Minor league draft results

[KCollins1304]

Here are the results from my league's minor league draft that just ended. Keep in mind that people like Chapman are not eligible for our minor leagues along with Japanese imports. Just curious to see an outsider's opinion.

These guys were already owned:
P SEA Aaron Crow
OF ARZ Aaron Hicks
P COL Aaron Poreda
P ARZ Adam Miller
P MIL Adam Ottavino
SS SEA Adrian Cardenas
P TOR Adys Portillo
SS MIL Alcides Escobar
P SEA Alexander Smit
1B SDP Allan Dykstra
P NYM Andrew Brackman
OF ARZ Andrew Lambo
OF TOR Angel Morales
3B CIN Angel Villalona
SS LAD Anthony Hewitt
OF NYY Austin Jackson
C CIN Austin Romine
3B MIL Beau Mills
OF STL Ben Revere
3B ARZ Billy Rowell
P OAK Blake Beavan
3B TAM Bobby Borchering
P NYY Brad Lincoln
P SDP Bradley Holt
1B LAD Brandon Allen
P TOR Brandon Erbe
P OAK Brandon Hynick
1B BAL Brandon Snyder
P CIN Brent Fisher
C ARZ Brett Lawrie
P ARZ Brett Sinkbeil
1B TAM Brett Wallace
P ARZ Brian Matusz
C STL Bryan Anderson
P BOS Bryce Cox
C BOS Buster Posey
OF BOS Caleb Gindl
P CIN Carlos Carrasco
C NYM Carlos Santana
SS ARZ Carlos Triunfel
P BOS Casey Kelly
P BOS Casey Weathers
OF SEA Cedric Hunter
P SDP Cesar Carrillo
OF SEA Chad Huffman
OF NYY Che-Hsuan Lin
P NYM Chorye Spoone
1B SEA Chris Carter
1B SEA Chris Carter
OF STL Chris Lubanski
OF TAM Chris Marrero
SS LAD Chris Nelson
OF PHI Chris Parmelee
SS TAM Chris Valaika
P LAD Chris Withrow
OF SDP Christopher Pettit
P SEA Chuck Lofgren
OF ARZ Cody Johnson
OF LAD Cole Gillespie
P COL Cole Rohrbough
OF STL Corey Brown
2B SDP Corey Wimberly
1B SEA Cory Dunlap
P CIN Craig Kimbrel
OF CIN Cristian Santana
C BAL Curtis Thigpen
OF NYM Cyle Hankerd
OF TAM D.J. Jones
2B LAD Damon Sublett
P LAD Daniel Bard
P PHI Daniel Cortes
OF STL Daniel Dorn
P SDP Daniel Schlereth
P CIN Danny Duffy
OF PHI Daryl Jones
1B NYM David Cooper
P OAK Dellin Betances
OF CIN Dennis Raben
P CIN Deolis Guerra
P PHI Deryk Hooker
OF NYY Desmond Jennings
SS ARZ Devaris Gordon
C COL Devin Mesoraco
OF PHI Dominic Brown
P SEA Donnie Veal
OF BOS Donovan Tate
P BAL Drew Naylor
OF PHI Dustin Ackley
P SEA Ed Morlan
OF SEA Eddy Estevez
OF TAM Eduardo Sosa
OF OAK Eli Iorg
OF TAM Engel Beltre
3B SDP Eric Campbell
1B MIL Eric Hosmer
P ARZ Eric Hurley
2B CIN Eric Young Jr.
SS TOR Esmail Gonzalez
P LAD Ethan Martin
P SEA Faustino De Los Santos
OF TAM Fernando Martinez
1B COL Freddie Freeman
1B NYY Gaby Sanchez
C SDP George Kottaras
OF NYY Gorkys Hernandez
SS COL Grant Green
OF NYY Greg Halman
SS TOR Hak-ju Lee
C PHI Hank Conger
P TOR Henry Rodriguez
P MIL Henry Sosa
P BAL Humberto Sanchez
1B BAL Ike Davis
SS STL Ivan DeJesus Jr
C TAM J.P. Arencibia
P ARZ Jacob Turner
OF SDP Jaff Decker
P STL Jaime Garcia
P OAK Jairo Heredia
P STL Jake Arrieta
P SEA Jake McGee
P COL James Cox
P LAD Jarrod Parker
C STL Jason Castro
SS NYY Jason Donald
OF TAM Jason Heyward
