No all-time greats here, but plenty of cult heroes and personalities among the six new Legacies.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1980 Season:
Boston Red Sox: Bruce Hurst (34.1; 217 GS)
Chicago Cubs: Lee Smith (28.9; 458 GP)
Chicago White Sox: Harold Baines (38.8; 1670)
Los Angeles Dodgers: Fernando Valenzuela (41.4; 320 GS)
Montreal Expos: Tim Wallach (38.5; 1767)
Toronto Blue Jays: Lloyd Moseby (27.5; 1392)
Mike Scioscia (26.1; 1441 – one-club player) was also eligible for the Dodgers, but Valenzuela’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 145 rookies for this season, along with another influx of 290 minor leaguers making 435 in total, and the Draft will consist of 10 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1979 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (488)
2. Chicago White Sox (456)
3. Montreal Expos (594)
4. Boston Red Sox (569)
5. Chicago Cubs (494)
6. Toronto Blue Jays (327)
7. Oakland Athletics (333)
8. New York Mets (389)
9. Atlanta Braves (412)
10. Seattle Mariners (414)
11. San Diego Padres (422)
12. San Francisco Giants (438)
13. Cleveland Indians (503)
14. Minnesota Twins (506)
15. Texas Rangers (512)
16. Philadelphia Phillies (519)
17. Kansas City Royals (525)
18. Detroit Tigers (528)
19. St. Louis Cardinals (531)
20. California Angels (543)
21. Houston Astros (549)
22. New York Yankees (556)
23. Cincinnati Reds (559)
24. Milwaukee Brewers (590)
25. Pittsburgh Pirates (605)
26. Baltimore Orioles (642)
Rounds 2 thru 10
1. Toronto Blue Jays (327)
2. Oakland Athletics (333)
3. New York Mets (389)
4. Atlanta Braves (412)
5. Seattle Mariners (414)
6. San Diego Padres (422)
7. San Francisco Giants (438)
8. Chicago White Sox (456)
9. Los Angeles Dodgers (488)
10. Chicago Cubs (494)
11. Cleveland Indians (503)
12. Minnesota Twins (506)
13. Texas Rangers (512)
14. Philadelphia Phillies (519)
15. Kansas City Royals (525)
16. Detroit Tigers (528)
17. St. Louis Cardinals (531)
18. California Angels (543)
19. Houston Astros (549)
20. New York Yankees (556)
21. Cincinnati Reds (559)
22. Boston Red Sox (569)
23. Milwaukee Brewers (590)
24. Montreal Expos (594)
25. Pittsburgh Pirates (605)
26. Baltimore Orioles (642)
Eligible PIT players: 8 position players + 5 pitchers = 13
A fairly thin Draft this year means we go into it really not knowing how things will unfold. As seems almost tradition by now, we are idle until the latter part of Round 1 with very few eligible options, but we know how to deal with this and also what we need.
The following players are who we select:
1. 2B Wally Backman, 20 (PIT IRL: 1990)
- Certainly didn’t expect Wally to still be available and we’re almost certain we’ll get some use out of him.
2. P Rod Scurry, 23 (PIT IRL: 1980-85)
- In a rarity for us, Rod will almost surely be in our roster for OD next year. Fills our dire need for LHRP quite nicely.
3. OF Reggie Walton, 27 (PIT IRL: 1982)
- Doubtful he’ll ever see the light of day but was the best of those few eligibles for us left.
4. C Robert Bailey, 23 (ineligible)
5. UT Dan Hanggie, 21 (ineligible)
6. P Jeff Morris, 22 (ineligible)
7. OF Tim Knight, 22 (ineligible)
8. IF Marvin Clack, 20 (ineligible)
9. P Ronald Sylvia, 21 (ineligible)
10. P Edward Rech, 21 (ineligible)
Better than expected.
FULL DRAFT LOG
