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RACCOONS DRAFT HISTORY (as of April 1, 2012)

Players in bold = players currently in the Coons' system (majors or minors).
Players underlined = active major leaguers or players that have played in the majors this season.
Listed are the first five rounds from every draft, plus draft picks that made it to the big leagues from later rounds. In very rare cases a player from below the fifth round will be listed that doesn’t qualify under the previous stipulations, like when his call-up to the Raccoons’ roster could come soon.
This is merely an update of the last three draft classes and what else has happened since then. I intend to do a proper write-up at least of the old draft classes at some point, but you know me, heh, yeah … [This sentence is untouched from the last three updates and counting…]
Prior to this update, 1990’s third-rounder Antonio Donis was the longest-ago pick still active, and he still is spinning balls, two months shy of his 40th birthday.

1977 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - LF/RF Daniel Hall – Franchise poster boy! Forever in our hearts! After a career riddled with all kinds of big and small injuries, he retired after 17 major league seasons, all with the Raccoons, and a .263/.366/.437 career slash line, 1,886 hits, 223 home runs, 980 RBI, and 99 steals, as well as two rings. We will never forget you, Daniel! (sobs)
Round 2 - SP Jose Garcia – retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - 1B Matt Workman – Played 595 games at 1B for the Raccoons, including 404 straight starts before being traded with prospects for Tetsu Osanai. Never landed another job in the starting lineup elsewhere, and last appeared with the Wolves in 1988. Career stats: .271/.327/.390, 61 HR, 327 RBI in his career.
Round 4 - MR Miguel Bojorquez – Appeared in 39 games for the Raccoons between 1980 and 1985, before being claimed on waivers by the Blue Sox. Bounced around in the Federal League as a third-string lefty reliever until 1990. Career stats: 147 G, 11-7, 2 SV, 4.93 ERA
Round 5 - SP/MR Jorge Rodriguez – Was traded before the '83 season and has been with Boston in '83, L.A. in '85, and Oklahoma in ‘87. Career stats: 67 G, 0-2, 1 SV, 7.02 ERA.
Round 7 - MR Jason White – Was traded after the 1985 season for Marcos Costello, and after pitching for the Wolves and Loggers in ’86, bumbled around in the minors for eight years before retiring. 264 career games with a 4.14 ERA.

1978 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - MR Richard Cunningham – Nasty right-handed setup man that was blocked behind Grant West for almost a decade, but still devastated batters. Traded to Dallas in the 1988 firesale that started a dynasty, Cunningham became closer there for a few years. After 1992, he soldiered on to pitch for five more teams, remaining a reliable and competent pitcher until the very end. 1,072 G, 89-75, 2.86 ERA, 173 SV, 1,257 K.
Round 2 - MR Gary Simmons – Beaten up as a starter with the Raccoons in 1980-81, and was traded to Nashville after the 1982 season. The Blue Sox and later the Knights employed him as reliever exclusively and he remained competent in that role, ending his career after the 1993 season. Career stats: 623 G, 64 GS, 3.44 ERA.
Round 3 - 1B Johnny Snow – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - MR Marvin Large – Retired without reaching the majors despite 15 minor league seasons.
Round 5 - C Eric Gregory – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 7 - LF/RF Fernando Perez –ad four hits in 26 AB’s for the Coons between 1982 and 1984, was claimed by the Pacifics in 1985, but never appeared in the majors again.

1979 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - MR Grant West **HOF**– Forever Portland’s local hero, West spent his whole career as a Raccoon, and being a fail-proof closer for 13 of his 16 seasons. Career stats: 905 G, 43-34, 522 SV, 2.12 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, and two rings, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000.
Round 2 - SP Pepe Acevedo – Was shipped off to Cincinnati in the Jack Pennington trade before the 1981 season, and was in the majors for the Cyclones and Indians between 1984 and 1989 with a 43-37 record and 3.80 ERA, but never made it back after that.
Round 3 - MR Fletcher Kelley – Solid right-handed reliever, who was traded to Nashville in the Raúl Herrera trade, where he won two rings. Bounced between teams after 1987 and after three unsuccessful appearances for the 1990 Thunder, he only reappeared in 1994 with the Condors for 18 games of getting mobbed. Career stats: 433 G, 25-18, 7 SV, 3.80 ERA.
Round 4 - LF/RF Gary Carter – Had nine AB’s for the 1983 Coons, going hitless. Never played anywhere else.
Round 5 - C Dave Stewart – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 6 - MR Gilberto Soto – Pitched for the 1984-85 Coons. Career stats: 59 G, 4-2, 1 SV, 4.81 ERA.

1980 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - SP Carlos Gonzalez – Potentially great career that was derailed by injuries early and often. Gonzalez had to retire at the tender age of 30. Pitched for the Raccoons 1984-89 and the Titans 1990-91. Career stats: 145 G, 143 GS, 48-57, 3.91 ERA.
Round 3 - SP Ray Willis – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - 1B/2B Darren Campbell – Only had 86 AB’s for the Raccoons from 1985 to 1987 and never played for another big league team. Career stats: .209/.253/.244 with 0 HR, 7 RBI.
Round 5 - LF Jose Perez – Was taken by the Scorpions in the 1984 rule 5 draft and played for them from 1985 to 1987. Career stats: .221/.297/.277 with 1 HR, 20 RBI.

1981 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - 3B/2B Orlando Lantán – Hurt his knee shortly after being drafted and spent short stints with the Coons in 1985 and 1986, after which he was claimed off waivers by the Blue Sox, but never played for any other team. Career stats: .200/.261/.248 with 1 HR, 10 RBI.
Round 2 - C Greg Thornburg – Great defense, but never much of a batter. Had his 15 minutes of fame with the 1986 Aces, getting four AB’s with a double.
Round 3 - OF Kelly Weber – Backup outfielder 1984-1988, was traded to the Gold Sox for 1989, but only appeared in six games for them. Career stats: .251/.298/.320 with 5 HR, 112 RBI.
Round 4 - MR Pedro Vazquez – Right-handed fireballer with severe control issues, he made 69 appearances for the Raccoons between 1986 and 1992, before being claimed off waivers by the Wolves. Ended up in Vancouver in ’93 and appeared from them in two last games in ’94 before finishing his career in the minors. Career stats: 108 G, 1 GS, 4-5, 4.60 ERA, 2 SV.
Round 5 - CL Emerson MacDonald – Appeared for the Raccoons in 1986 and 1988, before being traded to the Pacifics in the trade for Jeff Martin. Last pitched for the Indians in 1991. Career stats: 100 G, 8-4, 3.96 ERA.
Round 7 - C Andy Reed – Had limited exposure with the Raccoons and Dallas as backup catcher. Career stats: .267/.341/.371 with 2 HR, 9 RBI.

