« A Brief History of Texas's Worst Stretches | Main | Wash »
August 07, 2014
Progression of Rangers 1st-round HS-drafted Pitchers
Here's every pitcher the Rangers have drafted out of high school in the first round (including supplementals). Two observations:
1) The Daniels regime (2006-present) has drafted more high-school pitchers in the first round than all other GMs combined in the previous 34 years.
2) Luis Ortiz is the first of this class to pitch outside of rookie/short-season leagues since David Clyde.
| Year | Pick |
Name | Draft Year |
+1 |
+2 |
+3 |
+4 |
+5 |
+6 |
+7 |
MLB rWAR |
| 2014 | 30 |
Luis Ortiz | low-A |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
- |
| 2012 | 53 |
Collin Wiles | rookie |
short |
low-A |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
- |
| 2011 | 33 |
Kevin Matthews | short |
low-A |
injured |
short |
? |
? |
? |
? |
- |
| 2010 | 45 |
Luke Jackson | --- |
low-A |
high-A |
AA |
AAA |
? |
? |
? |
- |
| 2009 | 14 |
Matt Purke | --- |
college |
college |
low-A |
high-A |
AA |
? |
? |
- |
| 2007 | 17 |
Blake Beavan | --- |
low-A |
high-A |
AAA |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
1.5 |
| 2007 | 24 |
Michael Main | short |
low-A |
high-A |
AA |
high-A |
high-A |
AA |
--- |
- |
| 2007 | 44 |
Neil Ramirez | --- |
short |
low-A |
low-A |
AAA |
AAA |
AA |
MLB |
1.4 |
| 2006 | 12 |
Kasey Kiker | short |
low-A |
high-A |
AA |
AA |
high-A |
--- |
--- |
- |
| 2004 | 30 |
Eric Hurley | short |
low-A |
high-A |
AAA |
MLB |
--- |
--- |
AAA |
0.1 |
| 2003 | 9 |
John Danks | short |
high-A |
AA |
AAA |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
21.0 |
| 1999 | 47 |
David Mead | rookie |
rookie |
low-A |
low-A |
high-A |
low-A |
--- |
--- |
- |
| 1996 | 24 |
Sam Marsonek | --- |
high-A |
low-A |
high-A |
low-A |
high-A |
AA |
AAA |
0.1 |
| 1987 | 19 |
Brian Bohanon | rookie |
high-A |
AA |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
8.9 |
| 1980 | 14 |
Tim Maki | rookie |
low-A |
low-A |
high-A |
high-A |
--- |
--- |
--- |
- |
| 1974 | 2 |
Tommy Boggs | rookie |
AA |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
2.4 |
| 1973 | 1 |
David Clyde | MLB |
MLB |
MLB |
AAA |
AAA |
MLB |
MLB |
--- |
0.7 |
On twitter, I'd mistakenly said Chad Hawkins was the only pitcher other than Clyde to reach full-season ball. Others quickly pointed out that Hawkins was a Baylor alum. I then nearly tweeted that Sam Marsonek met the criterion, but I wisely double-checked and saw he didn't pitch at all during his draft year.
I was exhausted yesterday and knew -- knew -- that I shouldn't have been researching that project at that time, but I wanted something to publish before Ortiz's start in Hickory. And I made myself the fool.
On an unrelated note, raising a three-month-old is challenging.
Black Flag, "Nervous Breakdown," 1978
Posted by Lucas at August 7, 2014 01:19 PM