The Ones Who Got Away

[camisadelgolf]

I went back and looked at the players the Reds have drafted since 2004 and elected not to sign for whatever reason. In most cases, it was because the player wanted to return to school and/or receive a higher signing bonus than what the Reds were offering. To qualify, a player needed to be drafted by the Reds, not sign with them, and then sign to play with a different team in MLB.

Year	Round	Year	Round	Name		Team		Level	DoB		Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB				
2004	28	2007	22	Donnie Ecker	Rangers		-	3/9/1986	UT	36	115	97	23	26	2	1	2	14	11	2	9	17	0.268	0.360	0.371	0.731	36	1	6	1	2	0				
2005	38	2007	21	Kuyaunnis Miles	Braves		-	5/15/1987	OF	113	340	317	28	61	9	3	3	18	12	7	11	136	0.192	0.231	0.268	0.499	85	5	6	2	4	1				
2006	18	2007	20	Ryan Wehrle	Yankees		-	5/13/1985	IF	49	178	149	20	35	9	0	3	14	0	1	26	21	0.235	0.354	0.356	0.710	53	5	2	0	1	0				
2006	38	2009	9	Trevor Coleman	Mariners	A+	1/19/1988	C	115	453	396	45	82	18	1	8	47	1	2	42	87	0.207	0.298	0.318	0.616	126	10	10	3	2	1				
2006	47	2007	-	Freuny Parra	Yankees		Rk	11/2/1987	C	24	65	58	5	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	12	0.259	0.323	0.310	0.633	18	1	1	0	1	0				
2007	4	2008	13	Blake Stouffer	Nationals	-	10/11/1985	2B	44	182	156	21	30	3	1	4	10	3	1	20	44	0.192	0.304	0.301	0.605	47	0	5	1	0	0				
2007	32	2008	11	Brandon Douglas	Tigers		AA	8/27/1985	IF	223	979	884	141	293	45	13	4	85	35	6	67	91	0.331	0.383	0.425	0.809	376	16	13	6	9	1				
2007	36	2010	3	Leon Landry	Dodgers		Rk	9/20/1989	OF	57	274	249	46	87	20	4	4	38	13	9	20	36	0.349	0.399	0.510	0.909	127	4	2	1	2	1				
2008	46	2009	35	Grant Hogue	Astros		A	6/26/1986	OF	170	660	576	88	164	18	7	1	48	46	21	42	90	0.285	0.358	0.345	0.704	199	7	25	15	2	0				
2009	20	2010	34	Matt Valaika	Cardinals	A-	4/2/1988	IF	48	191	172	19	32	6	1	1	16	5	2	14	23	0.186	0.254	0.250	0.504	43	4	2	2	1	1				
2009	28	2010	30	Derek Poppert	Mariners	Rk	7/27/1988	UT	48	173	149	23	36	8	0	1	11	14	1	10	23	0.242	0.327	0.315	0.643	47	2	9	5	0	0				
																																			
