2010 Draft Order finalized
ByNow that the Rod Barajas deal is official, all of the Type-A/B free agents are accounted for and the selection order for the 2010 draft is set. The Yankees didn’t lose or gain any picks this year, so they’ll be picking 33rd overall, then 82nd, 112th, 145th, and every 30 picks thereafter. It’s just the second time the Yanks have had as many as four of the top 145 picks since 2006, and the second time since 2003 that they didn’t gain or lose any picks because of free agent compensation.
The Blue Jays have a chance to do some real damage this year, because free agent compensation (Barajas, Marco Scutaro) and failing to sign three top picks in 2009 give them ten of the first 126 picks. Those same ten picks earned $9.2M last season, more than Toronto spent on their last two drafts combined, so it’ll be interesting to see how new GM Alex Anthopoulos and the game’s largest scouting department approach this. They need them, because their farm system is still pretty weak despite the Scott Rolen and Roy Halladay trades. The Angels also have a bevy of extra picks, including three of the first 30, and five of the first 40.
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I bet the 3 compensation picks will be the most easy signs they have.
/Obvious’d
Seth McClung was pick #145
Dustin McGowen 33rd
Phil Nevin 82nd
Paul Byrd 112th
Hopefully the Yanks put better names on those lists after June.
402 – Albert Pujols
1390 – Mike Piazza
493 – Donnie Baseball
1079 – Kenneth Williams
Hah! that was 2004.
180 – Kenny Williams (2008)
Yes, Kenny Williams was drafted twice by the White Sox
They could do worse than those four, moron….(wait for it)
Just go to mlb.com and type in their names under stats!
/pistol pete’d
zing!
I thought this was a Yankee website!
I hope he got banned.
You’re a moron, you moron! Moron!
I thought Phil Nevin was the first overall pick one year?
They might not have signed him the 1st time. I was just typing numbers into bref.
’92 Astros- 1st overall
’89 Dodgers- 82nd unsigned
Yup, and 5 picks after that: Derek Jeter.
Thank you, former Astros scout Hal Newhouser for discovering Derek Jeter, having the Astros skip over him, and then ultimately quitting for their stupidity.
Luv,
The Yankees
I hope the Yankees are able to pick Drew Vettleson. New York needs to corner the market on switch pitchers.
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