A sharp but shallow player pool awaits us for the 2002 Gulf League Rookie Draft, with a few rippers there for Round 1 but a vertiginous drop in quality after that.
We get knocked about a bit in the Lottery, dropping from #2 to #6 but in the end it matters not as we get our guy and a handy relief arm in R2.
Here are the first two rounds plus supps and our picks in full:
We know fixing our pitching in this young league full of raw players is going to be tough in the short-term but we feel Leon will end up being added to the list of cornerstone players for our club.
He and Joakin will wile away the second half of 2002 at AAA Havana but we expect both will be with us at the QCs on OD 2003.