While the discussion about Ben Sheets might be pointless, since Ned has expressed no interest in him, others have stated they would hate to lose our first round pick which will be number 17 this year if we were to sign Sheets. Now bare in mind that Ben Sheets would be the best pitcher on the Dodger staff when discussing losing our number one pick. This is not Juan Cruz or Jason Varitek who are in the same boat.
Year |
Pick | Player | Year | Pick | Player | |
2000 | 15 | Chase Utley | 2004 | 15 | Stephen Drew | |
2000 | 16 | Bill Traber | 2004 | 16 | David Purcey | |
2000 | 17 | Ben Diggins | 2004 | 17 | Scott Elbert | |
2000 | 18 |
Miquel Negron | 2004 | 18 | Josh Fields | |
2000 | 19 | Sean Burnett | 2004 | 19 | Chris Lambert | |
2000 | 20 | Chris Bootcheck | 2004 | 20 | Trevor Plouffe | |
2001 | 15 | Gabe Gross | 2005 | 15 | Lance Broadway | |
2001 | 16 | Kris Honel | 2005 | 16 | Chris Volstad | |
2001 | 17 | Daniel Denham | 2005 | 17 |
Carl Henry | |
2001 | 18 | Aaron Heilman | 2005 | 18 | Cesar Carrillo | |
2001 | 19 | Mike Fontenot | 2005 | 19 | John Mayberry | |
2001 | 20 | Jeremy Sowers | 2005 | 20 | Mark Pawelek | |
2002 | 15 | Scott Kazmir | 2006 | 15 | Chris Marrero | |
2002 | 16 | Nick Swisher | 2006 | 16 | Jeremy Jeffress | |
2002 | 17 | Cole Hamels | 2006 | 17 | Matt Antonelli | |
2002 | 18 | Royce Ring | 2006 | 18 | Kyle Drabek | |
2002 | 19 | James Loney | 2006 | 19 |
Brett Sinkbeil | |
2002 | 20 | Denard Span | 2006 | 20 | Chris Parmelee | |
2003 | 15 | Brian Anderson | 2007 | 15 |
Devin Mesoraco | |
2003 | 16 | Jerffrey Allison | 2007 | 16 | Kevin Ahrens | |
2003 | 17 | David Murphy | 2007 | 17 | Blake Beaven | |
2003 | 18 |
Bradley Snyder | 2007 | 18 | Pete Kozma | |
2003 | 19 | Conor Jackson | 2007 | 19 | Joe Savery | |
2003 | 20 | Chad Cordero | 2007 | 20 | Chris Withrow |
2002 was a good year for middle picks in the first round. Drew was considered the best pick of the 2004 draft but fell because of signability issues. I'd certainly gamble that Ben Sheets would help the Dodgers more then any 17th pick but I wouldn't give that draft pick up for just one year of Sheets. It would have to be a three year deal and Sheets would be crazy to sign a three year deal in this market.