| 1 | RIC Anchormen | Edgar R. Martinez (P BOS) |
| 2 | North Kingstown Friars | Mitch Talbot (P TB) |
| 3 | Poland Pandas | Joaquin Arias (SS TEX) |
| 4 | Blind Dogs | Matt Chico (P WAS) |
| 5 | Bad Ass Bombers | Balbino Fuenmayor (3B TOR) |
| 6 | Rhode Island Quahogs | Young-Il Jung (P ANA) |
| 7 | The Names | Yunel Escobar (SS ATL) |
| 8 | Modesto Nuts | Tyler Clippard (P NYY) |
| 9 | Rhody Rampage | Justin Huber (U KC) |
| 10 | Attack Pigeons of Connecticut | Matt Bush (SS SD) |
| 11 | North Kingstown Friars | Joe Koshansky (1B COL) |
| 12 | The Brew Crew | Milton Loo (SS CIN) |
By Pat Henderson
Best Pick- Yunel Escobar- it’s not easy to find a short stop that can hit 15-20 bombs, bat near .300 and drive in some runs, its even more difficult to find this short stop in the 15th round of a prospect draft, but that’s just what Conor did. Impressivly Conor scooped him up as the 175th player in the draft and Yunel has turned into a very solid short stop. Last season he hit 14 home runs, drove in 76 and put up a .301 BA with a solid .375 OBP. He’s not a game changer, but he is someone that helps you a lot more than he hurts you and you can win with him filling your SS position. The Pandas are hoping that he will build on his solid first 2 seasons in the bigs and fill in for Jimy Rollins whom they traded away earlier this off season.
Worst Pick- Edgar Martinez- Seriously Billy? Dude the fastball pops out of his hand like no otherrrrrrrr. I understand it was the last round of a marathon 25 round draft but still, Edgar Martinez was never more than a low end relief prospect. If memory serves me correct he was ranked in the 20’s on the Red Sox that season, yet Billy picked him up hoping that he could turn into a closer of the futureeeee. Edgar hasn’t pitched in the majors or the minors since 2007, the year that Billy drafted him, coincidence? I think not
Still Could Make it- Balbino Fuenmayor- Uustal scooped up Fuenmayor probably due to his cool name and the fact that he was given a huge signing bonus. I picked him as the still could make it mostly due to his age. He hit .307 2 years ago in the Gulf Coast league as an 18 year old and last year as a 19 year old he slumped down to .263. He failed to make the Blue Jay’s top 30 prospects this season but the book is still out on the 20 year old to see if he’ll ever live up to his big international signing bonus.
% in the MLB- 2 out of 12, Ty Clippard and Yunel Escobar
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