1/5 Zach Greinke SP
2/19 Addison Reed RP
2/20 Matt Bush RP
4/40 Jeremy Hazelbaker OF
6/59 Junchi Tazawa RP
6/60 Jay Bruce RF
8/80 Jorge Polanco SS
9/90 Robbie Ross RP
10/100 David Phelps RP
11/110 Stephen Vogt C
12/120 Matt Adams 1B
13/130 Tyler Saladino 2B
14/140 Santiago Casilla RP
15/150 Alex Wood RP
16/160 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
17/170 Melky Cabrera LF
18/180 Chris Carter 1B
Pre-Draft trades:
To Ocracoke: Mark Trumbo.
To Chesapeake Bay: Jon Lester.
To Chesapeake Bay: Stephen Strasburg, Luis Valbuena.
To Ocracoke: Craig Kimbrel, Cesar Hernandez, 7th Round
Draft Pick(70th).Minor Adjustments before/after first series:
Dropped
15/150 Alex Wood RP
16/160 Eduardo Rodriguez SP
Picked up
David Robertson
Taylor Rogers
Became first team in ABL history to redraft a player that wasn't kept in the first round. Cats had one less pick due to IP's from 2016 and went with the pitching . Reach on Hazelbaker, Bruce, and Polanco were not good picks. Nice picks with Melky and Saladino late. Poor pick with Wood and Rodriguez and then dropping him. Pitching looks strong but offense looks a bit behind compared to others.