1982 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - LF/RF Alejandro Lopez – When he didn’t click in the minors, he was traded to the Blue Sox in an 8-player deal in 1985, with whom he debuted the same year. Won two rings with the Blue Sox before being traded to the Condors in ’91, but was unsigned after ’92. He came back to the Raccoons as a scrap heap signing in May of 1993 and was a productive part down the stretch en route to his third World Series title. But he didn’t produce in ’94, was waived and claimed by the Canadiens, didn’t produce there either, and by now has retired. Career stats: .258/.305/.408 with 106 HR, 564 RBI, and 71 SB.
Supp. Round - INF Carlos Miranda – Versatile infielder, with us from 1985 to 1989, but never caught on anywhere else, being limited to 266 career AB. Career stats: .244/.301/.308 with 0 HR, 13 RBI, and 9 SB.
Supp. Round - OF Matt Olson – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - MR Jason Bentley – Another player that only appeared for the Raccoons, from 1985 to 1989. Good right-hander that at one point just lost it. Career stats: 238 G, 5-11, 3 SV, 4.01 ERA, 184 K.
Round 3 - C Odwin Garza – The Aruban’s claim to fame will be that he was included (with SP Manuel Paredes) in the deal that netted the Raccoons David Vinson and Miguel Lopez. Appeared as backup for the Raccoons in 1986-87, and for the Warriors 1988 and 1990. Career stats: .222/.292/.309 with 0 HR, 9 RBI.
Round 4 - 1B Mariano Duarte – Only made the Bigs after leaving as a minor league free agent, accumulating 51 AB for the Thunder in 1989, and one more in 1991. Career stats: .288/.403/.538 with 3 HR, 10 RBI.
Round 5 - RF/LF Paul Blake – Only appeared for the 1986 Raccoons. Career stats: .220/.265/.308 with 1 HR, 5 RBI.

1983 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - SP Scott Wade – Although he lacked a third pitch, Scotty was able to scrape by during a 17-year run in the majors, debuting in 1985 and staying in the rotation until late in 1997, when his diminishing stuff made him a swing man to fill a hole wherever one opened up, although he was a full time starter again in his second-to-last season in 2000. After 582 games (421 starts), he finished with a 170-141 record, 53 saves, and a 3.63 ERA, plus two World Series rings, and retired as the third meaningful always-Coon after Daniel Hall and Grant West.
Supp. Round - C Miguel Carrasco – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - LF Wilson Martinez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 8 - 1B/3B Jose Lopez –Was released in 1985, but eventually bounced into a small cup of coffee with the 1991 and 1993 Knights for 18 career AB. Career stats: .111/.105/.222 with 0 HR, 3 RBI.

1984 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - MR Juan Santos – Shipped out for the in Portland short-lived Jose Sanchez after 1987, he didn’t make his debut until 1989 with the Scorpions, but was demoted and never heard from again in 1990, retiring after seven seasons in the minors. Career stats: 64 G, 2-6, 5.23 ERA.
Supp. Round - 1B Billy Mitchell – Blocked by the Hall of Famer Tetsu Osanai, he was traded after the 1988 season, and appeared for the Capitals and Falcons until 1994. Career stats: .296/.371/.466, 75 HR, 399 RBI.
Round 2 - OF Hector Medina – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - RF Jose Correa – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - MR Jorge Cavazos – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - LF/RF Jose Vega – Retired without reaching the majors.

1985 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 – 1B/3B Joe Jackson – debuted in 1988, but was traded to the Falcons after that season for Justin Reader. On the Falcons he was infrequently their starter and then back to the minors, and a starter again. He was traded to the Knights in 1998, but returned for the 1999 season. He last appeared in 2001. Career stats: .244/.315/.355, 51 HR, 485 RBI, 78 SB.
Supp. Round - 1B Gabriel Ramirez – Retired without reaching the majors. Was at one point traded to Cincinnati for Glenn Johnston, which is a story in itself.
Round 2 - MR Jose Mendoza – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - LF/RF Antonio Morín – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - 1B/2B Dennis Gray – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - SP/MR Gerald Hickman – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - 3B/2B Bartolo Ayala – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 6 - MR Mike Shaw – Control-challenged lefty reliever that appeared for the 1986 and 1988 Coons. Career stats: 37 G, 0-1, 5.40 ERA.

1986 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - SP Miguel Martinez – Retired. He was included in the deal for Neil Reece in the 1988 sales, which was another big W for the Coons. Was traded a few more times, pitching for the Thunder 1989-91, and then only resurfaced with the 1995 Warriors, was traded to the Gold Sox the same year, but didn’t appear in the Bigs after 1996 and retired two years later. Career stats: 72 G, 61 GS, 14-23, 4.71 ERA.
Round 2 - SP/MR Eugene Scott – Retired without reaching the majors. He held out in the minor leagues until 2000, hoping to finally break into the big leagues, but never made it.
Round 3 - 1B Vincente Rodriguez –Was a part of the deal for Jorge Salazar before the 1990 season, and played for the Indians from 1990-1993. Career stats: .257/.327/.362 with 16 HR, 106 RBI, and 14 SB.
Round 4 - RF/INF Ben Nash – Managed one hit in 12 AB for the 1995 Raccoons.
Round 5 - MR Keith Jefferson – Retired without reaching the majors.

