A fairly low-key year on the Legacy front other than the Big Hurt himself. He is the only Marquee among the six incoming.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1990 Season:
Chicago White Sox: Frank Thomas (73.8; 1959) MARQUEE 84%
Baltimore Orioles: Scott Erickson (24.8; 197 GS conceded)
Cleveland Indians: Charles Nagy (24.8; 297 GS conceded)
Detroit Tigers: Travis Fryman (34.4; 1096)
New York Yankees: Tino Martinez (29.0; 1054)
St. Louis Cardinals: Ray Lankford (38.2; 1580)
There are 169 rookies for this season
plus an induction of 311 MiLBers and the Draft will consist of 12 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1989 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Chicago White Sox (429)
2. St. Louis Cardinals (531; dice roll)
3. Detroit Tigers (364)
4. New York Yankees (460)
5. Cleveland Indians (451; dice roll)
6. Baltimore Orioles (537; dice roll)
7. Atlanta Braves (394)
8. Philadelphia Phillies (414)
9. Seattle Mariners (451; dice roll)
10. Pittsburgh Pirates (457)
11. Cincinnati Reds (463)
12. Los Angeles Dodgers (481)
13. Minnesota Twins (494)
14. Milwaukee Brewers (500; dice roll)
15. Montreal Expos (500; dice roll)
16. Boston Red Sox (512; dice roll)
17. Texas Rangers (512; dice roll)
18. Houston Astros (531; dice roll)
19. New York Mets (537; dice roll)
20. San Diego Padres (549; dice roll)
21. Toronto Blue Jays (549; dice roll)
22. California Angels (562)
23. Kansas City Royals (568; dice roll)
24. San Francisco Giants (568; dice roll)
25. Chicago Cubs (574)
26. Oakland Athletics (611)
Rounds 2 thru 12
1. Detroit Tigers (364)
2. Atlanta Braves (394)
3. Philadelphia Phillies (414)
4. Chicago White Sox (429)
5. Seattle Mariners (451; dice roll)
6. Cleveland Indians (451; dice roll)
7. Pittsburgh Pirates (457)
8. New York Yankees (460)
9. Cincinnati Reds (463)
10. Los Angeles Dodgers (481)
11. Minnesota Twins (494)
12. Milwaukee Brewers (500; dice roll)
13. Montreal Expos (500; dice roll)
14. Boston Red Sox (512; dice roll)
15. Texas Rangers (512; dice roll)
16. Houston Astros (531; dice roll)
17. St. Louis Cardinals (531; dice roll)
18. Baltimore Orioles (537; dice roll)
19. New York Mets (537; dice roll)
20. San Diego Padres (549; dice roll)
21. Toronto Blue Jays (549; dice roll)
22. California Angels (562)
23. Kansas City Royals (568; dice roll)
24. San Francisco Giants (568; dice roll)
25. Chicago Cubs (574)
26. Oakland Athletics (611)
Eligible PIT players: 7 position players + 5 pitchers = 12.
A tantalisingly high pick for us that we must make the most of as our IRL boys start having a decent run for the next wee while. We certainly have our preferred guy earmarked—it’ll all come down to whether he survives long enough for us to grab him.
No dice with him, unfortunately, as the Phils snap him up:
1. 3B Carlos Baerga, 21 (INELIGIBLE)
- There was a plethora of options but we decided Carlos was the best of them. He’ll almost certainly be used at the big club for the next few seasons in a backup IF role then traded.
2. OF Turner Ward, 24 (PIT IRL: 1997-99)
- There were arguably better players still available but none strongly enough so to bridge the fact that Turner – who is a handy three-slot fourth OF type – is club eligible.
3. IF
Cesar Morillo, 17 (MiLB ONLY)
- This is a pure punt on our part but we felt the worst case is that we get a long-term organisational piece around the diamond. On the other hand, he profiles pretty strongly and having never made it to the bigs IRL is therefore eligible for us. Given the paucity of other options at this point of the Draft, we took the plunge. Sometimes you gotta risk it…
4. IF Luis Sojo, 24 (PIT IRL: 2000)
From here it is all minors depth guys you’re unlikely to ever hear of so I’ll spare you the boredom.
Disappointing but not a total wipe.
