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With the draft last week, I have been thinking about past drafts. In particular, the BIG ONE, 2007. I thought I would take a look at the Giants drafts from 2007 through 2011 so we have a historic view of how the team did.
Let's start with 2007.
2007 San Francisco Giants Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com
This far out, I will consider any player who did not make it to the show a failure. I will touch on a few noteworthy picks though...
Significant non-Giants drafted...
1st Round
David Price (1-1)
Matt Wieters (1-5)
Jayson Heyward (1-14)
Rick Porcello (1-27)
Todd Frazier (1-34)
Josh Donaldson (1-48)
Jordan Zimmermann (2-67)
Giancarlo Stanton (2-76)
Freddie Freeman (2-78)
Zach Cozart (2-79)
Jonathan Lucroy (3-101)
Matt Harvey (3-118 DNS)
Corey Kluber (4-134)
Jake Arrieta (5-159)
Anthony Rizzo (6-204)
Greg Holland (10-306)
Brandon Belt (11-348 DNS)
Chris Sale (21-642 DNS)
Craig Kimbrel (33-1006)
Giants Picks
1-10 Madison Bumgarner MLB Debut 9/8/2009
2014 NLCS MVP
2014 World Series MVP
3-time NL All-star
3-time top 10 in CY voting
2-time Silver Slugger
He is the current Ace of the Giants staff and in the discussion as one of the elite pitchers in the game. He directly contributed to all 3 championships and almost singlehandedly won the 2014 Series. If every other Giants pick never made it to the Bigs, Bum alone makes this a successful draft!
1-22 Tim Alderson (never made it to the Majors)
Freddie Sanchez. Alderson was a bust. No two ways about that. So when discussing the draft alone, the Giants get an F for this pick. But they were able to flip him before he busted and got an all-star caliber 2B for the stretch drive in 2010.
1-32 Nick Noonan MLB Debut 4/3/2013
Noonan is a AAAA journeyman at this point, Currently in AAA for the Padres.
1-43 Jackson Williams MLB Debut 8/27/2014
Jackson is a glove-first AAA catcher jumping back and forth between the Giants organization and the Rockies organization. He will likely be a coach after his playing days.
1-51 Charlie Culberson MLB Debut 5/13/2012
Marco Scutaro. See Alderson, Tim (only not really a bust). Culberson is a middling utility player. He brought back Scutaro in a trade in 2012 which lead to World Series #2, so the org was able to get max equity from the pick, but the pick itself was not good for a 1st rounder.
9-284 Dan Runzler MLB Debut 9/4/2009
He last pitched in the MLB since 2012, and is currently in the Twins organization. He had a lot of promise early, but he completely lost his control and never came back.
10-314 Joe Paterson MLB Debut 4/2/2011
The Giants lost him in the 2011 Rule V draft to Arizona. He had a very nice season for the snakes in 2011, but then got put on the AAA/MLB shuttle and never amounted to anything after that. He is currently out of baseball.
16-494 Steve Edlefson MLB Debut 8/21/2011
Was a big prospect for the Giants along with Runzler in '09-'11. He had a very short stay with the big club in '11 and '12, but ended up getting released after the 2013 season and retired in 2014.
21-644 Dan Otero MLB Debut 4/7/2012
Otero was lost after the 2012 season due to a roster crunch. He immediately caught on with the A's and despite a rough 2015, has had a rather solid career since. He is currently in the Indians bully.
30-914 Johnny Monell MLB Debut 9/5/2013
A bat-first catcher, Monell never really had a chance in the Giants organization with Posey and Sanchez in front of him. He is currently in the Mets system.
Non-signed picks who later made it to the Bigs...
34-1031 Tyler Ladendorf
36-1089 Paul Clemens
47-1378 Ryan Verdugo (drafted by the Giants in the 9th round in 2008 and later sent to KC in the Melky trade)
As for the draft itself, it begins and ends with Bum. Otero, Noonan and Culberson are usable pieces, but no one else taken by the Giants is worth a shit. Good thing the ONE player the yhit on is an all-time player. Also, two trades involving players from this class led to championships, so looking at the draft in context makes it look better still.
It is hard to rate this draft that. It was not a normal draft for the Giants. They has SIX first round picks, after all. And they essentially whiffed on five of them. That is a bad record. But how could you possible ask for more production when the org turned into a dynasty just 3 years later?
