| 1 | Rhode Island Quahogs | Delmon Young (OF TB) |
| 2 | North Kingstown Friars | Daisuke Matsuzaka (P BOS) |
| 3 | Poland Pandas | Alex Gordon (3B KC) |
| 4 | RIC Anchormen | Brandon Wood (SS ANA) |
| 5 | Bad Ass Bombers | Homer Bailey (P CIN) |
| 6 | RIC Anchormen | Cameron Maybin (OF DET) |
| 7 | The Names | Jason Hirsh (P COL) |
| 8 | Modesto Nuts | Phil Hughes (P NYY) |
| 9 | Rhody Rampage | Andrew M. Miller (P DET) |
| 10 | Attack Pigeons of Connecticut | Mike Pelfrey (P NYM) |
| 11 | The Carbombs | Evan Longoria (3B TB) |
| 12 | The Brew Crew | Jay Bruce (OF CIN) |
By Pat Henderson
Best Pick- Evan Longoria- Taken by the Carbombs as the 2nd to last pick in the 1st rd and later traded for Joe Mauer, Longoria has turned out to be the steal of the round. He made a strong impact as a rookie with 27 bombs in 448 AB’s and followed that up with a steallar sophomore campaign including 33 dingers. If the draft were to be done over today Longoria would have been a sure fire top 5 pick.
Worst Pick- Jason Hirsch- Most of the “worst pick of the round” nominations will end up being players that were highly touted but just didn’t work out. Hirsch is a different story. This pick was laughed at the second it was made and should still be laughed at today. Conor scooped up Hirsh over much higher ranked Huges and Bailey and even passed up on who turned out to be the best pitcher and arguably best player in the draft, Tim Lincecum (although he wasn’t looked at as a 1st rder at the time). Hirsh has gone on to a wonderful career, barely sicking in the majors and failing to post an era under 4.82.
Still Could Make It- Phil Hughes- Ranked as the best pitcher alongside Homer Bailey going into the draft Phillip was given to Moss after he failed to show up. Hughes had been injured and disappointing, that was until last season, a move to the pen brought out the nasty pitcher that everyone was talking about a few years back. The Pandas are hoping he’ll be able to continue that success in the Yanks rotation this season.
% in MLB- 100% Although some of them have been more impactful then others, every player from the 1st round of the 2007 Prospect Draft has played in the majors.
This round is so terrible and I blame the awful Baseball America top 100 list that season.
ReplyDeleteIt was our first prospect draft, so most of us went pretty strictly by the list. The top 10 teams in this draft really got nothing out of their picks and it was really a disadvantage picking this high because you had to take the guys that were ranked higher. Dice is really the only top 10 guy who has been valuable in the Bigs. Young, Gordon, Wood, Bailey, Maybin, Hirsh, Hughes, Miller and Pelfrey have not turned into impact players and did not give their original teams very much.
The 2nd round was stacked and the 3rd even had much better players, showing how BA got it very wrong in 2007. A very tough break for the top 10 teams in the '07 draft and a nice outcome for the Carbombs and Brew Crew.