2007 IBC Draft Review

[Rangers]

1.1 TB David Price
1.2 MIL Rick Porcello
1.3 DET Matt Wieters
1.4 HOU Mike Moustakas
1.5 ARI Josh Vitters
1.6 NYY Jason Heyward
1.7 ARI Ross Detwiler
1.8 NYM Jarrod Parker
1.9 ATL Kosuke Fukudome
1.10 NYY Matt LaPorta
1.11 CWS Matt Dominguez
1.12 ARI Phillippe Aumont
1.13 TB Michael Burgess
1.14 BAL Aaron Poreda
1.15 SD Josh Smoker
1.16 BOS Josh Donaldson
1.17 SEA Tim Alderson
1.18 BOS Caleb Gindl
1.19 PHI Todd Frazier
1.20 TB Beau Mills
1.21 LAD Kevin Ahrens
1.22 FLA Joe Savery
1.23 HOU Madison Bumgarner
1.24 WAS Donald Simmons
1.25 OAK Blake Beavan
1.26 CIN Hiroki Kuroda
1.27 NYY Michael Main
1.28 SF Julio Teheran
1.29 ATL Devin Mesoraco
1.30 STL Brett Cecil

2.1 TB Nick Hagadone
2.2 MIL Jordan Zimmerman
2.3 PIT Nick Noonan
2.4 BAL Ben Revere
2.5 ARI Chris Withrow
2.6 CWS Daniel Moskos
2.7 MIN Casey Weathers
2.8 NYM Jake Arrieta
2.10 NYY Andrew Brackman
2.11 SF Jake McGeary
2.12 SF Alexei Ramirez
2.13 ARI Kyle Lotzkar
2.14 HOU Willy Middlebrooks
2.15 SD Scott Moviel
2.17 SEA Andrew Lambo
2.18 WAS Brandon Hicks
2.19 PHI Mitch Canham
2.20 CLE Matt Mangini
2.21 LAD Corey Brown
2.22 FLA Wendell Fairley
2.23 MIN Kellen Kulbacki
2.24 TB Michael Almanzar
2.25 OAK Clayton Mortensen
2.26 CIN Pete Kozma
2.27 HOU Ryan Dent
2.28 TOR Tony Thomas
2.29 BOS Masahide Kobayashi
2.30 STL Jon Lucroy

3.1 TB Kelvin DeLeon
3.2 MIL Damon Sublett
3.3 PIT Nick Schmidt
3.4 HOU Danny Duffy
3.5 ARI Neil Ramirez
3.6 CWS Justin Jackson
3.7 OAK Brian Rike
3.8 TB Che-Hsuan Lin
3.9 KC Juan Silverio
3.10 BOS John Tolisano
3.11 ARI Jharmidy DeJesus
3.12 SF Eddie Kunz
3.13 OAK Mike Stanton
3.14 MIN Nevin Griffith
3.15 SD Nick Barnese
3.16 BOS Athony Rizzo
3.17 SEA Pedro Baez
3.18 COL Matt Harvey (DNS)
3.19 PHI Danny Worth
3.20 COL Neftali Soto
3.21 LAD Nate Vineyard
3.22 FLA Jon Arencibia
3.23 MIN James Adkins
3.24 BAL Cory Luebke
3.25 OAK Travis Mattair
3.26 CIN Julio Borbon
3.27 TB Jonathan Bachanov
3.28 TOR Tasuhiko Yabuta
3.29 ATL Austin Romine
3.30 STL Drew Cumberland

4.1 BOS Brandon Waring
4.2 HOU Jon Gilmore
4.3 SF Cale Iorg
4.4 HOU Brand Rustich
4.5 TEX Trevor Reckling
4.6 CWS Greg Desme
4.7 COL Jess Todd
4.8 NYM Charles Furbush
4.9 PIT Fernando Cruz
4.10 DET Sam Demel
4.11 KC Brandon Hamilton
4.12 COL Dylan Owen
4.13 TEX Reid Fronk
4.14 BAL Sean Doolittle
4.15 SD Tyrell Worthington
4.16 WAS Wes Roemer
4.17 SEA Cody Scarpetta
4.18 WAS Brad Suttle
4.19 PHI Sam Runion
4.20 CLE Eric Sogard
4.21 LAD Julian Sampson
4.22 FLA Jake Smolinski
4.23 MIN Casey Crosby
4.24 TEX Marquez Smith
4.25 OAK Travis D'Arnaud
4.26 CIN Matt Mitchell
4.27 NYY Carmen Angelini
4.28 TOR Mike McCardell
4.29 ATL Daniel Rams
4.30 STL Freddie Freeman