1987 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - 2B/3B Hector Gonzalez – was a part of the Neil Reece deal in the 1988 sales, and made his debut for the Buffaloes the same year. He appeared for them until 1993, then for the 1994 Gold Sox, but was left unsigned after that. Career stats: .233/.302/.334 with 38 HR, 360 RBI, and 15 SB.
Supp. Round - MR Albert Matthews – after his 1989 debut with the Coons it soon became apparent that consistency was not in his vocabulary. Was demoted and recalled frequently and alternated between mop-up and setup duties regularly. He was claimed off waivers by the Canadiens in 1995 and while he bounced frequently after that, and had three stints with the Canadiens, he stayed employed until 2007, after which he retired. Career stats: 814 G, 36-54, 60 SV, 3.97 ERA.
Round 2 - C Bob Armstrong – Primarily a defensive catcher, he spotted 26 AB (7 hits) for the Coons between 1992 and 1994, before being traded to the Falcons in 1996, but didn’t get another chance in the majors.
Round 3 - INF/LF/CF Terry Miller – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - SP Dennis Fried – appeared in 16 games for the Coons in 1990 and pitched so-so, before being included in the ill-fated Raul Castillo deal in 1991 (Castillo only played in three games for Portland due to injury). He went on to pitch 17 years for the Blue Sox, leading the Federal League in WHIP four times. Career stats: 549 G (509 GS), 240-167, 3.61 ERA, 2,455 K.
Round 5 - MR Walter Weber – Retired without reaching the majors.

1988 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - LF Edgar Morris – Constantly hurt and struggled in our system and eventually became a free agent. He made sporadic appearances for the Knights from 1995, appearing in at most 93 games in a season (1997), but his last four games came in 1998. Career stats: .290/.357/.406, 4 HR, 41 RBI in 276 AB.
Round 2 - INF Steve Caddock – Caddock’s only nice quality was his able glove, but that was enough to have him appear frequently with the Raccoons between 1995 and 2000, with at most 298 AB in a season (1998). Once let go, he never caught on elsewhere. Career stats: .199/.271/.303, 11 HR, 69 RBI.
Round 3 - MR John Smith – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - C Freddy Lambert – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - LF/RF Chih-tui Jin – Made his debut in 1993 with the Coons, but never got past backup status, but broke out when he was traded to the Gold Sox with Esteban Baldivía to attain the services of Liam Wedemeyer and Tzu-jao Ban. Always hampered by injuries, he nevertheless put up a few wildly successful seasons with the Gold Sox, yet never made an All Star game. He had to retire in 2002 at age 32 after he tore his labrum in Titans service. Career stats: .295/.406/.445, 74 HR, 487 RBI, 25 SB.
Round 8 – SP Jesse Novak – After being released in 1989, he eventually caught on with the Blue Sox, debuting for them in 1993 with a single relief appearance. He spent a full season in their rotation in 1996 before being demoted to (rare) relief apperances and was traded to the Rebels, for whom he appeared a few more times until 1999. Career stats: 94 G, 36 GS, 14-18, 4.58 ERA, 3 SV.

1989 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - SP Eduardo Salazar – Always riddled with injuries, Salazar was traded after the 1992 season for the Miners’ Christian Proctor (didn’t work…). After making 17 starts for them in 1993, he saw limited use from the bullpen the next two years, and never appeared in the majors again. Career stats: 26 G, 22 GS, 10-7, 3.67 ERA.
Supp. Round - CL Gabriel De La Rosa – powerful right-handed pitcher that debuted in 1993 and soon carved out a permanent spot in our bullpen. He was traded to the Stars after 1998 to bring in Cesar Gonzalez, and was their closer from 1999 through 2003, never missing a beat, but faded after 2004. He also pitched for the Titans and Thunder before retiring after the 2006 season. 734 G (17 GS), 48-57, 209 SV, 2.51 ERA, 771 K.
Round 2 - 1B Ruben De La Rosa – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - OF/1B Rodrigo Correa – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - SP Brendon Bell – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - MR Rafael Vazquez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 8 – C Ron McDonald – never won a starting job and made sporadic backup service cameos with the 1994-1998 Raccoons and 1999-2000 Knights before fading into obscurity completely. Career stats: .242/.279/.342, 5 HR, 39 RBI.

1990 (note: this was the first draft over 12 rounds)

Round 1 - MR Daniel Miller – Retired. Shot through the minor leagues to make his debut in 1991, which he started with 15 innings without an earned run allowed. He was a constant in the Raccoons’ bullpen from then until 2002, despite some control issues that never went away, with intermittent attempts at having him close in the post-Grant West era, but nothing good ever came of that. Lost it completely in 2002 and became a free agent, and spent one more season with the Blue Sox’ AAA team before going fishing. Career stats: 698 G, 39-35, 56 SV, 3.61 ERA.
Supp. Round - SS/2B Jayson Kelley – Retired without reaching the majors.
Supp. Round - C Marcos Lozano – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - MR Leon Wright – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - LF/CF Francisco Reyes – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - SP António Donís – A stunning groundball pitcher with high strikeout ability, Donis was hampered by his short stamina in his time with the Raccoons, making 43 starts between 1995 and 1997, going 13-16 with a 4.26 ERA, but was then converted to a reliever due to his frequent struggles to go even five innings efficiently. He found his place in the pen by 1999, and was trade to the Gold Sox after 2000 in a package for Carl Bean. The Gold Sox made an attempt at bringing him back to the rotation in 2002, which didn’t work, but he has been a starter again since 2005 with dazzling success, leading his league in WHIP five of the last seven years, and adding two more Pitcher of the Year titles in 2010 and 2011 to his 2006 award. 710 G (294 GS) with a 166-93 record, 2.93 ERA, 47 SV, and 2,153 K.
Round 4 - 1B Mark Logan – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - 1B/2B/LF Michael Martin – Retired without reaching the majors.
All others from this year are retired.

1991 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - SP Gerárdo Ramirez – Severe control issues derailed his career. Was limited to 12 appearances for the 1994 Raccoons. Career stats: 12 G, 11 GS, 3-4, 5.34 ERA.
Supp. Round - LF/RF Paco Martinez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - 2B Pat Parker – After getting into only 32 games for the 1993-94 Raccoons, he was traded to the Condors for Mike Dye, but bounced from there to Cincy, where he was the second base starter in 1996, and on to Denver, where he had another three seasons before falling out of favor. Career stats: .292/.372/.422, 34 HR, 243 RBI, 23 SB.
Round 2 - INF Michael Lloyd – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - MR Fred Carlton – Had cups of coffee with the Furballs in 1998 and 1999, but awful control had him achieve nothing whatsoever in his brief career. Career stats: 19 G, 0-0, 7.11 ERA.
Round 4 - 1B Steve Stevens – The Curacaoan Stevens was released in 1994 for hacking madly and getting done little. The Indians picked him up and he got into the briefest stint in the majors, but never had a hit. Career stats: .000/.200/.000 in 4 AB.
Round 5 - MR Pancho Padilla – Control was never in his vocabulary and so he never held down an assignment for long. Spent 1996-98 with the Raccoons, 1999 with the Miners, and started 2000 with them before being sent to the Capitals, posting a 7.22 ERA in his final season in the majors. Career stats: 171 G, 9-6, 5.35 ERA, 2 SV.
Round 6 – LF/RF Kenny Crockett – When injuries culled down the Raccoons outfielders in scores in 1997, he was called upon to help, but mostly didn’t. Had one more appearance in 1998 and was later released. Career stats: 46 G, .287/.313/.404, 2 HR, 15 RBI.