Year	Round	Year	Round	Name		Team		Level	DoB		W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	11	2005	17	Jason Urquidez	Diamondbacks	AAA	9/12/1982	17	9	0.654	3.63	174	1	65	0	0	11	258	240	127	104	14	87	1	235	6	0	13	1094	1.267	8.4	0.5	3.0	8.2	2.70
2004	31	2007	5	Jake Arrieta	Orioles		MLB	3/6/1986	29	24	0.547	3.30	78	77	0	2	2	0	437	376	186	160	32	189	3	384	25	1	15	1850	1.350	7.7	0.7	3.9	7.9	2.00
2004	41	2007	21	Scott Mueller	Orioles		-	6/9/1986	4	5	0.444	5.79	71	0	38	0	0	9	102.2	111	71	66	9	56	2	105	11	0	8	478	1.627	9.7	0.8	4.9	9.2	1.88
2005	24	2006	17	Kyle Ginley	Blue Jays	-	9/1/1986	21	15	0.583	4.06	64	50	1	1	0	0	279	311	153	126	22	97	0	273	21	0	15	1238	1.462	10.0	0.7	3.1	8.8	2.81
2005	27	2008	24	Kenny Smalley	Athletics	A+	7/25/1987	17	17	0.500	4.16	80	36	15	0	0	1	263.2	240	134	122	24	128	1	240	10	0	19	1143	1.396	8.2	0.8	4.4	8.2	1.88
2005	33	2007	4	Leroy Hunt	White Sox	A+	11/28/1987	8	12	0.400	4.82	125	1	46	0	0	8	177.1	183	115	95	9	124	4	144	19	3	24	835	1.731	9.3	0.5	6.3	7.3	1.16
2005	39	2008	5	Edwin Quirarte	Giants		A+	12/20/1986	11	19	0.367	3.72	113	0	79	0	0	32	150	155	77	62	9	47	6	107	3	0	12	651	1.347	9.3	0.5	2.8	6.4	2.28
2005	42	2006	-	John Axford	Yankees		MLB	4/1/1983	26	19	0.578	3.36	167	19	80	0	0	32	305.1	241	140	114	13	194	6	349	8	0	34	1325	1.451	7.1	0.4	5.7	10.3	1.80
2005	44	2009	24	Jason Erickson	Pirates		A	2/3/1987	12	8	0.600	3.79	47	28	2	1	0	0	185.1	196	91	78	11	31	0	135	8	0	6	773	1.225	9.5	0.5	1.5	6.6	4.35
2005	45	2009	11	AndreLamontagne	Brewers		AA	3/24/1986	9	10	0.474	3.46	53	11	23	0	0	10	122.1	101	63	47	7	55	4	96	10	0	7	527	1.275	7.4	0.5	4.0	7.1	1.75
2005	48	2008	39	Gary Poynter	Padres		A+	6/12/1987	5	2	0.714	3.91	66	2	18	0	0	1	94.1	101	53	41	2	51	1	62	7	0	9	435	1.611	9.6	0.2	4.9	5.9	1.22
2005	43	2007	-	Clay Long	Cardinals	-	9/19/1985	0	6	0.000	4.66	19	8	3	0	0	1	58	64	36	30	6	33		47	4	0	4	270	1.672	9.9	0.9	5.1	7.3	1.42
2006	41	2010	22	Jeremy Erben	Diamondbacks	Rk	9/15/1987	1	3	0.250	4.24	13	0	9	0	0	3	17	11	11	8	3	6	0	27	2	1	2	71	1.000	5.8	1.6	3.2	14.3	4.50
2006	42	2009	36	John Housey	Mariners	A	6/4/1988	12	8	0.600	3.25	48	17	12	0	0	1	141.1	121	66	51	10	54	0	136	4	0	9	592	1.238	7.7	0.6	3.4	8.7	2.52
2006	49	2009	13	Cameron Bayne	White Sox	A	2/14/1988	12	11	0.522	3.98	46	27	8	2	0	2	192.1	209	112	85	11	49	1	128	13	0	12	833	1.341	9.8	0.5	2.3	6.0	2.61
2007	8	2008	4	Drew O'Neil	White Sox	A+	11/8/1985	8	6	0.571	4.45	91	0	33	0	0	3	127.1	123	74	63	1	88	5	105	16	0	17	593	1.657	8.7	0.1	6.2	7.4	1.19
2007	18	2009	9	Taylor Jordan	Nationals	A	1/17/1989	4	4	0.500	4.77	24	19	1	0	0	0	100	102	63	53	10	29	0	92	9	1	4	434	1.310	9.2	0.9	2.6	8.3	3.17
2007	27	2008	19	Jason Roenicke	Blue Jays	-	10/25/1985	2	5	0.286	3.65	26	0	7	0	0	2	44.1	43	21	18	2	16	3	33	3	0	5	186	1.331	8.7	0.4	3.2	6.7	2.06
2007	35	2008	16	Thad Weber	Tigers		AAA	9/28/1984	23	24	0.489	3.34	66	65	0	4	1	0	393	369	168	146	35	84	2	272	16	2	21	1596	1.153	8.5	0.8	1.9	6.2	3.24
2007	37	2010	6	Scott Alexander	Royals		Rk	7/10/1989	1	6	0.143	5.73	12	11	0	0	0	0	55	73	47	35	6	22	0	41	3	1	2	258	1.727	11.9	1.0	3.6	6.7	1.86
2007	38	2008	12	Ari Ronick	Giants		A+	3/25/1986	11	9	0.550	3.39	43	39	0	2	1	0	204.1	180	105	77	19	62	2	180	13	1	10	862	1.184	7.9	0.8	2.7	7.9	2.90
2007	39	2010	2	Jimmy Nelson	Brewers		Rk	6/5/1989	2	0	1.000	3.71	12	0	5	0	0	3	26.2	30	21	11	2	13	0	33	0	0	3	127	1.612	10.1	0.7	4.4	11.1	2.54
2007	47	2010	35	Drew Benes	Cardinals	Rk	11/4/1988	1	0	1.000	1.52	18	0	4	0	0	0	23.2	20	8	4	0	6	0	22	3	0	0	100	1.099	7.6	0.0	2.3	8.4	3.67
2008	36	2009	37	Erik Gregersen	Angels		Rk	9/19/1986	0	0	-	1.57	19	0	8	0	0	2	23	13	6	4	0	9	0	32	5	0	13	94	0.957	5.1	0.0	3.5	12.5	3.56

