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johnfree63
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I started thinking about the Danny Hultzen pick after the recent promotion of Cleveland Indians prospect Francisco Lindor. If you remember back to the 2011 Draft, Lindor was being considered by the Mariners and in fact had a couple of workouts in Seattle at Safeco. Hultzen was eventually chosen because he was thought to be the most MLB ready. Since then Hultzen has made only 4 minor league starts since June 27th of 2013 and continues to have injury problems. Whats truly amazing though is the amount of players from that 1st round that have made it to the show. Actually, its actually easier to show which players haven't made it yet.
#5 Bubba Starling- High school outfielder who was thought at the time to take a few years to make it to MLB. Currently has a .779 in AA
#13 Brandon Nimmo- Brandon is considered the #60 prospect by MLB.com.
#15 Jed Bradley- Like Hultzen, injuries have kept him from moving up
#16 Chris Reed- Recently switch from starting to relief.
#20 Tyler Anderson- Like Hultzen, injuries have kept him from moving up
#21 Tyler Beede- Didn't sign in 2011. Drafted by SF in 2014. Already in AA
#23 Alex Meyer- Nationals traded him for Denard Span. MLB.com has him rated as the #24 prospect
#24 Taylor Guerrieri- Had tommy john back in 2013. Missed almost all of 2014
#25 Robert Stephenson- MLB.com has him as the #19 overall prospect
#30 Levi Michael- Ton of injuries.
#32 Jake Hager- Made it to AA at 21 years old. Injured and hasn't played this year
#33 Kevin Mathews- Terrible...that's really all that can be said
So, as you can see 20 of the 33 1st round picks have made it to the show and at least 5 of those that haven't made it have a pretty good shot. Basically, taking almost anyone besides Hultzen would have been a great pick.
#5 Bubba Starling- High school outfielder who was thought at the time to take a few years to make it to MLB. Currently has a .779 in AA
#13 Brandon Nimmo- Brandon is considered the #60 prospect by MLB.com.
#15 Jed Bradley- Like Hultzen, injuries have kept him from moving up
#16 Chris Reed- Recently switch from starting to relief.
#20 Tyler Anderson- Like Hultzen, injuries have kept him from moving up
#21 Tyler Beede- Didn't sign in 2011. Drafted by SF in 2014. Already in AA
#23 Alex Meyer- Nationals traded him for Denard Span. MLB.com has him rated as the #24 prospect
#24 Taylor Guerrieri- Had tommy john back in 2013. Missed almost all of 2014
#25 Robert Stephenson- MLB.com has him as the #19 overall prospect
#30 Levi Michael- Ton of injuries.
#32 Jake Hager- Made it to AA at 21 years old. Injured and hasn't played this year
#33 Kevin Mathews- Terrible...that's really all that can be said
So, as you can see 20 of the 33 1st round picks have made it to the show and at least 5 of those that haven't made it have a pretty good shot. Basically, taking almost anyone besides Hultzen would have been a great pick.