1992 – Whole draft class is retired

Round 1 - OF Luke Newton – Although given ample chances after his 1995 debut, Newton never gained a starting job if not for injuries, and when he gained one, got hurt himself. Was let go after 2000 and never signed by anybody. Career stats: .221/.309/.316 with 10 HR, 137 RBI, 41 SB in 1,350 AB.
Supp. Round - 3B Mike Crowe – Inheriting third base from Ben O’Morrissey wasn’t the easiest of tasks, but Crowe failed rather spectacularly. After barely decent seasons in 1997 and 1998, he was wholly ineffective and eventually banned to the bench in 1999. After he became a free agent in 2000, he was picked up by the Knights, then the Warriors, and later the Knights again. He kept bouncing between the majors and AAA, but didn’t appear in the Bigs after 2007. Career stats: .247/.361/.317 with 26 HR, 221 RBI in 2,052 AB.
Supp. Round - SP Clinton Kennedy – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - 1B/3B/RF/LF Mark Kowalchuk – Reminded us of Mark Dawson before the draft, but never lived up to that and was out of baseball by 2001. Had a wildly unsuccessful stint with the 1998 Coons. Career stats: .088/.205/.088 with 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB in 34 AB.
Round 3 - MR Kokei Kondo – Claimed by the Wolves as rule 5 pick, he spent the 1998 season with them, then was dropped quicker than hot coal due to insisting on walking batters. It was his only major league exposure. Career stats: 43 G, 6-1, 6.30 ERA, 1 SV.
Round 4 - C Jorge Chavez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - OF Joseph MacKellachie – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 7 - SP Jose Cervantes – Released in 1996 after pitching poorly in AA for us, the Wolves picked him up and even used him as full time starter from 1998 to 1999, but quickly got tired of his act. He never made another big league team. Career stats: 63 G, 14-29, 5.07 ERA.

1993

Round 2 - INF Brent McLaughlin – Retired. Despite a lack of nice abilities, he appeared all too regularly for the Raccoons from 1997 through 2003, but never got another major league gig. Career stats: .225/.297/.311, 1 HR, 21 RBI in 289 AB.
Round 3 - RF/LF Marvin Gregory – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - C Brad Gray – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - 1B Santiago Rodriguez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 6 - SP Ray Conner – Became a minor league free agent before hooking up with the Indians and made sporadic appearances for them, then was traded to the Titans after 2001. He suddenly broke out as starter in his age 30 season in 2005, and had a few good seasons through 2009, but recently he’s become a swingman for the 2010 Knights and 2011 Crusaders, with whom he still is. For his career, he’s 78-82 with a 4.24 ERA, 2 SV, and 713 K.
Round 12 - MR Pedro Perez – Retired. Sporadically appeared as a left-handed reliever for the Raccoons from 1999 through 2002 without any success. Career stats: 38 G, 0-4, 8.57 ERA.
All others from this year are retired.

1994

Round 1 – LF/RF George Wood – we traded him for Daniel Richardson when he struggled in AAA, and he was traded twice more, but then debuted with the 2002 Thunder, appearing with them through 2005, but never for more than 19 games in a season. Six years and three organizations later, he suddenly appeared again in a few spot assignments for the ’11 Thunder, batting .253 in 75 AB. Batting .262 with 4 HR and 23 RBI in 168 AB.
Round 2 - 1B Carlos Salazar – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - OF Cal Lyon – Retired. Appeared as injury replacement for the Raccoons between 2000 and 2003. Last played in our system in 2004, and retired in 2006. Career stats: .156/.183/.211, 2 HR, 13 RBI.
Round 4 - SP Joe Key – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - 1B Harry Jackson – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 6 - SP/MR Manuel Diaz – Retired. While he debuted in 1997, he only made it into six games with the Raccoons, and although he bounced around in the minors for a few more years after that, that was all that was to his major league career. Career stats: 6 G, 0-0, 9.00 ERA.
All other from this year are retired.

1995

Round 1 - LF Manuel Villa – Retired without reaching the majors. Bust #1 from this draft went down with a concussion in 1996 and never quite came back the same. Retired after failing in A and AA in 2002.
Round 2 - RF/LF Cory Stanford – Retired without reaching the majors. Bust #2 from this draft, just worse. Released soon, and played across all three minor league levels in all years from 1999 to 2001 with the Miners before getting dumped for good.
Round 3 - MR Bill Coles – Retired without reaching the majors. Bust #3, never made it out of AA ball.
Round 4 - SP Julio Romero – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - 1B/2B George Morris – Retired after a few cups of coffee with the 1999 and 2001 Coons and a bench assignment with the Blue Sox from 2004 to 2005, before sinking back into the minors before one last cup of coffee with the Buffaloes in ’08. Career stats: .227, 1 HR, 21 RBI in 181 AB.
Round 8 - OF Jason Kent – Retired. Sporadically appeared as injury replacement between 1997 and 2001, after which he bounced throughout the wide world of the minors for another seven years without landing another major league at-bat. Career stats: .243/.312/.332 bat, 4 HR, 26 RBI in 325 AB.
Round 11 - SP Nick Brown – Brownie!!! Squeal!!! The 11th round gift that keeps on giving has gone from 293rd overall in the 1995 draft to the #12 prospect in the ABL by the late 90s and from there onto a quest to strike out every batter in the country! His stuff is blistering, despite a development to go to junk over the summer more or less every year. After a slow debut late in 2001, he battled himself into the ace role and casually broke the single season franchise mark for strikeouts four times, and now he’s also just a sneeze away from Kisho Saito’s overall franchise mark. Also won the Pitcher of the Year in 2009! Under contract for two or three more years right now. 150-89 with a 2.90 ERA and 2,297 K!
All others from this year are retired.