5.1 NYM Tyler Kolodny
5.2 MIL Nick Mahin
5.3 COL Nick Fellman
5.5 CLE Matt West
5.6 CWS Barry Enright
5.7 CLE Rafael Faria
5.8 NYM Eric Farris
5.9 PIT Justin Miller
5.10 DET Tommy Hunter
5.11 KC Tim Bascom
5.12 NYY Austin Bailey
5.13 TEX Angel Morales
5.14 BAL Josh Horton
5.15 SD TJ McFarland
5.16 NYM Ryan Pope
5.17 SEA Daniel Berlind
5.19 PHI Matt Welker
5.20 TB Michael Watt
5.21 LAD John Ely
5.22 FLA Mason Tobin
5.23 MIN Charlie Culberson
5.24 SF Reynaldo Navarro
5.25 OAK John Britton
5.26 CIN Arnold Leon
5.27 COL Jose Mojica
5.28 TOR Tony Watson
5.29 ATL Zach Ashwood
5.30 STL Deryl Hooker

6.4 HOU Stephen Clyne
6.9 PIT Bruce Billings
6.10 DET Ed Easley
6.11 KC Collin DeLome
6.12 CHC Steven Edlefsen
6.15 SD Brett Zawacki
6.16 SF Trystan Magnuson
6.17 SEA Arodys Vizcaino
6.19 PHI Brian Friday
6.22 FLA Wilmer Flores
6.28 TOR Adrian Alaniz
7.9 PIT Conner Graham
7.12 CHC Jacob Wild
8.9 PIT Kyle Kaminska
8.12 CHC Joseph Edens
9.12 CHC Stephen Flake
10.12 CHC Evan Reed

[Rangers]

ARI - Jagger Traylor
1.5 Josh Vitters
1.7 Ross Detwiler
1.12 Phillippe Aumont
2.5 Chris Withrow
2.13 Kyle Lotzkar
3.5 Neil Ramirez
3.11 Jharmidy DeJesus

ATL - Brandon Brown
1.9 Kosuke Fukudome
1.29 Devin Mesoraco
3.29 Austin Romine
4.29 Daniel Rams
5.29 Zach Ashwood

BAL - Jason Gudim
1.14 Aaron Poreda
2.4 Ben Revere
3.24 Cory Luebke
4.14 Sean Doolittle
5.14 Josh Horton

BOS - Bren Dillon
1.16 Josh Donaldson
1.18 Caleb Gindl
2.29 Masahide Kobayashi
3.10 John Tolisano
3.16 Athony Rizzo
4.1 Brandon Waring

CHC - Gabe Hammad
6.12 Steven Edlefsen
7.12 Jacob Wild
8.12 Joseph Edens
9.12 Stephen Flake
10.12 Evan Reed

CIN - Nate Hunter
1.26 Hiroki Kuroda
2.26 Pete Kozma
3.26 Julio Borbon
4.26 Matt Mitchell
5.26 Arnold Leon

CLE - Kelly Burke
2.20 Matt Mangini
4.20 Eric Sogard
5.5 Matt West
5.7 Rafael Faria

COL - John Anderson
3.18 Matt Harvey (DNS)
3.20 Neftali Soto
4.7 Jess Todd
4.12 Dylan Owen
5.3 Nick Fellman
5.27 Jose Mojica

CWS - Brett Degen
1.11 Matt Dominguez
2.6 Daniel Moskos
3.6 Justin Jackson
4.6 Greg Desme
5.6 Barry Enright

DET - Brett Perryman
1.3 Matt Wieters
4.10 Sam Demel
5.10 Tommy Hunter
6.10 Ed Easley

