2009 MLB Draft: The NL West
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.
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The one thing that makes me think that the Dbacks having seven picks this high might not have the impact that one would initially think is that the team seems to be having money issues. If that’s true, they’re probably willing to sacrifice some of the quality of those picks to get players that will sign at slot. Same goes for the Rockies. While the Dbacks might be able to get the same quality as, say, the Yankees for two or three of those, I doubt they’ll be able to take the best player on the board for all seven of those.
That being said, they’ve done a pretty good job in the past with the draft and them having so many high picks is a little unsettling… and better to be the Dodgers than the Brewers. No first rounders for losing Sabathia or Sheets – ouch!
by jinseattle on Mar 5, 2009 8:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
For our sake
lets hope so. That’s scary to see how many picks they have.
by Brendan Scolari on Mar 5, 2009 10:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
McCourt has shown little interest in providing White/Ng with the tools to continue to develop the farm system. The budget is literally at the bottom of the barrel over the past 2 seasons and we seems relatively inactive internationally.
by kensai on Mar 5, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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