OF BOS Jason Place
OF NYY Javier Herrera
SS NYM Jeff Bianchi
P COL Jeff Manship
P CIN Jeffrey Locke
2B TAM Jefry Marte
2B STL Jemile Weeks
P SDP Jeremy Hefner
P PHI Jeremy Hellickson
P OAK Jeremy Jeffres
P STL Jess Todd
C CIN Jesus Montero
P SEA Jhoulys Chacin
P PHI Jim Barthmaier
SS STL Jiovanni Mier
1B SDP Joe Koshansky
OF ARZ John Drennen
OF MIL John Mayberry
P LAD John MeLoan
2B ARZ Jon Herrera
C SDP Jonathan Lucroy
P TAM Jordan Walden
P BAL Jose Ceda
SS TAM Jose M Torres
OF STL Jose Tabata
3B BAL Josh Bell
C LAD Josh Donaldson
OF SEA Josh Reddick
3B NYM Josh Vitters
P SDP Joshua Fields
OF BOS Juan Duran
3B OAK Juan Fransisco
P TOR Juan Ramirez
P TOR Julio Teheran
SS ARZ Justin Jackson
1B OAK Justin Smoak
1B NYM Kala Ka'aihue
P COL Kasey Kiker
OF CIN Kellen Kulbacki
OF TOR Kelvin DeLeon
3B NYY Kevin Ahrens
2B NYY Kevin Melillo
P TAM Kevin Mulvey
P LAD Kevin Whelan
P ARZ Kyle Drabek
P CIN Kyle Lotzkar
C LAD Kyle Skipworth
OF TOR Kyler Burke
1B BOS Lars Anderson
1B SEA Logan Morrison
3B CIN Lonnie Chisenhall
OF OAK Lorenzo Cain
P MIL Madison Bumgarner
SS PHI Marcus Lemon
2B NYY Marcus Sanders
1B BAL Mark Hamilton
P COL Mark Pawelek
P NYY Mark Rogers
1B BAL Mark Trumbo
P NYY Martin Perez
2B SDP Matt Antonelli
3B CIN Matt Dominguez
P TOR Matt Purke
OF COL Matt Sulentic
1B BOS Matt Sweeney
P OAK Matthew Moore
C SEA Max Ramirez
SS BOS Michael Almanzar
P SEA Michael Bowden
OF OAK Michael Burgess
P MIL Michael Inoa
SS TAM Michael Main
P OAK Michael Pineda
OF PHI Michael Saunders
OF LAD Michael Taylor
1B SEA Mike Carp
P LAD Mike Hobgood
P OAK Mike Leake
3B ARZ Mike Moustakas
OF PHI Mike Stanton
P STL Mitch Talbot
P NYY Neftali Feliz
SS CIN Neftali Soto
3B CIN Neil Walker
P PHI Nick Barnese
P PHI Nick Hagadone
SS CIN Nick Noonan
OF CIN Nick Weglarz
SS MIL Oscar Tejeda
P LAD Oswaldo Sosa
3B NYY Pedro Alvarez
P STL Pedro Beato
P PHI Philip Aumont
SS STL Preston Mattingly
OF TOR Rafael Rodriguez
P TAM Randall Delgado
OF BOS Rashun Dixon
SS NYY Reid Brignac
OF SEA Reid Fronk
OF CIN Reymond Fuentes
OF ARZ Robbie Grossman
3B TAM Roberto De La Cruz
OF BOS Ryan Kalish
OF STL Ryan Westmoreland
P SEA Scott Elbert
P PHI Shane Lindsay
P BAL Shawn Kelley
P BOS Shelby Miller
OF SDP Slade Heathcott
P NYY Stephen Strasburg
P SEA Tanner Scheppers
P COL Thomas Diamond
P CIN Tim Alderson
SS ARZ Tim Beckham
P COL Tim Melville
SS LAD Todd Frazier
P BAL Tony Butler
2B CIN Tony Thomas
2B SEA Travis Denker
P LAD Travis Wood
SS SEA Trevor Plouffe
P ARZ Trevor Reckling
P STL Troy Patton
OF MIL Tyler Colvin
C SEA Tyler Flowers
P LAD Tyler Matzek
P SEA Tyler Robertson
P TOR Tyler Sample
P BOS Wade Davis
OF PHI Wendell Fairley
3B ARZ Wes Hodges
SS NYY Wil Middlebrook
C BOS Wilin Rosario
OF CIN Wilkin Ramirez
P SDP Will Inman
P LAD William Smith
SS TAM Wilmer Flores
1B STL Yonder Alonso
OF TOR Yorman Rodriguez
OF SEA Zach Daeges
P ARZ Zach Wheeler

