Things really quietening off with regard to Legacy Players with just 3 entering the league this year but I’m not going to move the flags on this designation as I feel it would undermine the integrity of its designed purpose.
Simple fact is that in the age of FAs, club loyalty is a greatly reduced consideration and so only the guys who buck the trend will be accorded this status throughout.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1994 Season:
California Angels: Garret Anderson (25.7; 2013)
New York Yankees: Alex Rodriguez (117.6; 1509)
Texas Rangers: Rusty Greer (22.4; 1027 – one-club player)
There are 114 rookies for this season plus 110 MiLBers being manually imported, and the Draft will consist of 6 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1993 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. New York Yankees (543)
2. California Angels (438; dice roll)
3. Texas Rangers (531)
4. New York Mets (364)
5. San Diego Padres (377)
6. Florida Marlins (395)
7. Colorado Rockies (414)
8. Oakland Athletics (420)
9. Milwaukee Brewers (426)
10. Minnesota Twins (438; dice roll)
11. Cincinnati Reds (451)
12. Pittsburgh Pirates (463)
13. Cleveland Indians (469)
14. Boston Red Sox (494)
15. Los Angeles Dodgers (500)
16. Seattle Mariners (506)
17. Chicago Cubs (519; dice roll)
18. Kansas City Royals (519; dice roll)
19. Detroit Tigers (525; dice roll)
20. Baltimore Orioles (525; dice roll)
21. Houston Astros (525; dice roll)
22. St. Louis Cardinals (537)
23. Montreal Expos (580; dice roll)
24. Chicago White Sox (580; dice roll)
25. Toronto Blue Jays (586)
26. Philadelphia Phillies (599)
27. San Francisco Giants (636)
28. Atlanta Braves (642)
Rounds 2 thru 6
1. New York Mets (364)
2. San Diego Padres (377)
3. Florida Marlins (395)
4. Colorado Rockies (414)
5. Oakland Athletics (420)
6. Milwaukee Brewers (426)
7. Minnesota Twins (438; dice roll)
8. California Angels (438; dice roll)
9. Cincinnati Reds (451)
10. Pittsburgh Pirates (463)
11. Cleveland Indians (469)
12. Boston Red Sox (494)
13. Los Angeles Dodgers (500)
14. Seattle Mariners (506)
15. Chicago Cubs (519; dice roll)
16. Kansas City Royals (519; dice roll)
17. Detroit Tigers (525; dice roll)
18. Baltimore Orioles (525; dice roll)
19. Houston Astros (525; dice roll)
20. Texas Rangers (531)
21. St. Louis Cardinals (537)
22. New York Yankees (543)
23. Montreal Expos (580; dice roll)
24. Chicago White Sox (580; dice roll)
25. Toronto Blue Jays (586)
26. Philadelphia Phillies (599)
27. San Francisco Giants (636)
28. Atlanta Braves (642)
Eligible PIT players: 2 position players + 5 pitchers = 7.
A relatively high pick for us but very few eligibles up for grabs. We’ve got our eye on one of them in particular and will be surprised if he goes ahead of us having a crack at them.
We draft the following players:
1. P Jon Lieber, 23 (PIT IRL: 1994-98)
- As we suspected, Jon made it through and will in all likelihood be at the parent club fairly quickly.
2. C Kelly Stinnett, 23 (INELIGIBLE)
- By this point already our eligible players were almost gone so we opted for some trade bait in a year’s time.
3. P Jeff Tabaka, 29 (PIT IRL: 1994, 1998)
- As with Ross Powell at this exact point a year ago, our LHRP stocks remain precariously thin and Jeff is a good chance to be at the big club come OD.
4. P Stevenson Agosto, 18 (MiLB ONLY)
5. P Jim Lynch, 19 (MiLB ONLY)
6. P Julio Moreno, 19 (MiLB ONLY)
- A trio of guys who never made it to the bigs IRL which makes them eligible for us to use if one should blow up.
Just what the doctor ordered.
