With the signing of Manny Ramirez, we now have a near-complete idea of the compensatory picks in the 2009 MLB Draft. Details of the first two rounds are after the jump. Here is a summary:
Two rounds plus the supplemental round yields a total of 82 picks. Here's a look at the picks of the NL West:
Club | Total Picks | Actual Picks |
Diamondbacks | 7 | 16, 17, 35, 41, 46, 62, 66 |
Rockies | 4 | 11, 32, 34, 61 |
Dodgers | 3 | 36, 58, 67 |
Padres | 2 | 3, 54 |
Giants | 2 | 6, 57 |
Arizona especially looks like it has a chance to restock it's farm system, with a robust seven of the first 66 draft picks. The last time a team had seven picks so soon in the draft, a book was written about it! Both Arizona and Colorado pick three times each before the Dodgers have their first pick, at #36.
Why do these early picks matter? Let's take a look at the 40-man rosters of the NL West and see how many were drafted in the first two rounds of the draft (not necessarily by the current club):
Club | 1st Round | Supplemental | 2nd Round | Total |
Rockies | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Diamondbacks | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
Dodgers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Giants | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Padres | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
That's 54 of a possible 200 roster spots (27%) filled with players drafted in the first two rounds of the MLB draft. These picks are indeed important. It should be interesting on June 9.
Round 1
1) Nationals
2) Mariners
3) Padres
4) Pirates
5) Orioles
6) Giants
7) Braves
8) Reds
9) Tigers
10) Nationals (for failure to sign 2008 #9 pick Aaron Crow)
11) Rockies
12) Royals
13) Athletics
14) Rangers
15) Indians
16) Diamondbacks
17) Diamondbacks (from Dodgers; Type A Orlando Hudson)
18) Marlins
19) Cardinals
20) Blue Jays
21) Astros
22) Twins
23) White Sox
24) Angels (from Mets; Type A Francisco Rodriguez)
25) Angels (from Yankees; Type A Mark Teixeira)
26) Brewers
27) Mariners (from Phillies; Type A Raul Ibanez)
28) Red Sox
29) Yankees (for failure to sign 2008 #28 Gerrit Cole)
30) Rays
31) Cubs
32) Rockies (from Angels, Type A Brian Fuentes)
Supplemental Round
33) Mariners (for losing Type A Ibanez)
34) Rockies (Type A Fuentes)
35) Diamondbacks (Type A Orlando Hudson)
36) Dodgers (Type A Derek Lowe)
37) Blue Jays (Type A A.J. Burnett)
38) White Sox (Type A Orlando Cabrera)
39) Brewers (Type A C.C. Sabathia)
40) Angels (Type A Teixeira)
41) Diamondbacks (Type A Juan Cruz)
42) Angels (Type A Rodriguez)
43) Reds (Type B Jeremy Affeldt)
44) Royals (Type B Mark Grudzielanek)*
45) Rangers (Type B Milton Bradley)
46) Diamondbacks (Type B Brandon Lyon)
47) Twins (Type B Dennys Reyes)
48) Brewers (Type B Brian Shouse)
49) Pirates (for failure to sign 2008 #48 Tanner Scheppers)
50) Red Sox (Type B Paul Byrd)*
51) Angels (Type B Jon Garland)
Round 2
52) Nationals
53) Mariners
54) Padres
55) Pirates
56) Orioles
57) Giants
58) Dodgers (from Braves; Type A Lowe)
59) Reds
60) Tigers
61) Rockies
62) Diamondbacks (from Royals; Type A Cruz)
63) White Sox (from Athletics; Type A Cabrera)
64) Rangers
65) Indians
66) Diamondbacks
67) Dodgers
68) Marlins
69) Cardinals
70) Blue Jays
71) Astros
72) Twins
73) White Sox
74) Mets
75) Brewers (from Yankees; Type A Sabathia)
76) Yankees (for failure to sign 2008 #75 Scott Bittle)
77) Brewers
78) Phillies
79) Red Sox
80) Rays
81) Cubs
82) Angels
*To date Grudzielanek, Reyes, and Byrd are all unsigned. I also assumed the injured Ben Sheets would go unsigned before the draft. If Sheets does sign somewhere, he would slot between the supplemental round picks for Juan Cruz and K-Rod.
UPDATE 3/5/09: Reyes just signed with the Cardinals.