Here are the results:

Pick Team Player team
1 1 PHI Jenrry Mejia, P
2 2 CIN Miguel Angel Jean Sano III
3 3 ARZ Casey Crosby, P
4 4 MIL Derek Norris, C
5 5 STL Michael Montgomery, P
6 6 SEA Christian Friedrich, P
7 7 NYM James Darnell, 3B
8 8 LAD Mike Trout, OF
9 9 BOS Starlin Castro, SS
10 10 TOR Simon Castro, P
11 11 OAK Scott Sizemore, 2B
12 12 NYY Zach Britton, P
13 13 COL Matt Davidson, 3B
14 14 BAL Gabriel Noriega, SS
15 15 TOR Jordan Lyles, P
16 16 SDP Kyle Gibson, P

17 1 SEA Arodys Vizcaino, P
18 2 CIN Tony Sanchez, C
19 3 ARZ Grant Desme, OF
20 4 MIL Jason Knapp, P
21 5 STL Andrew Cashner, P
22 6 SEA Thomas Neal, OF
23 7 SDP Drew Storen, P
24 8 LAD Max Stassi, C
25 9 BOS Alexander Colome, P
26 10 TAM David Renfroe, 2B
27 11 OAK Ryan Wheeler, 1B
28 12 NYY Alex White, P
29 13 COL Nolan Arenado, 3B
30 14 BAL Wil Myers, C
31 15 PHI Hector Rondon, P
32 16 NYM Michael Minor, P

33 1 TOR Gary Sanchez, C
34 2 CIN Chad James, P
35 3 ARZ Jared Mitchell, OF
36 4 MIL Travis D'Arnaud, C
37 5 STL Trayvon Robinson, OF
38 6 SEA Logan Forsythe, 3B
39 7 SDP Zach Stewart, P
40 8 LAD Aaron Miller, OF
41 9 BOS Chris Heisey, OF
42 10 TAM Luke Bailey, C
43 11 OAK Danny Espinosa, SS
44 12 NYY Wilson Ramos, C
45 13 COL A.J. Pollock, OF
46 14 BAL Wilking Rodriguez, P
47 15 PHI Eric Arnett, P
48 16 SEA Ryan Flaherty, SS

49 1 SDP Wynn Pelzer, P
50 2 CIN Domingo Santana, OF
51 3 ARZ Fabio Martinez, P
52 4 MIL Anthony Rizzo, 1B
53 5 STL Zach McAllister, P
54 6 SEA Alexia Amarista, 2B
55 7 SEA Steve Johnson, P
56 8 LAD Adrian Salcedo, P
57 9 BOS Brent Morel 3B
58 10 TOR Trevor May, P
59 11 CIN Ryan Strieby, 1B
60 12 NYY Brett Jackson, OF
61 13 COL Jurickson Profar, SS
62 14 BAL Jon Bachanov, P
63 15 PHI Jay Jackson, P
64 16 BOS Lance Lynn, P

65 1 TOR Tyler Skaggs, P
66 2 CIN Keyvius Sampson, P
67 3 ARZ Everett Williams, OF
68 4 NYM Chad Jenkins, P
69 5 BOS Christian Bethancourt, C
70 6 SEA Dan Valencia, 3B
71 7 LAD Rex Brothers, P
72 8 TOR Guillermo Pimentel, OF
73 9 NYM Tim Wheeler, OF
74 10 TOR Randal Grichuk, OF
75 11 NYM Reese Havens, 2B
76 12 TOR Daniel Fields, SS
77 13 COL Tyson Ross, P
78 14 BAL Mychal Givens, SS
79 15 TOR Allen Webster, P
80 16 NYM Manny Banuelos, P

[mblax10]

My rankings take into consideration the number and quality each team had.