1996

Round 1 - MR Manuel Martinez – highly efficient strikeout guy with little stamina; debuted in 1999 for the Raccoons and quickly hurled himself into a key role in the bullpen before being traded to the Titans after 2004 for Christian Greenman and prospect Ryan Miller, grabbing the closer’s job for three years in Boston before being traded to L.A. in the middle of 2010. 763 games, 45-40, 2.98 ERA, 152 SV.
Supp. Round - SP Dwight Williams – Retired without reaching the majors. Throwing dead straight had him surrender up to 50 home runs a year in the minors, and no team has ever dared to entrust him with a big league ball.
Supp. Round - INF/RF/LF Carlos Gomes – Retired without reaching the majors. Broke his elbow a month after the draft, and then tore his labrum the next September, forcing him to quit baseball.
Round 2 - 2B/SS Sergio Tirado – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - MR Juan Diaz – Retired. After his 2000 debut he spent the entire 2001 campaign with the Critters, but walked more than he struck out. A horrendous 2002 campaign, during which he achieved three-wild-ones-in-one-at-bat notoriety had him banished to the minors and dumped at year’s end, and his career fizzled out in the minors rather quickly after that. Career stats: 155 G, 6-7, 4.85 ERA, 1 SV.
Round 4 - 1B Albert Martin – was raking around 30 homers a year with reliability for the Raccoons in the early 2000s, but his career imploded after being dealt to the Titans for a package containing Ricardo Martinez and others. The prototype fielding-challenged slugging first baseman ended up bouncing between AAA and the majors and from organization to organization, grabbing a few at-bats here and there, but he spent the entire 2011 season in the minors. .281/.339/.449 with 163 HR and 627 RBI.
Round 5 - SP Ralph Warren – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 9 - C/1B Jorge Defrese – Retired. Never a hot prospect, he received a callup in 2001 after more mixed results in the minors during a time in which the Raccoons were striving far and wide for qualified catching, and didn’t manage to impress in his 25 games with the Critters before being traded to the Knights for Ramón Meza. Made sporadic apperances for the Knights from 2003 through 2005, but has been swamped in the minor leagues. Career stats: .245/.301/.339 with 6 HR, 35 RBI.
All others from this year are retired.

1997

Round 1 - MR Dan Nordahl – fireballer, who never could work out how to successfully and regularly save games, until he was traded to the Warriors with Randy Farley for Adrian Quebell before the 2005 season. Still there, still closing. Career: 774 G, 53-54, 3.37 ERA, 311 SV, 927 K.
Round 1 - C Julio Mata – when he debuted late in 1999 and batted .311 in 206 AB we sung praise for our new franchise catcher. Two years later he was dumped onto the Scorpions for Kaz Kichida, and he became something of a regular third catcher that was frequently demoted because nobody cared about him, before actually landing the Canadiens’ primary backstop assignment in 2010. Career: .242/.308/.363, 40 HR, 253 RBI.
Supp. Round - LF/RF Jochen Funck – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - 1B Don Irvin – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - SP Craig Rhodes – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - MR Mauro Rodriguez – Retired. Was a not-working left-handed reliever for the 2002 Raccoons, was dumped and dingled through the minors until retiring in 2006. Career stats: 27 G, 0-1, 7.13 ERA.
Round 5 - SP/MR Antonio Toro – Retired without reaching the majors.
All others from this year are retired.

1998

Round 1 - LF/CF Chris Roberson – his bat never was quite what we hoped for and his Gold Glove defense wasn’t enough to keep him around, either – overall he was just not the second coming of Daniel Hall, or at least Vern Kinnear, or a league-average batter even. He went to the Buffaloes in the dismal Pablo Ledesma trade before the 2003 season, stuck with them through 2008 in a third/fourth outfielder role, and after that bounced through the Condors, Loggers, and Pacifics before signing with the Miners for 2012. Bats .265 with 60 HR and 364 RBI for his career, with 44 SB.
Supp. Round - SP Frank McGeraghty – Retired without reaching the majors.
Supp. Round – CL Scott Boone – after a horrendous 14-game debut with the Raccoons in 2003, Boone did not resurface in the majors until the Loggers took him on in 2008, starting a 3-year stretch of quite qualified relief from him, but he only got into a single game with the Cyclones in 2011. 8-8 with 3 SV and a 3.91 ERA in 175 career games, 160 of those with the Loggers.
Supp. Round - LF/RF Jesus Valle – Retired without reaching the majors. We knew beforehand he couldn’t hit a lick.
Supp. Round - OF Herb Rose – Retired without reaching the majors. Same as with Valle.
Supp. Round - MR Sergio Vega – made an unspectacular debut with the Raccoons in 2001, appearing in seven games, and despite not possessing any remarkable ability, has been back to the majors with them every year except 2005 and 2009. More career walks (100) than strikeouts (96). Has probably been waived more often than any other Coon without getting claimed. 107 G (3 GS), 3-7, 4.42 ERA.
Round 2 - C Pat McClellan – Retired without reaching the majors. Defensive catcher that couldn’t hit for his dear life.
Round 3 - 1B John Morris – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - OF Bryan Forrest – Retired without reaching the majors. We released him within a year after the draft.
Round 5 - 1B/2B/LF/RF Reed Shaw – Retired without reaching the majors.
All others from this year are retired.

