Cool article on teams draft picks over the last 10 years

[Little Slide Rooter]

It rates teams on their drafts over the last 10 years,as far as how the picks panned out for them. Brewers ranked #1. Cubs ranked #25. Interesting that they chose Ryan Harvey as the "bust" pick. Cant take anything away from Harvey as a bust, but I think that Pawelek should rank higher in bustdom.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/david_sabino/06/07/draft.rankings/index.html#?eref=T1

[seanhopper]

Sounds about right. The Cubs have had some really poor drafts over the last 10yrs. I hope Wilken knows what he's doing, i.e. picking Colvin over Snider in '06.

I imagine Harvey was listed as the biggest bust because of where he was drafted (6th) and the level of talent/success of the players that were selected after the Cubs picked him.

[inari]

Busts don't get much bigger than Harvey.

[Outshined_One]

Busts don't get much bigger than Harvey.

 

Eh, every draft has its share of busts in the Top 10. Heck, just look at the Top 10 for the 2003 draft.

 

1 1 TB Delmon Young of Camarillo (Calif.) HS CA $3,700,000

2 2 MIL Rickie Weeks 2b Southern U. LA $3,600,000

3 3 DET Kyle Sleeth rhp Wake Forest U. NC $3,350,000

4 4 SD Tim Stauffer rhp U. of Richmond VA $750,000

5 5 KC Chris Lubanski of Kennedy-Kenrick HS, Schwenksville, Pa. PA $2,100,000

6 6 CHC Ryan Harvey of Dunedin (Fla.) HS FL $2,400,000

7 7 BAL Nick Markakis of Young Harris (Ga.) JC GA $1,850,000

8 8 PIT Paul Maholm lhp Mississippi State U. MS $2,200,000

9 9 TEX John Danks lhp Round Rock (Texas) HS TX $2,100,000

10 10 COL Ian Stewart 3b La Quinta HS, Garden Grove, Calif. CA $1,950,000

 

The biggest bust in recent memory has to be Matt Bush, though. What a disaster he turned out to be.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I didnt realise we were 1 pick off on Markakis. Cubs seem to do that a lot in the draft.