakland C+ 22.
New Britain C-
Top Five Best Players Taken: 1. Damion Schwind (NY2) 2. Hanser Upshaw (Hel) 3. John Bong (FLA) 4. Ivan Rosa (SF) 5. Preston Kohn (NO)
Top Five Best Value Picks: 1. Cory Osborn 24-783 (KC) 2. CJ Lieberthal
15-481 (HEL) 3. Luke Shumaker 11-367 (KC) 4. Fautino Lima
20-643 (CHA) 5. Pedro Olivares 18-606 (FLA)
AL NORTH
Fargo/NY2-gogogadget 1st Rnd Picks (4-50) (22 YR ML
service)
1-4 Damion Schwind-SP 7 All-Star mostly as a
Starting pitcher, also won a FOY towards the end of his career when he saved 50
games. Not sure if he has come up for Hall of Fame Vote, but I think he should
be in. 227 Wins, almost 3000 K’s
1-50 Del Jenner-C Won the MVP in rookie ball the
year he was drafted but never reached the majors.
13-418
Yoenis Reynoso-REL Solid late pick,
saved a few games here and there while pitching 171 career games.
Draft Grade: B+, love the Schwind pick but
after that not much value
Ottawa/Tacoma-tomcecil 1st Rnd Picks (NA) (5
Years ML Service)
3-120 Bing Mahoney SS Was a solid glove man who was
a decent option at SS for a handful of seasons.
Actually hit 8/9/8 homers over a three year period while making 33+
plays
Draft Grade: C-, not bad getting a player in
the third round but it wasn’t anyone who will be remembered
Helena/KC -olemiss33 1st Rnd Picks (3-16) (27
years ML Service)
1-3 Hanser Upshaw 1st ROY-5XAS-4XSS-3X
World Series- A career 337 hitter in the Playoffs, a 325 hitter in the regular
season while also crushing 355 homers with a 904 OPS. Solid pick who is a
potential Hall of Famer
1-16 Yorvit Altuve CF- Came up for one season after being drafted as a SS. Played most of
his time at DH despite not being a very good hitter. Did steal 19 bases, could
have been a solid BU infielder.
15-481 CJ
Lieberthal C Won himself a Gold Glove in ’42, also had two
seasons with 21 homers while finishing his career with 165 round trippers and a
solid 721 OPS
Draft Grade: A, great pick at 3 and 481. If 16
had done anything this draft would have been an A+
Chicago2/Detriot –goldenboy00 1st Rnd Picks (14) (12
Years ML Service)
1-14 Adeiny DeLeon SP Started off pretty solid going 24-20 with a low 3 ERA in his first
two seasons. Was never great after that finishing 63-64 with a 4.17 ERA
17-555
Felipe Nunez RP Had a crazy rookie
season 71 games-110 innings 7 wins 12 saves but a 5.38 ERA. Pitched 100 games
over the next 4 seasons, only once having an ERA below 5.38
Draft Grade: C, I must have gone big on free
agents this season with only 1 pick in the first 4 rounds. Team won almost 300
games over the next three seasons so I guess it worked short term.
AL EAST
Rochester/Toledo-bearclan1 1st Rnd Picks (41) (12 years Ml Service Time)
1-41
Patrick Lewis RF Had a handful of
dynamic offensive seasons, stole over 30 bases 3 times. Was not a very good
fielder making 68 Negative plays in the OF. If he had played 2nd or
something would have been a really solid player
16-531
Buddy Payton RP Averaged about 85 games over a 3 year stint
while throwing about 140 innings. Did have a 5.10 ERA over that time though
Draft Grade: B-, I like Lewis but his bad
fielding hurts his value. A nice late pick in the 16th Rnd.
