MLB Mock Draft V1.O

With the MLB player draft just a few days away, Fantasy CPR chimes in with yet another dose of mock draftiness.

Some interesting facts about the MLB draft:

1965 was the year baseball began its annual draft of amateur players.

JD Drew, Stephen Drew and Tim Drew are the first set of brothers to all be taken in the first round of the MLB draft.

Danny Goodwin (1971) became the first player drafted #1 overall not to sign and also first player to be selected #1 overall twice. (1975)

In 1986 baseball phased out the June secondary phase and the January phase of the draft moving to its current format.

12.5% of players drafted actually make it to the majors.

67% of the players drafted in the first round make it to the majors.

54,666 players have been drafted in the regular June draft since its inception.

The draft is scheduled in June to reflect when players would graduate from high school.

Since 1965, 828 players from high school have been taken in the first round.

Since 1965, 719 players from college have been taken in the first round.

Rick Monday was the first player ever drafted. Taken in 1965 by the Kansas City A’s. Johnny Bench was taken with the 36th pick in the same draft.

In 1986, Bo Jackson was the first drafted player to sign a contract that was worth over $1 million

Since 1965, only 20 drafted players went straight to the majors.

Chris Sale is the only player to have made it to the majors from the 2010 first round.

Now onto the mock draft:

1-Pittsburgh Pirates- Anthony Rendon-3B-Rice

2-Seattle Mariners- Gerrit Cole-RHP-UCLA

3-Arizona Diamondbacks- Danny Hultzen-LHP-Virginia

4-Baltimore Orioles-Dylan Bundy-RHP-HS (Oklahoma)

5-Kansas City Royals- Matt Barnes-RHP-UConn

6-Washington Nationals- Bubba Starling-OF-HS (Kansas)

7-Arizona Diamondbacks- Trevor Bauer-RHP-UCLA

8-Cleveland Indians- Sonny Gray-RHP-Vanderbilt

9-Chicago Cubs- Alex Meyer-RHP-Kentucky

10-San Diego Padres-Taylor Guerrieri-RHP-HS (South Carolina)

11-Houston Astros-Archie Bradley-RHP-HS (Oklahoma)

12-Milwaukee Brewers-Jed Bradley-LHP-Georgia Tech

13-New York Mets- Mikie Mahtook-OF-LSU

14-Florida Marlins- Javier Baez-SS-HS (Florida)

15-Milwaukee Brewers- Andrew Susac-C-Oregon St

16-Los Angeles Dodgers- George Springer-OF-UConn

17-Los Angeles Angels-Taylor Jungmann-RHP-Texas

18-Oakland Athletics- Cory Spangenberg-3B-Indian River CC

19-Boston Red Sox-Francisco Lindor-SS-HS (Florida)

20-Colorado Rockies- Levi Michael-SS-North Carolina

21-Toronto Blue Jays-Blake Swihart-C-HS (NM)

22-St. Louis Cardinals- Robert Stephenson-RHP-HS (CA)

23-Washington Nationals-CJ Cron-1B-Utah

24-Tampa Bay Rays- Daniel Norris-LHP-HS (Tennessee)

25-San Diego Padres- Joshua Bell-OF-HS (Texas)

26-Boston Red Sox-Tyler Beede-RHP-HS (Massachusetts)

27-Cincinnati Reds- Josh Osich-LHP-Oregon St

28-Atlanta Braves- Dillon Howard-RHP-HS (Arkansas)

29-San Francisco Giants- Larry Greene-OF-HS (Georgia)

30-Minnesota Twins-Brandon Nimmo-OF-HS (Wyoming)

31-Tampa Bay Rays-Jose Fernandez-RHP-HS (Florida)

32-Tampa Bay Rays-Henry Owens-LHP-HS (California)

33-Texas Rangers- Kolten Wong-2B-Hawaii

Compensation Pick Notes:

7-Arizona-failure to sign 2010 1st round pick Barrett Loux.
10-San Diego-failure to sign 2010 1st round pick Karsten Whitson.
15-Milwaukee -failure to sign 2010 1st round pick Dylan Covey.
19-Boston-receives Detroit’s 1st round pick for the Victor Martinez signing.
23-Washington-receives the Chicago White Sox 1st round pick for the Adam Dunn signing.
24-Tampa-receives Boston’s 1st round pick for Carl Crawford signing.
26-Boston-receives Texas’ 1st round pick for the Adrian Beltre signing.
31-Tampa-receives New York Yankee’s 1st round pick for the Rafael Soriano signing.
33-Texas -receives Phiadelphia’s 1st round pick for Cliff Lee singing.

Tags: 2011, Anthony Rendon, Boston Red, Danny Hultzen, Dylan Bundy, Gerrit Cole, Matt Barnes, MLB Draft, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays