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About the 1982 draft pool:

The Raccoons strong run in 1981 assures them the #2 pick in every round, with the Knights at #1. Canadiens (13-14) and Condors (15-16) have back-to-back back-to-back picks in the first round, the Condors have a total of three picks in the first round.

The Raccoons have a pair of picks in the supplemental rounds for Stephano Bocci and Ben Simon. They have the #1 and #15 picks of the 17 in the sandwich round, so all added up the Raccoons pick #2, #25, #39, #43, #67 and every 24th pick from there.

From Adachi to Zuniga, what has the 1982 draft pool to offer?

First, it was very poor on starting pitching, again. BNN only ranked one pitcher among their top 10, 17-yr old Judd Montgomery, and I agreed that he was the only potential top notch starter in there. However, my preferred pitcher was reliever Ray Reilly, who had murder potential attested.

In the field, there was a whole group of first basemen and outfielders with giganticious bats, who could hardly catch a ball, let alone field one. There were two jack of all trades in there, with great fielding, batting, and running, according to my scouts: 21-yr old Alberto Reyes, who played every infield position, and 21-yr old John White, who played the outfield and first base. 18-yr old LF/RF Alejandro Lopez was given a potential 20/20/15 bat, but his fielding was more on the pathetic side.

My first pick highly likely was among those five. Reilly would sign for slot, Reyes for under $300k. The others demanded upwards of $800k.