A fairly low-key induction class for this year’s Rookie Draft. These are the Legacy Players for the 1971 Season:
Houston Astros: JR Richard (22.2; 221 GS – one-club player)
Los Angeles Dodgers: Ron Cey (53.8; 1481 GP)
Milwaukee Brewers: Cecil Cooper (36.0; 1490 GP)
New York Mets: John Matlack (39.4; 199 GS conceded)
San Francisco Giants: Jim Barr (30.7; 220 GS)
Burt Hooton (35.5; 265 GS) was also eligible for the Dodgers, but Cey’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
Ben Oglivie (26.4; 1149 GP) was also eligible for the Brewers, but Cooper’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
Chris Speier (30.6; 1114 GP) was also eligible for the Giants, but Barr’s (just) higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 138 rookies for this season, with another 240 historical MiLBers also added and the Draft will consist of 12 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1970 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (540)
2. New York Mets (512)
3. Milwaukee Brewers (401; dice roll)
4. San Francisco Giants (531; dice roll)
5. Houston Astros (488; dice roll)
6. Chicago White Sox (346)
7. San Diego Padres (389)
8. Kansas City Royals (401; dice roll)
9. Washington Senators (432)
10. Montreal Expos (451)
11. Philadelphia Phillies (453)
12. Atlanta Braves (469; dice roll)
13. Cleveland Indians (469; dice roll)
14. St. Louis Cardinals (469; dice roll)
15. Detroit Tigers (488; dice roll)
16. Chicago Cubs (519)
17. California Angels (531; dice roll)
18. Boston Red Sox (537)
19. Pittsburgh Pirates (549; dice roll)
20. Oakland Athletics (549; dice roll)
21. New York Yankees (574)
22. Minnesota Twins (605)
23. Cincinnati Reds (630)
24. Baltimore Orioles (667)
Rounds 2 thru 12
1. Chicago White Sox (346)
2. San Diego Padres (389)
3. Milwaukee Brewers (401; dice roll)
4. Kansas City Royals (401; dice roll)
5. Washington Senators (432)
6. Montreal Expos (451)
7. Philadelphia Phillies (453)
8. Atlanta Braves (469; dice roll)
9. Cleveland Indians (469; dice roll)
10. St. Louis Cardinals (469; dice roll)
11. Detroit Tigers (488; dice roll)
12. Houston Astros (488; dice roll)
13. New York Mets (512)
14. Chicago Cubs (519)
15. California Angels (531; dice roll)
16. San Francisco Giants (531; dice roll)
17. Boston Red Sox (537)
18. Los Angeles Dodgers (540)
19. Pittsburgh Pirates (549; dice roll)
20. Oakland Athletics (549; dice roll)
21. New York Yankees (574)
22. Minnesota Twins (605)
23. Cincinnati Reds (630)
24. Baltimore Orioles (667)
Eligible PIT players: 7 position players + 4 pitchers = 11.
With our playing group an extremely settled one, we go into this Draft with a very specific mandate that will leave us surprised if it doesn’t come off as planned.
We choose as follows:
1.
P Terry Forster, 18 - The picks before ours make this decision pretty much no decision at all, with the only guys we might have taken and risk leaving Terry for R2 all claimed. We need LHRP and, along with an acquisition we’ve made that I’ll cover later on we can now add Terry. He’ll start at AAA just to season him a bit but I reckon he’ll be with us at Pittsburgh by the middle of the year.
2.
IF Kurt Bevacqua, 23- One of just two worthwhile eligible left by this stage, and he’ll see some time with us as a utility type in a few years’ time.
3. SS Dwain Anderson, 23 (ineligible)
4. P John Moncier, 22 (ineligible)
5. P Michael Anderson, 18 (ineligible)
6. UT Thomas Cason, 22 (ineligible)
7. P Gregory Gromek, 22 (ineligible)
8. OF Robert Blakely, 22 (ineligible)
9. P Jim Foor, 21
10. P David Lanfair, 21 (ineligible)
11. 1B Rim Lanier, 22
12. P Darrell Devitt, 20 (ineligible)
- With the other semi-decent guy now gone as well, from here it’s just a matter of getting a combination of the guys we feel will be of the greatest value to be flipped in a year and plugging gaps at Lincoln.
Got what we needed but little more.
FULL DRAFT LOG