1999

Round 1 - OF/1B Darwin Tyler – had 108 poor AB with the 2004 Raccoons and eventually elected minor league free agency. Despite all signs pointing at retirement, he somehow made it back with the 2007 Buffaloes, landing another 105 AB between 2007 and 2008. His career line of .197/.259/.277 speaks volumes, though. 4 HR and 19 RBI, but he likes to tell the story of his game against Rochester in which he hit three homers (omitting the fact of a jetstream wind blowing out to centerfield). Still bouncing through the country’s minor league parks.
Round 1 - CL Marcos Bruno – Was never demoted after his debut on the 2001 Opening Day roster, with outright filthy stuff (10.4 K/9) that nevertheless constantly had him play second fiddle to Angel Casas. Left as free agent the Indians’ way after the 2009 season. 678 career games, 50-39, 2.81 ERA, 73 SV, 774 K.
Supp. Round - 1B/2B Matt Love – Retired. Although he made it to AAA quickly, his luck soon ran out. He got a poor cup of coffee with the 2003 Raccoons, and made it into two games in 2004, but never couldn’t impress anybody. Career stats: .235/.286/.255, 0 HR, 2 RBI.
Supp. Round - MR Mike Harvey – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - MR Bob Evans – traded to the Crusaders for Cipriano Miranda, he made his debut with them in 2001 and was a fixture in the pen by 2003 and through 2010. With the Loggers in ’11, and signed to the Knights for ’12. Career: 385 G, 18-14, 3.54 ERA, 11 SV.
Round 2 - LF/RF Jorge Rodriguez – Retired. Adept with the glove, but not with the stick, he got some 100 AB’s with the Raccoons between 2003 and 2006. After being released in 2007 he couldn’t find another gig. Career stats: .240/.288/.413, 3 HR, 12 RBI.
Round 3 - C Bob Wood – was the catcher of the future for about three weeks in an unremarkable 2005 campaign as a primary. Eventually was scuttled to Los Angeles in the Colin Baldwin deal, but has yet to appear in another major league game. .202 with 5 HR and 51 RBI.
Round 4 - SP Ed Bryan – best known for surrendering other people’s runners on 3-run bombs, Bryan was chased out of town after five years of a regular in the Coons’ pen in mid-2009 and has pitched with the Rebels and Knights since. 28-16 with a 3.44 ERA and 9 SV.
Round 5 - SP Giuseppe Loffredo – Retired without reaching the majors.
All others from this year are retired.

2000

Round 1 - 1B/3B Daniel Sharp – put right at AAA after the draft, he only appeared in 30 minor league games before it was clear that he had his youth wasted there, was promoted to the Bigs, and stayed our starting third baseman for better or worse through the 2007 season, after which he became a free agent. Claimed off waivers from the Miners in mid-2008 he appeared in 32 more games for the Raccoons, but was soon traded to Indy in the Ron Alston deal, signed with the Buffaloes, was claimed of waiver by the Raccoons AGAIN, and has since tingled through Denver and Indy into a big deal with the hopeless Loggers. For a long time he had a very steady bat, but his last years in Portland before his first disappearance weren’t very great, while his defense as regular third baseman has always been best described as a nuisance. Career .279/.358/.382 batter with 66 HR, 543 RBI.
Supp. Round - OF Rich Mason – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 2 - MR Matt Cash – it was a long, stony road for Matt “The Professor” Cash, with two seasons almost completely wiped out by injuries, but he finally made his major league debut in September of ’05, appearing in 10 games to a 0.96 ERA. His stuff was marveled about when he was drafted, although his shoulder woes took some bite off his fastball, and after disastrous tryouts in 2006-07, he was on the backburner and eventually taken in the rule 5 draft by the Warriors, throwing up a strong 2010 campaign and then another roughly-7-ERA season in ‘11. 3.91 ERA in 145 career games.
Round 3 - MR David Sutherland – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - INF Alan Williams – Retired without reaching the majors. Could have been a utility guy with a versatile shiny glove, but couldn’t even hit .200 in AAA.
Round 5 - LF Mike Willard – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 8 - 3B Steve Searcy – Retired. Couldn’t get past Daniel Sharp and only got a few bench tryouts between 2005 and 2006. Eventually traded, but never made it back to the Bigs. Career .221/.274/.309 batter with 2 HR, 18 RBI.
Round 9 - MR Claudio Salazar – late bloomer that pitched in A ball in 2005 and suddenly rose to the Coons in late 2006. Ultimately we didn’t desire his services all that much and the Gold Sox took him in the rule 5 draft in 2009 and even had him start 13 games that year with horrendous results. 4-6 with a 5.01 ERA.
All others from this year are retired.

2001

Round 1 - LF/RF/1B Chris Beairsto – Retired. We expected a pretty complete player with a decisive impact bat, and we got a half campaign of .241, 17 HR, 42 RBI in 2003, and that was about where the fairytale ended. He was eventually sent off to the Bayhawks, but spent two more years with our AAA team before retiring. Career stats: .237/.303/.398, 49 HR, 171 RBI.
Round 2 - MR Cody Bryant – Retired. Showed terrible control that never got fixed and was reduced to two short showcases for horrendous Critter teams. Career stats: 10 G, 0-0, 3.24 ERA.
Round 3 - 2B Cedric Chateau – Retired without reaching the majors. Complete bust, no abilities, whatsoever, released in 2004.
Round 4 - MR Stu Sharp – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - SP Tim Webster – Retired. Dumpster Boy would wind up walking more batters than he struck out during three increasingly terrible cups of coffee with the 2005-2007 Raccoons. Career stats: 27 GS, 7-11, 4.80 ERA.
Round 6 - LF/RF Jose Cruz – atrocious defender with a powerless bat. 12-for-36 in very limited exposure in the majors, split over three years and two teams.
Round 7 - MR Luis Beltran – left-handed reliever without much luck in clutch situations that came and went for the Raccoons from 2007 through 2011 before being traded to the Capitals, who got him through waivers only for the Canadiens to pick him in the rule 5 draft. So far 6-4 with a 3.16 ERA and 1 SV in 153 games.
All others from this year are retired.

2002

Round 1 - SS Ieyoshi Nomura – with limited range, he was converted to second base right away, and then rushed to the big leagues well ahead of time, debuting at age 20, which was too early, but since then his offense and defense both have improved tremendously. Career .282 batter with a knack to hit doubles to all fields.
Round 2 - MR Adam Riddle – throws the heat and after a brief 2005 debut was a regular in our 2006-07 bullpen editions before being traded to the Capitals for Juan Barrón. He only blossomed in Washington, but only got irregular assignments the last two years and was traded to the Titans for 2012. 12-5 with a 2.80 ERA in 186 games.
Round 3 - LF Joe Spivey – spent six years with our AAA team without getting a callup. The bat just isn’t there. Got ONE at-bat in single-A in 2011. Free agent.
Round 4 - MR Tony Rodriguez – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - OF Mathew Page – completely inconsistent player that since attaining minor league free agency after ’08 keeps bouncing around, but can’t get to the majors.
Round 6 - 1B Gilbert Eldridge – never played for the Coons, but was signed as minor league free agent by the Aces and got a few at-bats in each of the last three seasons, batting a paltry .130 when given a chance.
Round 8 - 1B Leonard Wyatt – didn’t appear for Portland, either, was signed by the Loggers, and batted .186 in less than 50 AB over three seasons for them.
Round 9 - INF Tom Ingram – Retired. Was not very good in any which way. Career stats: .181, 0 HR, 11 RBI in 171 AB.

