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2062 DRAFT POOL ANALYSIS

The draft was still a few weeks away, but the Raccoons were prepared. We had the #19 pick as well as a 112-player shortlist. And yes, of course there was also the ever-popular hotlist with a dozen or so of the best and brightest talent in the pool, and we hope you like the thought of drafting a closer in the first round (*HS players):

SP Chris Jones (11/13/11) *
SP Jake Grotto (12/10/14)
SP Gary Blosser (11/13/13)

CL Jorge Sanchez (14/13/17) *
CL Jesse Dover (20/13/12)
CL Dale Hyman (17/14/13)
CL Paul Wolk (18/13/11)

C Jesse West (10/10/15) *

OF/2B/SS Mike Pinault (9/14/11)
UT Carlos Fumero (14/5/6)
OF Jimmy Poe (10/12/10) *
OF Devon Franks (10/8/17) *

West was more a hitter rater than a catcher. There were no pure infielders that made the list, but a whole host of first basemen that somehow also consistently could whack the ball at least a little bit, but basically had no legs under them. One exception would be 1B/3B Justin DeFeo (9/13/11), who actually could field, but also piled on the strikeouts.

For novelty, there was a South African outfielder in the draft pool, that didn’t look like much more than a tenth-round selection just to say that we had a new exotic toy, which you and his family ten time zones away (only nine in the summer!) would then never hear from again.