FLA - Dan Vacek
1.22 Joe Savery
2.22 Wendell Fairley
3.22 Jon Arencibia
4.22 Jake Smolinski
5.22 Mason Tobin
6.22 Wilmer Flores

HOU - Shawn Lape
1.4 Mike Moustakas
1.23 Madison Bumgarner
2.14 Willy Middlebrooks
2.27 Ryan Dent
3.4 Danny Duffy
4.2 Jon Gilmore
4.4 Brand Rustich
6.4 Stephen Clyne

KC - Brett Zalaski
3.9 Juan Silverio
4.11 Brandon Hamilton
5.11 Tim Bascom
6.11 Collin DeLome

LAD - Shawn Walsh
1.21 Kevin Ahrens
2.21 Corey Brown
3.21 Nate Vineyard
4.21 Julian Sampson
5.21 John Ely

MIL - Jake Levine
1.2 Rick Porcello
2.2 Jordan Zimmerman
3.2 Damon Sublett
5.2 Nick Mahin

MIN - Andrew Howard
2.7 Casey Weathers
2.23 Kellen Kulbacki
3.14 Nevin Griffith
3.23 James Adkins
4.23 Casey Crosby
5.23 Charlie Culberson

NYM - Jim Berger
1.8 Jarrod Parker
2.8 Jake Arrieta
4.8 Charles Furbush
5.1 Tyler Kolodny
5.8 Eric Farris
5.16 Ryan Pope

NYY - Jason Bornas
1.6 Jason Heyward
1.10 Matt LaPorta
1.27 Michael Main
2.10 Andrew Brackman
4.27 Carmen Angelini
5.12 Austin Bailey

OAK - Jake Hamlin
1.25 Blake Beavan
2.25 Clayton Mortensen
3.7 Brian Rike
3.13 Mike Stanton
3.25 Travis Mattair
4.25 Travis D'Arnaud
5.25 John Britton

PHI - Nick Perry
1.19 Todd Frazier
2.19 Mitch Canham
3.19 Danny Worth
4.19 Sam Runion
5.19 Matt Welker
6.19 Brian Friday

PIT - JP Starkey
2.3 Nick Noonan
3.3 Nick Schmidt
4.9 Fernando Cruz
5.9 Justin Miller
6.9 Bruce Billings
7.9 Conner Graham
8.9 Kyle Kaminska

SD - Martin Berryman
1.15 Josh Smoker
2.15 Scott Moviel
3.15 Nick Barnese
4.15 Tyrell Worthington
5.15 TJ McFarland
6.15 Brett Zawacki

SEA - Brennan Church
1.17 Tim Alderson
2.17 Andrew Lambo
3.17 Pedro Baez
4.17 Cody Scarpetta
5.17 Daniel Berlind
6.17 Arodys Vizcaino

SF - Nils Erickson
1.28 Julio Teheran
2.11 Jake McGeary
2.12 Alexei Ramirez
3.12 Eddie Kunz
4.3 Cale Iorg
5.24 Reynaldo Navarro
6.16 Trystan Magnuson

STL - Aaron Dorman
1.30 Brett Cecil
2.30 Jon Lucroy
3.30 Drew Cumberland
4.30 Freddie Freeman
5.30 Deryl Hooker

TB - Patrick Tullar
1.1 David Price
1.13 Michael Burgess
1.20 Beau Mills
2.1 Nick Hagadone
2.24 Michael Almanzar
3.1 Kelvin DeLeon
3.8 Che-Hsuan Lin
3.27 Jonathan Bachanov
5.20 Michael Watt

TEX - Seth Dudowski
4.5 Trevor Reckling
4.13 Reid Fronk
4.24 Marquez Smith
5.13 Angel Morales

TOR - Pat Bishop
2.28 Tony Thomas
3.28 Tasuhiko Yabuta
4.28 Mike McCardell
5.28 Tony Watson
6.28 Adrian Alaniz

WAS - Ken Reese
1.24 Donald Simmons
2.18 Brandon Hicks
4.16 Wes Roemer
4.18 Brad Suttle


