Originally Posted by
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)