Originally Posted by
nsacpi
What about the post-Clark drafts. Here is a summary:
2010: No first pick. Lipka in the supplemental first round. Cunningham and Simmons in the second. Leonard in the third. Only four high school players were drafted and signed, one of them a pitcher. The major league yield so far: Cunningham, Simmons, Gosselin, Terdoslavich, Shreve, Gattis. Others with a chance: Drury, Lipka, Leonard. Considering the lack of a first round pick, imo this is our best draft in the past dozen years. I like to see a mix of college and HS players selected, but sometimes you can have success with a college heavy approach.
2011: Gilmartin in round 1, Ahmed in round 2, Kubitza in round 3. We signed only 3 HS players from this draft, none of them pitchers. Major leaguers so far from this draft: Ahmed, La Stella, Schlosser. Others with a chance: Kubitza, Graham, Martin, Cornely, Harper, Livesay. I think this will most likely end up being a below average draft. But there is still some upside from guys like La Stella, Kubitza and Martin.
2012: Sims in round 1, Wood in round 2, de la Rosa in round 3. We signed 5 HS players from this draft, but Sims was the only one who was a pitcher. Major leaguers so far: Wood, Shae Simmons. Others with a chance: Sims, Lien, Hyatt, Tewell. I think this will turn out to be an above average draft.
2013: No #1 pick (thanks Melvin), Hursh early in the supplemental round (#31 overall), Caratini in round 2, Salazar in round 3. Best of the rest: Grosser, Wren, Murphy, Oliver. We signed 6 HS players in this draft (3 pitchers). It is early days, but I expect this to end up being a below average draft.
2014: No #1 pick (Ervin Santana), Davidson early in the supplemental round (#32 overall), Fulenchek in round 2, Povse in round 3. We signed just 3 HS players (1 pitcher). Very early, but I like his draft better than the 2013 draft. I think it will end up being above average.
Overall verdict: 3 good drafts, 2 poor ones. Similar to Roy Clark's 2003-2007 drafts in overall quality, taking into account where we were drafting. But very different in terms of college-high school player mix.