TOR-Did very well. Probably #1 even without all the 5th round picks. Lyles is a steal at 15. May & Castro had good value where selected. Then adding Fields, Pimental, Girchuk & Skaggs in the 5th puts him way ahead of the rest.
BOS-Colome slipped way too far. Castro is good value and Morel & Bethancourt are good late picks.
LAD-I like Trout & Stassi. Brothers & Miller should have gone a lot higher.
ARZ-Took arguably the top guy on the board at every pick.
CIN-Lots of upside with every pick.
MIL-4 solid picks. My league has similar guys available. I don't like seeing Norris go this high because it means I won't get him.
NYY-Also 4 solid picks.
SEA-2 good pitchers & hitters with Freidrich, Vizcano, Neal & Forsythe
TBA-Not much to work with but 2 high upside picks.
PHI-Tough to rank. I would rather have Arnett & Jackson than Mejia & Rondon.
BAL-Myers is a good pick. I like Norriega, but he may be a reach at 14. Don't like the other 3.
OAK-I like Espinosa and Sizemore could help immediately, but nothing too exciting.
STL-I like Cashner where he was taken. Montgomery went at about the right time. Don't like the other picks.
NYM-Jenkins was a good pick. Darnell went about where he should have gone. I don't like Minor or Wheeler.
COL-I hate every pick except Proffar. I do like him a lot, so that saved him from the bottom.
SDP-2 relief pitchers and a SP with a low ceiling. Pelzer is the only bright spot.

[bigken117]

wow, Castro at 9 is a steal

SDP-2 relief pitchers and a SP with a low ceiling. Pelzer is the only bright spot.

lmao

[Pogotheostrich]

wow, Castro at 9 is a steal lmao

SDP-2 relief pitchers and a SP with a low ceiling. Pelzer is the only bright spot.

[KCollins1304]

SDP-2 relief pitchers and a SP with a low ceiling. Pelzer is the only bright spot.

lmao

My thoughts exactly.

[mblax10]

Just to clarify, I meant Pelzer was the only bright spot when comparing talent to draft spot.

I stand by my 2 RP and a SP with a low ceiling comment.

[kimchi_chigae]

Thank you for taking the time to review this, mblax10.

I definitely agree with mblax10's assessment. TOR had by far the best draft. BOS was a distant second.

[raiders_umpire]

TBA-Not much to work with but 2 high upside picks.
.

I will take that assessment. With only two picks, I passed on a few higher ranked guys to get some youth that could break out this coming year and make this draft worthwhile for me. Renfroe and Bailey both would have been drafted much higher in this past amateurs draft if concerns about injury or signing had not held them back some. If Bailey is healthy, I think he easily shoots up the Rays minor league charts this season.

[wrveres]

i was asked to reply to this thread the other day, and i didn't because mblax is not in the league so he doesn't understand the whole environment.

but i have been asked to defend my self again, so i guess i have too.

Personally, I feel there is no reason to have to defend myself here. In a year or three, i'll just link to the results. Everyone of my minor league picks that has made it to the show, is now signed by some team somewhere. Many for five or six years. And I am not talking first round picks here either .. well all except one. Lillibridge.

I have a certain strategy in these drafts that i try to adhere to. Each season I have refined it a tad more, but its not that hard to figure out if you are paying attn.

As for the relief pitcher comments, Zach Stewart is being stretched out to start since the trade to Toronto, Everything i have read, and its been a ton, i didn't just fall off a turnip truck, says Toronto is going to put him in the rotation. Giving him quite a bit of upside.

The other reliever i took in the second is an obvious pick. Storen could be the closer within the year in Washington, and he cost me nothing. If not, next year. I doubt he hits the IP minimum for me to have to sign him so I get two years to watch, but IMO he will be a closer soon.

Personally i think all you guys drafting catchers are the fools. MLB starting catchers sell for a buck or three at auction, and if he works out, you can sign your hot new catching prospect for three or four bucks ... where is the value?

we had four catchers taken in the first 30 picks? really? catchers?

[mblax10]

Yeah, I've got a couple guys in my league like you. Last year they were picking guys like David Huff and Chris Dickerson while I got Montero & Alvarez. I guess I lost out because my guys haven't made the majors yet. Their guys provided negative value.

You're right, I don't know you're league setup. I can't imagine what it is that makes potential closers worth spending a high minor league pick on and quality catchers easily obtainable.

I realized some people think Stewart can be a SP. I'm not one of them. Even if he makes it, he has 2 pitches. One of which is a 90 MPH fastball. No thanks. I'm glad you're happy with your draft. I just hope you haven't spent too many of your 24k posts evaluating minor league talent.