[USML Announce] USML - Impact Players from 2008 Rotation Draft

[Mark Blocker]

Gang:

 

            With the 2008 season in the books, I went back to look at some
data that has always interested at least me.  We always joke about the
rotation draft picks being "outcome determinative," but I have always
wondered how much real production comes from those draft picks.  With that
in mind, and in the interest of generating some discussion, I present my
list below of eight rotation draft picks that provided significant impact in
2008.  Note that I have not included players that brought significant return
in trade but provided little or no production in 2008.  Those players are
clearly valuable, but I was focused on actual production.  The number
following the player is his slot number in the draft, not my own ranking.

 

Jason Giambi #1.  He put up 32 HRs, yet no one bought him.  Not your typical
number 1 rotation pick (usually its someone ineligible for the auction), but
an excellent buy.

 

Jesse Litsch #10.  Try these numbers:  3.58/1.23 over 176 innings.  Rick,
you are the master.

 

Cliff Lee #19.  The AL Cy Young was purchased in the rotation draft !!!
When has that ever happened ?  Nice work, Buddha.

 

Eric Hinske #50.  It seems like he slips through every year, but Rich found
a player who put up 20-60 and 10 SBs to boot.

 

Joey Devine #58.  A Brats pick, and check the numbers: .58 ERA and .83 WHIP,
over 45 IP.

 

Chris Davis #61.  A Red Hots pick.  Numbers over 300 ABs were 17-55-.285.

 

Nick Blackburn #86.  A K-9 pick.  What would these numbers have gone for in
the draft 187 IP, 4.14 and 1.37.  Not Cy Young numbers, but in the 8th round
of the rotation draft, that is a pretty good find.

 

Justin Masterson #93.  I may be biased here; Doug drafted him and I traded
for him rather than Joel Zumaya.  His production: 90 IP, 70Ks, 31.6 and
1.22.  This guy was drafted in the 9th round!

 

  -- Mark B.

 

 

 

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