Base Draft Order
1 Tampa Bay
2 Milwaukee
3 LA Angels
4 Houston
5 Arizona
6 Chicago WS
7 Cleveland
8 NY Mets
9 Pittsburgh
10 Detroit
11 Kansas City
12 Chicago Cubs
13 Texas
14 Baltimore
15 San Diego
16 Boston
17 Seattle
18 Washington
19 Philadelphia
20 San Francisco
21 LA Dodgers
22 Florida
23 Minnesota
24 Colorado
25 Oakland
26 Cincinnati
27 NY Yankees
28 Toronto
29 Atlanta
30 St Louis

[Rangers]

Best Overall Draft: Tampa Bay
Second Best Overall Draft: Houston / NY Yankees

All three of these guys had tons of high picks, but they hit on the majority with a few home runs.

Best Value Draft: Florida

Flores gives this draft a whole different look.

Worst Overall Draft: Cleveland

Best 1st Round Pick: 1.23 - Madison Bumgarner

Worst 1st Round Pick: 1.7 - Ross Detwiler

I really wanted Detwiler, but so far he's been the biggest disappointment among the top picks.

Best 2nd Round Pick: 2.1 - Nick Hagadone / 2.2 - Jordan Zimmerman / 2.4 - Ben Revere / 2.8 - Jake Arrieta

Not sure how to choose among all of these good picks. They'll probably sort themselves out pretty soon.

Best 3rd Round Pick: 3.13 - Mike Stanton

Best 4th Round Pick: 4.30 - Freddie Freeman

Best 5th Round Pick: 5.10 - Tommy Hunter

Best Post-5th Round Pick: 6.22 - Wilmer Flores

Even though he was technically 6.22, Flores was actually the last pick made in the draft. Unbelievable.

[Royals]

Nice work Brett!

[RedSox]

These are all good reads. Was there really a guy named Chris Jericho in the league?

[Astros]

Have we ever determined if Chrash was one or two guys?

[Nationals]

Pretty sure we concluded that he was one...but I don't think we proved it.

Looking at all of these draft reviews, I am in awe that we had such SHITTY GMs back then. Ye gods...

[Dodgers]

Fantastic work Brett. Might be interesting to revisit these every offseason and see how the rankings have changed.

[Cubs]

Pretty sure we concluded that he was one...but I don't think we proved it.

Looking at all of these draft reviews, I am in awe that we had such SHITTY GMs back then. Ye gods...

I thought we had proof when Nash posted a pic of the fake ID for "Chris Jericho" and his own license to the message board or e-mail (can't remember which). From what I recall he took his own license and taped a different picture and name and address on it.

[DBacks]

Hahahahahaahahahahahaha.

God I hope that story is true. That is IBC lore right there. Legendary.

Go Sooners.

[Royals]

Pretty sure we concluded that he was one...but I don't think we proved it.

Looking at all of these draft reviews, I am in awe that we had such SHITTY GMs back then. Ye gods...

I thought we had proof when Nash posted a pic of the fake ID for "Chris Jericho" and his own license to the message board or e-mail (can't remember which). From what I recall he took his own license and taped a different picture and name and address on it.

I don't recall that happening.

I DO recall JP claiming he looked like Tom Brady, Then when he did his “Wall of GM Photos” I sent him a pic of Tom Brady in street clothes and he Completely bought it. That still cracks me up.

[Astros]

Jericho was not the guys last name, that was his sceen name. His name was Chris Callozo or something like that, I know he was Italian, JP can confirm the last name

[Astros]

We should bring back the Wall of GM Photos, since we haven't done that since like 2003

[Royals]

Jericho was not the guys last name, that was his sceen name. His name was Chris Callozo or something like that, I know he was Italian, JP can confirm the last name

Yup, that was his last name. I'm not JP, but once I saw it, i recognized it. Might have been two z's.

[Cardinals]

Pretty sure we concluded that he was one...but I don't think we proved it.

Looking at all of these draft reviews, I am in awe that we had such SHITTY GMs back then. Ye gods...

I thought we had proof when Nash posted a pic of the fake ID for "Chris Jericho" and his own license to the message board or e-mail (can't remember which). From what I recall he took his own license and taped a different picture and name and address on it.

He put a picture of the Olsen twins over it. I need to find that picture. I used to have it on my old computer in my IBC folder.