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What's a 17th worth anyway

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.

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