New York/Atlanta-rquin9 1st Rnd Picks (1) (17
Years ML Service)
1-1 Manual Posada SP Had a couple of solid seasons even making the
All-Star game one time. Finished a career with a record barely over 500 and an
ERA of 4.58. Not a very good pick at #1
2-60 Stan Kingston CF Popped 17 homers one season
and 11 the next. Wasn’t match with the glove and didn’t stick around the majors
once he came up for arbitration
Draft Grade: C- It really hurts when the first
overall pick doesn’t pan out like you expected and when you don’t get anything
else it hurts all the more
Atlanta/Charlotte-Jimmyof 1st Rnd Picks (42) (4 Years ML Service)
1-42
Horacio Padilla RP Played for parts of 5
seasons collecting 7 wins and 8 saves in 8 tries. Was a solid fielder winning 2 Gold gloves in
the minors
4-150 Ed
Perez RP
41 Games and a 7.30 ERA, so he did make the majors…but maybe shouldn’t
have
Draft Grade: D This draft was a bit of a dud
for Atlanta
Pawtucket-shiffy 1st Rnd Picks (32-57)
(8 Years ML Service)
1-32
Bernard Matheson SP Never reached the
Majors
1-57
Jermaine Bergman RP Never reached the Majors
2-92 Ray Logan 3rd Big time power bat averaged 40 homers in
about 550 Ab’s. Could not draw a walk however (36 in his career spanning over
1600 plate appearances).
21-700
Ronnie Reese LF Did manage to hit 18 homers one season and 22
over the parts of two others. Great production for a 700th pick
Draft Grade: D+, Reese is a great pick at 700
and Logan isn’t bad for 92nd. But the zero production from 2 first
round picks is a big miss
AL SOUTH
Florida-Chunkym
1st
Rnd Picks (34-45) (34 Years ML Service)
1-34 Lance Gilbert CF Speedy, defensive minded
player that made 1 All Star team. Stole 354 bases in his career with 94 of them
coming in his All Star season. 968
career hits but only 66 being of the extra base variety
1-45 John Bong 2nd Winner of Gold
Gloves at both CF and 2nd, also won 2 WS rings and made the All-Star
team once. A powerful bat with good speed he hit 410 major league homers and
stole 239 bases. Currently tearing up Low A ball.
4-158 BJ Melton Rel Had one decent season
pitching to a solid 3.97 ERA and 1.26 WHIP. His other two seasons he posted
ERA’s over 6.60
18-606Pedro Olivares REL Wasn’t a bad reliever
in his limited games (113) with a career 3.30 ERA and saving 16 of 17 games. Maybe deserved
more of a shot
22-734
Julius Eickhoff C Played parts of two
seasons totally 292 ab’s where he hit 8 homers with a 243 avg. Not bad for a
bonus pick
Draft Grade: A+
I really like this draft, a couple of high end picks as well getting some
solid value in the later rounds. That makes two strong drafts in a row for
chunky
Jackson/Little Rock-sylemark 1st Rnd Picks (25) (9 Years ML Service Time)
1-25 Anthony Francis 3rd Solid fielder who could pop the long ball fairly well,
110 career homers but was also prone to striking out (509 in 2400AB’s).
3-117
Michael Ledee SS Mostly played SS,
pretty well (24+ plays) but won a Gold Glove at 2nd base a position
he made 36+ plays. Never much of a hitter with a 226 AVG and just 18 homers in
almost 800 Career games
Draft Grade: C+ good value out of the 3rd
round pick but a fairly big swing and miss in the first round.
New Orleans/Richmond-wallyworld15 1st Rnd Picks (6) (13
years ML Service Time)
1-6 Preston Kohn LF
All Star, Gold Glove and WS winner, fielded almost every position very
well. Also had some very good hitting seasons early in his career. His peak
season’39 saw him hit 35 homers with 102 RBI and 22 Steals. A solid pick.
Draft Grade: C
Kohn was a decent pick but not great. Most picks went unsigned possibly
leaving some solid players in the wind.
Monterrey-eric1214 1st Rnd Picks (28-30-43-56)
(25 Years ML Service Time)
1-28 Thomas Nixon SP
Mostly a spot starter who only once started more then 30 games in a
season. Finished his career with a respectable 62-36 record and a 3.92 ERA
1-30 Ricky Lewis RP Only pitched in 155 games going
14-14 with 5 saves. Never had an ERA under 4.37 while pitching for any amount
of significant time
1-43 Barry Starr 3rd Burst on the scene
as a rookie hitting 19 homers and 37 doubles. Only 36 more homers over the next
5 seasons.
1-56 Rob MacDougal
RP was not great but did manage
to pitch in 300 major league games. Good strike out guy (605 in 691IP) but was
also wild, walking 388 batters.
