Re-do a draft - 1999

[BuckeyeRedleg]

If you remove the five that eventually did not sign as part of the 1999 draft class (Harden/SEA, Hill/CIN, Hairston/CHW, Bullington/KC, and LaRoche/FLA), the list is wittled down to:

1. Albert Pujols
2. Jake Peavy
3. Josh Beckett
4. Carl Crawford
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Justin Morneau
7. Barry Zito
8. Alexis Rios
9. Ryan Ludwick
10. Aaron Harang
11. Brandon Phillips
12. Brian Roberts
13. John Lackey
14. Eric Bedard
15. J.J. Putz
16. Ben Sheets
17. Shane Victorino
18. Coco Crisp
19. Hank Blalock
20. Brett Meyers
21. Lyle Overbay
22. Chris Duncan
23. Reed Johnson
24. Mark Ellis
25. Ryan Doumit

A glaring omission from the first list was Mike Jacobs (NYM, 38-1156).

A couple others that could be added towards the bottom of this list are Brandon Lyon (TOR, 14-433), Marlon Byrd (PHI, 10-306), John Rauch (CHW, 3-99), Kevin Mench (TEX, 4-118), Chris Campuano (ARI, 7-238), and Jason Frasor (DET, 33-987). Let's also not forget Cody Ross (DET, 4-117), Jeff Baker (CLE, 4-137), and Jason Lane (HOU, 6-203).

According to The Baseball Cube, of the 1474 players drafted, 85 made it to the majors and 246 are still active in some form.

The hindsight winners............

St. Louis
-Pujols (13-402)
-Crisp (7-222)
-Duncan (1-46)

Texas
-Harang (6-195)
-Blalock (3-105
-Mench (4-118)

Oakland
-Zito (1-9)
-Ludwick (2-60)

Toronto
-Rios (1-19)
-Johnson (17-523)
-Lyon (14-433)

Tampa Bay
-Hamilton (1-1)
-Crawford (2-52)

Baltimore
-Roberts (1-50)
-Bedard (6-187)

Arizona
-Lyle Overbay (18-538)
-Chris Campuano (7-238)

San Diego
-Jake Peavy (15-472)

[Mario-Rijo]

If you remove the five that eventually did not sign as part of the 1999 draft class (Harden/SEA, Hill/CIN, Hairston/CHW, Bullington/KC, and LaRoche/FLA), the list is wittled down to:

1. Albert Pujols
2. Jake Peavy
3. Josh Beckett
4. Carl Crawford
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Justin Morneau
7. Barry Zito
8. Alexis Rios
9. Ryan Ludwick
10. Aaron Harang
11. Brandon Phillips
12. Brian Roberts
13. John Lackey
14. Eric Bedard
15. J.J. Putz
16. Ben Sheets
17. Shane Victorino
18. Coco Crisp
19. Hank Blalock
20. Brett Meyers
21. Lyle Overbay
22. Chris Duncan
23. Reed Johnson
24. Mark Ellis
25. Ryan Doumit

A glaring omission from the first list was Mike Jacobs (NYM, 38-1156).

A couple others that could be added towards the bottom of this list are Brandon Lyon (TOR, 14-433), Marlon Byrd (PHI, 10-306), John Rauch (CHW, 3-99), Kevin Mench (TEX, 4-118), Chris Campuano (ARI, 7-238), and Jason Frasor (DET, 33-987). Let's also not forget Cody Ross (DET, 4-117), Jeff Baker (CLE, 4-137), and Jason Lane (HOU, 6-203).

According to The Baseball Cube, of the 1474 players drafted, 85 made it to the majors and 246 are still active in some form.

The hindsight winners............

St. Louis
-Pujols (13-402)
-Crisp (7-222)
-Duncan (1-46)

Texas
-Harang (6-195)
-Blalock (3-105
-Mench (4-118)

Oakland
-Zito (1-9)
-Ludwick (2-60)

Toronto
-Rios (1-19)
-Johnson (17-523)
-Lyon (14-433)

Tampa Bay
-Hamilton (1-1)
-Crawford (2-52)

Baltimore
-Roberts (1-50)
-Bedard (6-187)

Arizona
-Lyle Overbay (18-538)
-Chris Campuano (7-238)

San Diego
-Jake Peavy (15-472)

Interesting. Since it is hindsight and we do know the potential pitfalls the question is this.

Take St. Louis' Draft or Tampa Bay Draft again using your hindsight.