Boy, having Jake Arrieta, John Axford, and a few others sure would've been nice. But for the most part, it looks like the Reds made some good decisions.

[bucksfan2]

I know the Reds drafted Nick Markakis at least once and he didn't sign. Boy would he look good in RF right now.

[dougdirt]

I know the Reds drafted Nick Markakis at least once and he didn't sign. Boy would he look good in RF right now.

I will take our current right fielder over him.... but he would look nice in left.

[bucksfan2]

I will take our current right fielder over him.... but he would look nice in left.

Forgot to change that to LF. But yes he would look real nice in LF.

[camisadelgolf]

I know the Reds drafted Nick Markakis at least once and he didn't sign. Boy would he look good in RF right now.

Yep, way back in 2001.

[Benihana]

I know the Reds drafted Nick Markakis at least once and he didn't sign. Boy would he look good in RF right now.

The Reds drafted Markakis as a pitcher.

A couple others including Jeremy Sowers, Marc Cornell, and Andy D'Alessio sure aren't doing much now- especially for the kind of money they were asking for.

Colin Curtis was another guy I remember the Reds drafting, in the 49th round or something like that. I wonder how those two Miami SS (Stephen Perez and Devin Marrero) will turn out. Anyone know how they are doing in college?

[HeatherC1212]

Wow, I didn't know we drafted Arrieta too! I knew we drafted Nick (didn't we draft him twice as a pitcher?!) but I didn't know about Jake. Dang, both of those guys as Reds would have been beyond awesome. They'd be right in the middle of the great group we have going on right now too. Plus, Nick in LF and Jay in RF would mean that not a single guy would ever be trying to go from first to third or second to home on a single to either field, LOL

[Mario-Rijo]

The Reds drafted Markakis as a pitcher.

A couple others including Jeremy Sowers, Marc Cornell, and Andy D'Alessio sure aren't doing much now- especially for the kind of money they were asking for.

Colin Curtis was another guy I remember the Reds drafting, in the 49th round or something like that. I wonder how those two Miami SS (Stephen Perez and Devin Marrero) will turn out. Anyone know how they are doing in college?

Last I looked they were battling it out for Freshman of the year. I liked those guys especially Marrero.

[redsmetz]

If you want to go way back, the Reds drafted Chris Chambliss twice - in the 31st round in 1967 and then in the 2nd round of what was then the January Secondary draft in 1968, but he finally signed with Cleveland as their 1st round pick in 1970.

[Benihana]

Last I looked they were battling it out for Freshman of the year. I liked those guys especially Marrero.

Yeah, me too. It's too bad- Jim Callis listed Marrero as the 6th best prospect eligible for the 2012 draft in a recent Ask BA. Guess they made up for it though by signing Yorman and Duran that year, Chapman the next, then bringing Valor, Torreyes and Hamilton into the organization to strengthen the position. Guess you can't win 'em all.