Draft Grade: C 4 first rounders and not a whole
lot to show from it
AL WEST
Tucson/San Francisco-LCDudes 1st Rnd Picks (17-52) (9 Years ML
Service)
1-17 Paco Uribe
2nd A solid fielder at
both 2nd and CF and could hit for okay power (11/12 homers in 2
seasons) while also stealing 51 bases over three full seasons. His 308 OBP
however was not great and is most likely the reason his career did not last
longer.
1-52 Don Newman C went unsigned
3-109 Kevin
Jung C
A decent fielder but couldn’t really hit (11 homers and 248 AVG over 707
AB’s)
6-205
Quilvio Colome 1st Huge power bat that cracked 46 homers in just 531
AB’s. With a solid 863 OBP for his career it’s a little surprising he didn’t
get more chances to play
Draft Grade: C- some solid pieces that never
really got a fair shake in the big leagues. After one of the best drafts last
season this was a big step backwards
Oakland/Las Vegas-axtell 1st Rnd Picks (0) (11
Years ML Service Time)
2-81 Sarma
Brown C
Part time catcher, who blew up in ’44 hitting 9 homers with a 355 AVG in
172 AB’s for his career only hit .256
though.
21-690
Wellington Santana REL Pitched 232 games in his career winning 15
games while saving 21. Had a respectable
4.75 ERA and 1.50 ERA
Draft Grade: C+, pretty good value for not
having any high ranking picks
Wichita/Los Angeles-nadawg77 1st Rnd Picks (10) (12 years ML
Service Time)
1-10 Greg Smith SS Was a great hitter for SS, but his glove was probably better suited
for 3rd base. Topped 30 homers twice helping him reach 231 career
dingers.
2-70 Denny McGee RP Got the call for 36 games,
pitching 72 innings with a 5.50 ERA
Draft Grade: B-, a bit of a step back from last
years great draft, Smith was a solid piece but not enough for a better grade
Colorado/St.Louis-picc818 1st Rnd Picks (9) (10 Years ML
Service Time)
1-9 Mac
Prior 3rd pretty good fielder at 3rd even
better at 1st, winning 2 Gold Gloves. His 244 avg and 8 homers and 9
Steals per full season were not good enough for either position.
Draft Grade: D, not great return on a top ten
pick and no extra value from the later picks as well
NL NORTH
Pittsburgh-verik22 1st Rnd Picks(15-38-47-49) (29 Years ML Service Time)
1-15 Watty Rowan RF
3 X All Star who maxed out his power in ’43 win he crushed 41 homers to
go with 31 doubles. Finished his career with 287 Homers and a solid 285 AVG
1-38 Ben Price
LF Pretty good hitter in his
three years, averaging 20 homers with a
282 avg. Couldn’t field all that well but should have been a solid COF/1st
baseman for more then three seasons.
1-47 Dutch Whitman RP Played for parts of 7 seasons. Pitching in
199 games to the tune of a 5.34 ERA.
1-49 Dean Leach LF
270 hitter with a solid 344 OBP, not much power or speed.
2-73 Paul Richards LF Got one full season that saw him hit 19
homers and steal 11 bases. 8 years later got 12 more AB’s and collected his
last career homer
2-74 Shawn Gray RP was a pretty strong setup guy
for a few seaons. Career 3.71 Era and a 1.27 WHIP in just over 200 innings.
Draft Grade: B+ some sold depth pieces that
paired nicely with the talented Watty Rowan
Buffalo/Columbus-Ab90 1st Rnd Picks (27-54) (0 Years ML Service Time)
1-27 Daryl
Boyd RP
Never reached the majors despite looking like a solid Bullpen piece
1-54 Cookie Alcantara P Did not sign
Draft Grade: F
Big swing here for AB from an A to F
Chicago NL/Burlington-xatosmasher 1st Rnd Picks (11-26-37)
(10 Years ML Service Time)
1-11 Aaron Blaser
RP Looked like a solid performer
for his 1st two seasons (95 games-17-6 with 5 saves and an ERA
around 4.00). Only won 3 more games in his career and his ERA never got below
4.50.
1-26 Santos Sosa P Did not sign
1-37 Philip Duchscherer C Batted 279 with 17 homers in his rookie
season. His last season saw him hit 21 homers. Only played 3 other seasons and
retired from baseball at 33
Draft Grade: C
Blaser and Duch looked like solid picks but their careers ended shortly,
the lost draft pick of Santos Sosa hurts as well.
New Britian-nosirrommij2 1st Rnd Picks (18-22-39)
(12 Years ML Service)
1-18 David Ordonez
SS Unsigned
1-22
Devaris White P Unsigned
1-39 Travis Schotts LF
Had a nice 5 year stretch where he averaged 27 homers and about a 260avg
while playing above league average defense in LF. Left Pawtucket and was out of
the majors two seasons later.
19-622 Clyde Banks
Mostly a back up catcher but did
go off for a 21 homer season while driving in 78 runs. Hit 16 homers
two seasons later accounting for 37 of his career 54 homers.
Draft Grade: C-, Banks was a solid late pick
and Schotss was decent at 39 but letting the top two picks go unsigned hurts a
lot
NL EAST
Cincinnati/Hartford-goldgren 1st Rnd Picks
(21) (12 Years ML Service)
1-21 Vic Davis
SP Stepped into the rotation in
season 38 but went 5-12 with a rough 5.41 ERA. Lost 3 more games the next
season and never played again.
2-82 King
Esposito 3rd Not a bad fielder at 3rd/2nd
and even CF but couldn’t hit a lick sporting a .202 avg and just 5 homers in
475 Ab’s
3-113 John Griffin
C Another good defender, best
season was his last when he batted 273 with 5 homers in 282 AB’s
5-177 Bartolo Odor
SS 10+ plays at SS in 105 games,
but much like the others not a great hitter, 745 AB’s 9 homers, 1SB and a 224
avg
Draft Grade: C- well done getting the 4 players
to the majors, to bad none of them really deserved the time there
Syracuse-bdrose 1st Rnd Picks (20-40-53) (16 Years ML Service Time)
1-20 Walt Johnson
Rel Pitched a solid 604 games in
the majors. Some seasons good, others not so. But hey 834 innings out of the
bullpen is not something to scoff at
1-40 Davey
Wheat 2nd Hit 13 homers one season and 11 the
next. 2 other homers in his career after
that and he was done.
1-53 John Moehler
RP 50 career games with a 5.04
ERA , did go 5-3 so it wasn’t all bad
Draft Grade: C+
These draft grades are getting pretty repetitive, better then last
seasons D+ for Syracuse
Hartford/New York NL-sonofodin52 1st Rnd Picks (None)
(0 Years of Major League Service Time)
No first
round picks and no players ever reached the Show
Draft Grade: F
Kansas City/Scranton-pitboss13
1st Rnd Picks (19) (39
Years Major League Service Time)
1-19 Johnathan Donnels DH
While he was drafted as a Catcher spent most of his time as a DH, and
for good reason. Hit 359 homers with a career high of 50 in ’43. Only a 256 career avg but a solid 815 OPS.
2-77 Stuffy Duffy CF, great name, great glove. 31
positive plays between 3rd/CF/SS. Had one solid season with the bat
where he hit 13 homers and drove in a respectable 53 runs
11-367 Luke Shumaker
Rel Great long career out of the
pen. Picked up a solid 76 wins while also saving 36 games. ERA for his career
was 4.17 but had 6 seasons where it was under 4.00
24-783 Cory Osborn
P Wow just wow, what a great
DITR, threw 1075 innings. Saved 34 games one season and won 10 games another.
By no means a great ERA 4.29 for his career but come on he was drafted in the
24th round.
Draft Grade: A, okay no true superstars, but I
don’t think I am have seen so much extra value out of players taken outside of
the 1st or 2nd round.
NL SOUTH
Charlotte/New Orleans-purplehaze54 1st Rnd Picks (5-24-36-46)
(40 years ML service Time)
1-5 Gerald Small
LF Very good hitter, 426 career
homers and 1300 RBI with just over 2000 hits.
Best overall season was ’46 when he won a silver slugger and made the AS
team with 44 homers and 118 RBI while batting 295
1-24 Arthur Martin CF Got to play full time for 3 seasons and hit
over 10 homers every year while stealing at least 22 bases. Also batted 261 so
I am not sure why he didn’t play after that. Was not a great fielder as he was
probably more suited to 3rd rather then CF/SS
1-36 Reese Broome RP Very solid relief pitcher making 771
appearances with over 1100 innings pitched.
5 times had an ERA under 3.50 while also winning double digits and
saving double digits twice.
1-46 Jim Clayton LF did not reach the majors.