[M2]

Which also goes to show on draft day that there are no reaches.

If someone was projected as a 2nd Rounder or 3rd Rounder and you take him in the middle of the 1st, no one can really say that he's a reach. It's not like the NFL draft, where 95% of your All-Pros come from the 1st and 2nd Rounds and the first 7 picks of the 3rd Round.

That's why I took Logan Forsythe with pick #30 in the Redszone mock draft last year. Instead of trying to figure who the "best" guy on the board was (which is nebulous at best after you get past the top of the first round) I started asking myself, who do you really think can be a player?

[M2]

If you remove the five that eventually did not sign as part of the 1999 draft class (Harden/SEA, Hill/CIN, Hairston/CHW, Bullington/KC, and LaRoche/FLA), the list is wittled down to:

1. Albert Pujols
2. Jake Peavy
3. Josh Beckett
4. Carl Crawford
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Justin Morneau
7. Barry Zito
8. Alexis Rios
9. Ryan Ludwick
10. Aaron Harang
11. Brandon Phillips
12. Brian Roberts
13. John Lackey
14. Eric Bedard
15. J.J. Putz
16. Ben Sheets
17. Shane Victorino
18. Coco Crisp
19. Hank Blalock
20. Brett Meyers
21. Lyle Overbay
22. Chris Duncan
23. Reed Johnson
24. Mark Ellis
25. Ryan Doumit

A glaring omission from the first list was Mike Jacobs (NYM, 38-1156).

A couple others that could be added towards the bottom of this list are Brandon Lyon (TOR, 14-433), Marlon Byrd (PHI, 10-306), John Rauch (CHW, 3-99), Kevin Mench (TEX, 4-118), Chris Campuano (ARI, 7-238), and Jason Frasor (DET, 33-987). Let's also not forget Cody Ross (DET, 4-117), Jeff Baker (CLE, 4-137), and Jason Lane (HOU, 6-203).

According to The Baseball Cube, of the 1474 players drafted, 85 made it to the majors and 246 are still active in some form.

The hindsight winners............

St. Louis
-Pujols (13-402)
-Crisp (7-222)
-Duncan (1-46)

Texas
-Harang (6-195)
-Blalock (3-105
-Mench (4-118)

Oakland
-Zito (1-9)
-Ludwick (2-60)

Toronto
-Rios (1-19)
-Johnson (17-523)
-Lyon (14-433)

Tampa Bay
-Hamilton (1-1)
-Crawford (2-52)

Baltimore
-Roberts (1-50)
-Bedard (6-187)

Arizona
-Lyle Overbay (18-538)
-Chris Campuano (7-238)

San Diego
-Jake Peavy (15-472)

Great stuff.

[redsmetz]

I'm late to the conversation, but it makes me realize how young Albert Pujols still is seeing he was taken the same year as Josh Hamilton (although I think Pujols had some college experience, IIRC).

[HermW]

I don't have time to do this, but it would be nice to add HS/College (and even projected position drafted to play) to the players in addition to the round they were actually selected, since that is a frequent draft debate.

[Kingspoint]

Great stuff.

Agree. I like how buckeyeredleg posted the "winners" of that draft.

[Kingspoint]

I think after the "miss" on Pujols, that the scouting departments of most of the franchises took a major shift into the direction of outside the United States. I know the REDS did when O'Brien got here.

[edabbs44]

I think after the "miss" on Pujols, that the scouting departments of most of the franchises took a major shift into the direction of outside the United States. I know the REDS did when O'Brien got here.

But Pujols was a JUCO guy, I think.

[Kingspoint]

But Pujols was a JUCO guy, I think.

I didn't know that.


I do remember the shift of scouting going into Latin America heavily after about 2001.

[PuffyPig]

1. Albert Pujols
2. Jake Peavy
3. Josh Beckett
4. Carl Crawford
5. Josh Hamilton
6. Justin Morneau
7. Barry Zito

Barry's going to grade out as one of the best pitchers of the past decade.

No problem with that, we'll trade him just before he crashes for Dan Haren.

[PuffyPig]

I'm late to the conversation, but it makes me realize how young Albert Pujols still is seeing he was taken the same year as Josh Hamilton (although I think Pujols had some college experience, IIRC).

I think Pujols was actually 35 when he was drafted.

[redsmetz]

But Pujols was a JUCO guy, I think.

Baseball Cube shows he was drafted out of a community college. He was 19 and is just now 29. Like I said, it always surprises me how young he is.