In a vacuum, I think I would need to grade this draft a B/B+ due to all the missed picks. When viewed in context, it HAS to be given an A/A+, though.
Let's start with 2007.
2007 San Francisco Giants Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com
This far out, I will consider any player who did not make it to the show a failure. I will touch on a few noteworthy picks though...
Significant non-Giants drafted...
1st Round
David Price (1-1)
Matt Wieters (1-5)
Jayson Heyward (1-14)
Rick Porcello (1-27)
Todd Frazier (1-34)
Josh Donaldson (1-48)
Jordan Zimmermann (2-67)
Giancarlo Stanton (2-76)
Freddie Freeman (2-78)
Zach Cozart (2-79)
Jonathan Lucroy (3-101)
Matt Harvey (3-118 DNS)
Corey Kluber (4-134)
Jake Arrieta (5-159)
Anthony Rizzo (6-204)
Greg Holland (10-306)
Brandon Belt (11-348 DNS)
Chris Sale (21-642 DNS)
Craig Kimbrel (33-1006)
Giants Picks
1-10 Madison Bumgarner MLB Debut 9/8/2009
2014 NLCS MVP
2014 World Series MVP
3-time NL All-star
3-time top 10 in CY voting
2-time Silver Slugger
He is the current Ace of the Giants staff and in the discussion as one of the elite pitchers in the game. He directly contributed to all 3 championships and almost singlehandedly won the 2014 Series. If every other Giants pick never made it to the Bigs, Bum alone makes this a successful draft!
1-22 Tim Alderson (never made it to the Majors)
Freddie Sanchez. Alderson was a bust. No two ways about that. So when discussing the draft alone, the Giants get an F for this pick. But they were able to flip him before he busted and got an all-star caliber 2B for the stretch drive in 2010.
1-32 Nick Noonan MLB Debut 4/3/2013
Noonan is a AAAA journeyman at this point, Currently in AAA for the Padres.
1-43 Jackson Williams MLB Debut 8/27/2014
Jackson is a glove-first AAA catcher jumping back and forth between the Giants organization and the Rockies organization. He will likely be a coach after his playing days.
1-51 Charlie Culberson MLB Debut 5/13/2012
Marco Scutaro. See Alderson, Tim (only not really a bust). Culberson is a middling utility player. He brought back Scutaro in a trade in 2012 which lead to World Series #2, so the org was able to get max equity from the pick, but the pick itself was not good for a 1st rounder.
9-284 Dan Runzler MLB Debut 9/4/2009
He last pitched in the MLB since 2012, and is currently in the Twins organization. He had a lot of promise early, but he completely lost his control and never came back.
10-314 Joe Paterson MLB Debut 4/2/2011
The Giants lost him in the 2011 Rule V draft to Arizona. He had a very nice season for the snakes in 2011, but then got put on the AAA/MLB shuttle and never amounted to anything after that. He is currently out of baseball.
16-494 Steve Edlefson MLB Debut 8/21/2011
Was a big prospect for the Giants along with Runzler in '09-'11. He had a very short stay with the big club in '11 and '12, but ended up getting released after the 2013 season and retired in 2014.
21-644 Dan Otero MLB Debut 4/7/2012
Otero was lost after the 2012 season due to a roster crunch. He immediately caught on with the A's and despite a rough 2015, has had a rather solid career since. He is currently in the Indians bully.
30-914 Johnny Monell MLB Debut 9/5/2013
A bat-first catcher, Monell never really had a chance in the Giants organization with Posey and Sanchez in front of him. He is currently in the Mets system.
Non-signed picks who later made it to the Bigs...
34-1031 Tyler Ladendorf
36-1089 Paul Clemens
47-1378 Ryan Verdugo (drafted by the Giants in the 9th round in 2008 and later sent to KC in the Melky trade)
As for the draft itself, it begins and ends with Bum. Otero, Noonan and Culberson are usable pieces, but no one else taken by the Giants is worth a shit. Good thing the ONE player the yhit on is an all-time player. Also, two trades involving players from this class led to championships, so looking at the draft in context makes it look better still.
It is hard to rate this draft that. It was not a normal draft for the Giants. They has SIX first round picks, after all. And they essentially whiffed on five of them. That is a bad record. But how could you possible ask for more production when the org turned into a dynasty just 3 years later?
In a vacuum, I think I would need to grade this draft a B/B+ due to all the missed picks. When viewed in context, it HAS to be given an A/A+, though.
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