Scott Rolen goes 1st overall. I thought for a second Mike Trout had gone in the 3rd Round. Turns out it was
Mike Trost, a catcher from the 1890s...
Here's the full R1:
BTW, that is the NeL's
Sam Crawford at 19th overall, not Wahoo's favourite son.
Lucky last this year is
Jacob Cook, whom one can only presume will begin his OFA career at Oakland's O'Hara Township Black Wolves in the newly-formed A-Level League. G'luck!
I've also noticed some unexpected retirements that aren't in line with the players' IRL exits.
Charlie Parsons for example, has retired at age 22 after just one season in which he did OK for the Cubs, going 10-7 / 2.88, as opposed to playing in the bigs in 1886, at AA in '87 and then back to the Show for '90. Same goes with
Carney Flynn at just 21 and, above all,
Walter Thornton, who had amassed 17 WAR in two seasons as a two-way player and played four years in the bigs. Not a huge deal and probably just randomly chosen but still I'll keep an eye on this moving forward.