Sunday, February 2, 2014

C-Bay's 2014 ABL Draft

(Round /Overall)
2/19  Matt Holliday  LF
3/28  Will Venable  CF
4/46  Kyle Seager  3B
5/50  Jason Grilli  RP
6/50  Bryan Pena  C
7/70  Scott Feldman  SP
7/72  Anthony Rendon  2B
8/79  Chad Qualls RP
9/90  Brett Oberholtzer  RP
11/107  Victor Martinez  1B
11/110  Craig Breslow RP
12/120  Nick Vincent  RP
13/127  Kevin Gausman  RP
13/130  Nate Eovaldi  SP
45/140  Mike Aviles  SS

Here’s what traded draft picks yielded:

No pre-draft trades

Several Adjustments before first game:
Dropped
11/110  Craig Breslow RP
13/130  Nate Eovaldi  SP
45/140  Mike Aviles  SS

Picked up
Ubaldo Jimenez
Charlie Furbush
Justin Ruggiano

Not having a 1st round and 4th pick was tough.  Reach on Venable and Grilli were not good picks.  Nice picks with Qualls and V-Mart late.  Poor pick with Breslow and then dropping him.  Could be tough to hit for power and the bullpen is poor.  .500 will be a challenge.