20-643 Fautino Lima
C Became a very dependable back
stop 6 times hitting over 10 homers while only once having over 400 Ab’s.
Draft Grade: A-, nice improvement from last
season (D+) with several very good major
league players selected
Texas/Memphis-tacosluss 1st Rnd Picks (8-13) (8 Years ML Service Time)
1-8 Miguel Castro P Did not sign
1-13 Bernie Dali SP
Threw 1106 innings with a solid fairly high 4.20 ERA. Record was under
500 at 60-70 . A handful over solid seasons but not what you would want out of
a 13th pick
Draft Grade: D+
Dali is an Okay pick but not really a pick to hang your hat on.
Louisville-mattster24 1st Rnd Picks (29-55)
(1 Year ML Service Time)
1-29 Chico Beato RP never reached the Majors
1-55 Ross Foster RP Never reached the majors
19-633
Howard Wells DH drafted as a SS but
spent the bulk of his ML time at RF/CF. Did hit 11 homers for St.louis in ’38
but not nearly enough to be a full time DH
Draft Grade: D, Wells is a nice little surprise
at 633 but the two first rounders that didn’t pan out hurt way more then he
helped.
Houston/Nashville-kingkai53 1st Rnd Picks (33-44-48-58-59) (1 years ML Service Time)
1-33 Adonis Walsh SS batted 267 in 90 ab’s no homers and no
steals 2 negative plays in CF
1-44 Torey Walker 2nd Never reached the
majors
1-48 Devin Bell CF
Never reached the majors
1-58 Joe Walker 2nd Made 7
positive plays in his only season in the
majors while also batting 307 with 4 homers and 12 steals in just 257 AB’s.
Maybe should have played longer
1-59 Alan Newfield
P Never Reached the majors
Draft Grade:
D-, this one really hurts, 5 picks in the top 60 and barely any major
league time from any of them.
NL: WEST
Vancouver/Omaha-outlaw 6-4-3 1st Rnd Picks (31) (13 Years ML Service time)
1-31 Nolan
Merrick 3rd Great fielder at 3rd winning
several Gold Gloves, his transition to SS was not as smooth as he was just
above average there. Best season was ’43 when he hit 20 homers and stole 22
bases.
2-91 Adroin
Corbin RP Came up for parts of 4 seasons
and finished his career with a 7.10 ERA
10-347
Davey Baez SP Won 10+ games three times but never had an
ERA under 4.31
Draft Grade: C-
some ok pieces between Merrick and Baez, but nothing that would bring
home a championship
Boise-HAWKEYEONE 1ST Rnd Picks (7-51)
(9 Years ML Service Time)
1-7 Destin Zoltan SP got up for 160 starts and won 39 games, lost
57 however while sporting a rough 5.58 ERA
1-51 Adam Rigdon 2nd Never reached the
majors
2-67 Deven Larson SP Was actually better then Zoltan in his
limited time in the majors, going 12-23 with a 4.77 ERA in 52 career starts
Draft Grade: D The pick at 7 is not great and
the 51-67 don’t help much either.
San Francisco/Portland-shesaid 1st Rnd Picks (2-23-35)
(21 Years ML Service Time)
1-2 Ivan Rosa SP Still going string at age 38, with a chance
at the Hall Of Fame, 238 wins, 3017 K’s and a 3.73 ERA. No Cy Youngs but has
won over 20 Games twice including an incredible 22-4 season in ‘49
1-23 Alex
Mantalban RF Did not reach the Mahors
but did make the AAA All Star team once
1-35 Oswaldo Estralella Hit 14 homers over 5 seasons that totalled
just over 500 AB’s Not bad but not great
3-96 Chilli Keats 3rd, never reached the majors but
is playing still after 20 seasons in the minors. Has 504 career homers mostly
at AAA. Also has over 2400 strikeouts so I guess we know why he never got past
AAA.
21-672
Zelous Glanville C got up as a back up
for parts of 4 seasons. Not really a great fielder which didn’t help as he was
not a good hitter either
Draft Grade: B+
You better get a good player at #2, and they did The rest of the picks were lackluster at best
Las Vegas/Vancouver-aaronbrown99 1st
Rnd Picks (12) (0 Years ML Service Time)
1-12 Omar Williams
P Did not sign
Draft Grade: F-
Most players went unsigned, not really a track record for success
