Amy Amanda 'Triple A' Allen - contributing reporter
EDITOR NOTE - For those of you that were in Cobbfather with me, I'm doing the draft recaps a little different. Instead of giving away free scouting with projections or comps, I'm just going to cover a recap of the draft with some facts. A bit more boring I know, apologize. I still plan to run the On The Clock series that looks back at drafts from 10 seasons prior to see how teams did and who they should have selected in a perfect world.
The dust has settled, the picks are in, and our first Rule 4 Draft is officially in the books. While the debate over who should have gone where will rage on, let's take a step back and focus on what we do know - cold, hard facts.
- 831 players drafted
- 519 player signed with their team
- 120 High School players
- First 3 players drafted were from High School.
- 399 College
- 201 Junior College players
- 198 College players
- 30 players included a spring invite
- 1 player included an ML deal.
- #47 pick - Chili Underwood (Colorado Springs)
- 2 top 16 picks didn't sign - both will receive Type D picks we assume
- Type D picks are not part of the lottery.
- #5 3B Carlos Mercado (Baltimore)
- Becomes pick #6.
- #7 SS Dion Wihelmsen (Indianapolis)
- Becomes pick #9
- 312 did not sign
- 82 High School players
- 230 College players
- 114 Junior College players
- 116 College players
- First Round (Including Comp = 63 picks)
- 27 of 29 HS signed
- 31 of 34 College signed
- Total bonuses: $106.7M
- 7 players became Diamonds In The Rough
- #445 - P Tommy Stites (St Louis)
- #512 - P Angel Knight (Helena)
- #558 - C Gonzalez Nieves (Salt Lake City)
- #567 - SS Jhonny Gongora (Los Angeles)
- #569 - P Jose Gallardo (Syracause)
- #681 - P Skip Lewis (Montgomery)
- #767 - P Herman Cummings (Tacoma)
- Position Breakdown of those signed
- P
- 250 signed of 392 drafted
- 90 high school, 302 college
- Highest bonus: $3.8M - Timothy Lewis (Arizona) - #3 pick
- C
- 43 signed of 65 drafted
- 16 high school, 49 college
- Highest bonus: 4 players w/ $550k all in 2nd round
- 1B
- 15 signed of 28 drafted
- 9 high school, 19 college
- Highest bonus: $2.1M - Billy Brown $2.1M (Nashville) - #587 pick
- 2B
- 36 signed of 54 drafted
- 13 high school, 41 college
- Highest bonus: Marshall Hayes - $5.4M (Durham) - #13
- SS
- 49 signed of 68 drafted
- 22 high school, 46 college
- Highest bonus: Peter Burns - $6.4M (Helena) - #1 pick
- 3B
- 30 signed of 53 drafted
- 9 high school, 44 college
- Highest bonus: Esmailyn Rodriguez - $1.1M (Tacoma) - #32 pick
- Not to be mistaken for Pitcher Esmailyn Rodriguez (Montgomery) - #777 pick
- LF
- 25 signed of 44 drafted
- 11 high school, 33 college
- Highest bonus: Trent Brocail - $2.5M (Philadelphia) - #17 pick
- CF
- 45 signed of 76 drafted
- 15 high school, 61 college
- Highest bonus: Domingo Vega - $2.2M (Tucson) - #20 pick
- RF
- 26 signed of 51 drafted
- 17 high school, 34 college
- Highest bonus: Antone Pacheco - $8.9M (New York)
- Top 4 bonus money
- #2 pick - RF Antone Pacheco - $8.9M (New York)
- #1 pick - SS Peter Burns - $6.4M (Helena)
- #13 pick - 2B Marshall Hayes - $5.4M (Durham)
- #8 pick - SS Adam Dietrich - $4.7M (Scottsdale)
- Best deal (% under slot) - 80% slot - #87 pick LF William Montgomery (LA) & #166 P Larry Montgomery (Indianapolis)
- No relation!
- Worst deal (% above slot) - 298% slot - #44 pick CF Norberto Plata (Tacoma)
- Richest none 1st Round Pick - $2.6M - #287 pick (8th round) (Tacoma)
- First Position Player Drafted - #1 pick - SS Peter Burns (Helena)
- First Pitcher Drafted - #3 pick - SP Timothy Lewis (Arizona)
- Mr Irrelevant who also signed - #831 pick - JD West (Tacoma)
- But sadly is no longer is employed
- How did teams draft in the early rounds
- High Schools
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Cincinnati
- Fargo
- Indianapolis
- Mexico City
- Scottsdale
- Mix
- Arizona
- Baltimore
- Colorado Springs
- Durham
- Los Angeles
- Montgomery
- Nashville
- New York
- Philadelphia
- St Louis
- Tacoma
- Trenton
- Tucson
- Vancouver
- College
- Chicago
- Buffalo
- Cleveland
- Fresno
- Helena
- New Orleans
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio
- Scranton
- Syracuse
- Texas
- For those curious here's how that relates to the reverse waiver order. Obviously with our draft lottery things can (and will likely) change.
- Cincinnati - HS
- Scranton - College
- Nashville - Mix
- Los Angeles - Mix
- New York - Mix
- Colorado Springs - Mix
- Cleveland - College
- Vancouver - Mix
- Fargo - HS
- Helena - College
- Philadelphia - Mix
- Arizona - Mix
- Mexico City - HS
- Montgomery - Mix
- San Antonio - College
- Indianapolis - HS
- Will be interesting to see how this one plays out after the lottery and which kind of prospects might slip in the draft. Or if these preferred prospect types even holds true for next season.