Sunday, May 25, 2008

Does anyone feel a draft in here?

A quick look at how many young players have had their dream come true of being drafted and making it all the way to the big leagues...

There are currently 14 of the 32 season 1 first round draft picks on a ML roster (plus another 6 compensation picks in the bigs)
There are 10 first round picks from season 2 on a big league roster plus 1 compensation pick.
There are 3 first round picks from season 3 in the bigs
There are 5 first round picks from season 4 in The Show.
And no one has made it higher than AAA from last year's season 5 draft.

The memorial Mike Piazza award for lowest drafted player to currently be on a ML roster? That honor falls on catcher Jack Perry who was drafted in the 12th round of season 1 by the San Francisco Sourdoughs. 396 other players heard their name called before Perry but who's laughing now as he is poised to help San Antonio make a playoff run this season.

Jack Perry
San Antonio
Border Jumpers
Age: 25B/T: R/R
Born: Bozeman, MT
Position(s): C
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

For whatever it's worth, I'm pretty proud of my 11th round selection in the 2nd year's amateur draft. He'll be in the bigs this year or next:

http://www.whatifsports.com/hbd/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=1071503