2003

Round 1 - CL Angel Casas – this god-sent sinker/slider righty ended the Coons closer conundrum that persisted in the decade since Grant West’s retirement. Debuted just over 12 months after being drafted, and won the closer’s job out of camp in 2005. If not for occasional nagging injuries, the ball is his. 16-16 with 1.64 ERA, 314 SV, and 543 K.
Round 2 - OF Santiago Trevino – half Neil Reece, half Luke Newton in that he is an excellent defensive centerfielder that just can’t hit for his life. Continues to make sporadic appearances, occasionally of the ninth-inning-defensive sort, since 2006. .234/.279/.309 with 5 HR, 74 RBI and 24 SB.
Round 3 - MR Matt Valentine – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 4 - 3B/1B Jerry Lawson – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - SP Salvador Cardona – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 9 - C Juan Rios – not a good defensive catcher, not a good offensive catcher. He still got into 14 games for the 2008 Raccoons, batting .265 with 3 RBI, and keeps not electing free agency because he knows nobody’s going to take him on. Also stole a base, because why not?

2004 (note: this was the first draft in OOTP16)

Round 1 - C/1B Erik Ruff – was originally supposed to hit “lots of doubles and homers”, but that didn’t ever happen, he rather didn’t make contact at all; became a minor league free agent.
Round 2 - 2B A.J. Altheide – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 3 - SP G.G. Williams – We were always convinced he’d become a starting pitcher, but we needed one sooner and flipped him to the Bayhawks with Rémy Lucas for Raúl Fuentes after the ’06 season. He’s been a regular with the Bayhawks since the 2009 season, although he’s been used as swingman and not as a full starter. 14-30 with a 5.08 ERA in 118 games, of which he started 55.
Round 4 - CF/RF Zaire Collins – agile defender and blistering speed couldn’t counter a terrible bat with holes in it; became a minor league free agent.
Round 5 - INF/RF Kevin Rex – battled injuries frequently, but he had a good half-season in AA at one point, which turned out to be a mirage after all; became a minor league free agent and scraped by in single-A in ‘11.
Round 9 - SP Gil McDonald – nobody exactly waited for him, but when injuries created an opening on the Coons in ’10, he jumped right into it and did respectably well for somebody who wasn’t expected to do anything as a 27-year old debutee; was traded to the Loggers after the 2011 season as part of a package to acquire Micah Steele. 15-13 with a 3.49 ERA and 169 K.
All others from this year except for 10th-rounder Zach Dulin are retired.

2005

Round 1 - SP Brendan Teasdale – lost much of his appeal after Tommy John surgery and only managed to make sporadic starts for the 2008-2010 Raccoons before being dumped onto the Stars in the Dylan Alexander trade. The Stars will use him out of the pen. 0-7 with a 6.39 ERA in 10 starts.
Round 2 - SP Pat Composto – started out well in A ball, but struggled in AA, eventually ending in the bullpen, and a minor league free agent.
Round 3 - LF/CF Ed Caldwell – Retired without reaching the majors. We were pretty sure about his hitting abilities, but he was still a galactic bust that was shipped off in a hurry to the Titans in the 2007 John Bennett deal and never surfaced anywhere.
Round 4 - INF Jamie Orr – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 5 - INF Jamie Spicer – Retired without reaching the majors.
Round 8 - MR Josh Gibson – drafted as a shortstop (or rightfielder), he was converted into a pitcher right away, and despite lacking in stuff he managed to get 60 major league appearances between 2010 and 2011. Those weren’t any good, however, with a 4.37 ERA and 1-2 record, and he is back to AAA to start the season.

2006

Round 1 - LF/RF Jimmy Eichelkraut – The Bust of the 2000s! Jimmy Oatmeal was supposed to be the end of all pitching when drafted, but never hit anything at any level before hurriedly being included in the Ron Alston trade to the Indians in mid-2008, but the Indians soon gave up and flipped him to Tijuana for Jimmy Sjogren. Five-and-a-half years later he still hasn’t played above AA, although the Condors called him up in September of 2010 only to have him sit in the clubhouse, so technically he might be a major leaguer after all.
Supp. Round - SP Dave Self – traded to the Pacifics in the Colin Baldwin trade before 2008, he shows severe control issues. Was tried out as closer for a while but started starting again in 2010 in AA for 179 IP, 146 K and 134(!!) BB.
Round 2 - OF Dave Green – looked like the complete package at first, but has trouble seeing the ball, posting 131 strikeouts in A-ball in 2007. Was pretty good in 2009 in Ham Lake, but since then is gradually hitting less and less. Still in AAA to start the ’12 season.
Round 3 - SS Pat Whitehouse – good defensive shortstop, good walk rate; if he could just up his average a bit…
Round 4 - SP Marco Gomez – never managed to develop any of his five pitches to a degree that would allow him to even be mentioned in prospect status dispatches, but is still in AAA.
Round 5 - LF/RF/1B Santiago Celis – Retired without reaching the majors. Strong defensive rightfielder, but that was all he could do.
Round 6 - C Tom McNeela – hit a little in the minors, and even in his two cups of coffee in 2009 and 2011, but hasn’t been able to convince anybody; defense is also not his biggest strength. .265 with 0 HR and 12 RBI in 98 AB.
Round 11 - INF Danny Zigay – part of the Juan Barrón deal with the Capitals in ’07, Zigay didn’t look like much of anything, but in this case, “not much of anything” was good enough for a short callup in 2011, during which he hit .280 with 1 HR and 1 RBI, which means that the 11th-rounder of the 2006 draft currently holds 100% of the homers hit by the draft class, much like the 11th-rounder from 1995 has all the major league strikeouts of that class.

2007

Round 1 - SP Kevin Denton – the control wasn’t there from the start and then he was felled by injuries pretty much every year, holding him to 12 starts in AA between 2010 and 2011; no hope left for this one.
Supp. Round - 1B C.J. Vanderwall – Retired without reaching the majors. Invisioned as a power guy, he hit 22 homers total in 1,655 minor league PA.
Supp. Round - SP Mike Cole – couldn’t get the changeup going, and has moved to the bullpen in 2010, where he continues to nurse command issues.
Round 2 - C Brian Hammond – strong arm behind the dish, but the batting is paltry.
Round 3 - LF Josh Turzak – another power hitter that never showed any power, and also a pretty strong inability to meat pitches at all.
Round 3 - INF Nick Robinson – Retired without reaching the majors. Versatile defender with no stick to speak of.
Round 4 - RF/SS Shane Lea – grisly batting lines at all levels, minor league free agent in ’11.
Round 5 - INF Mark Lydic – more of a defensive middle infielder, gruesome batting; reached AA in ’08, still there.
Round 12 - LF/RF/1B Pete Schipper – amidst a pile of injuries he made his major league debut in 2009 straight out of AA, didn’t do badly (.260/.304/.479 with 4 HR and 13 RBI in 73 AB), but upon returning to AAA to start the 2010 season he posted two campaigns of roughly a .600 OPS and is back full circle in Ham Lake to start the 2012 season; also off the 40-man roster.

2008

Round 1 - OF Jason Seeley – hurray, we drafted a major league-capable outfielder in the first round!! Well, he had a .735 OPS batting .247 with 6 HR and 35 RBI before being axed down with an axe to the ankle, but he is on the major league roster, which is more than Jimmy E managed to achieve.
Supp. Round - 3B Mark Abraham – never found his groove with the stick and his defense has turned into a complete mess at a totally young age; toiling away in AAA.
Round 2 - 1B Matt LaVoie – by contrast, LaVoie’s defense has picked up some and he hit for a .862 OPS in a partial AAA campaign in 2011; injuries played no role in that partial campaign, though.
Round 3 - INF/LF Chris Poole – good defensive infielder who hit fairly well in A ball, but then stopped hitting at all, was released by the Coons, picked up by Oklahoma, and released again.
Round 4 - C Alexis Crespin – calls a good game, but can’t hit a ball for his life
Round 5 - SP Chad Royston – crippled by injuries, he’s all but done, much like Kevin Denton, with whom he rooms on AA road trips.

2009

Round 1 - SP Rich Hood – reached AAA within a year of being drafted, and he turned in a pretty decent 2011 season, ready to jump into any opening caused by injury for the big team. Pretty good curve and slider.
Round 1 - OF Geoff Allen – shipped to the Scorpions in the Michael Palmer trade, Allen keeps batting under the league average in AA.
Supp. Round - 1B Jonathan Marsh – defensively challenged first baseman who’s also challenged with the power and stuck in AA.
Supp. Round - INF/OF Brock Hudman – while defensively adept, he’s a bit of a living strikeout and limited to utility duty in AA.
Round 2 - SP Lance Meyer – completely offbeat when it comes to commanding even his fastball, which does what it wants, resulting in 210 walks in 368 AA innings for him.
Round 3 - OF William Quinn – another defensively adept player who can’t hit a lick and remains stuck in AA, which gives an idea about why that team keeps getting romped for back-to-back sub-.400 seasons.
Round 4 - SP Mark Grimes – complete mess when it comes to everything that concerns pitching and relegated to trash game duties in AA last year.
Round 5 - LF/2B Pat Rouse – can’t even hit in single-A…

2010

Supp. Round - SP Dan Moon – his nasty curve is so nasty that she keeps hitting home plate to the amusement of opposing single-A batters who somehow find themselves down 0-2; complete mess of ill command and control
Supp. Round - SP Justin Denham – his “good 3-pitch mix” was just good enough for repeated shellings in single-A.
Round 2 - RF/LF/1B Jimmy Fucito – one of a million outfielders to debut for the crippled ’11 Raccoons, Fucito didn’t get to showcase much power in a short stint of 63 AB, during which he struck out eight times more than he walked, but somehow still managed a .716 OPS; back at AAA to start the 2012 season.
Round 2 - LF Matt Stubbs – his at-bats are the stuff that fairytales are made of; the ones in which the evil stepmother kills the hero and that make children weep; .408 OPS in 280 double-A at-bats.
Round 3 - 1B Isaac Berry – proudly continues the tradition of fielding-challenged first basemen that can’t hit for power
Round 4 - 3B Matt Nunley – advertised as laser-armed third baseman with a promising hitting profile, this left-handed(!) hot-corner guardian doesn’t guard much, doesn’t hit much, and is also part of that rotten AA team.
Round 5 - RF/LF Keith Chisholm – hit somewhat well in single-A in 2011, with an .838 OPS that was more than 50% OBP, but upon promotion to Ham Lake it all fell apart; he does get on base a lot with walks (62 BB in 401 PA in ’11 between A and AA), but the overall package is severely lacking.

2011

Round 1 - SP David Tingley – we were mildly raving about this high-schooler when we drafted him, and while the control was a big topic for him in single-A in 2011 (62 BB in 117 IP), his overall results are muddled by bad defense and his 4-11, 4.77 ERA performance not indicative of future great things he might do.
Supp. Round - SS Dylan Thorne – “agile shortstop with a good contact bat” – sometimes you can just wipe your butt with scouting reports! Thorne batted .203/.244/.234 with 84 K in 291 AB in Aumsville after being drafted, which is the real and actual definition of a dumpster fire.
Supp. Round - RF/LF/1B Daniel Price – Raked hard without ever meeting a ball in Aumsville in ’11: .174/.223/.227 with 71 K in 247 AB and just a single homer.
Supp. Round - LF/RF/1B Matt Fox – The Trifecta of Terrors continues with Fox, who batted .216/.281/.280 with 76 K in 264 K and no homers.
Round 2 - SP Chris Brown – started in single-A, where he made eight good starts for a defense-inflated 3.29 ERA, then moved to Ham Lake for another seven starts with a defense-inflated 3.67 ERA; overall he struck out 114 in 119.1 innings between the two levels, with 53 walks; his future looks pretty good right now!
Round 3 - LF Scott Hornung – the fourth batter taken in the ’11 draft is the first that didn’t suck completely but also only achieved a .636 OPS…
Round 4 - INF/RF Sean Patterson – “does a bit of everything” isn’t something you like to read about your plumber of choice, and that is also true for batting prospects.
Round 5 - 2B Nick Roberts – seamlessly fit in with the other stick draftees of this class…

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Compiled to the best of my abilities, partly at 2am, and not proof-read at all.