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Like any draft process, it's a pretty mixed bag when looking back at the results. Let's hope Chaim Bloom and Randy Flores get their guy at 5.

2000 1 5 Washington Nationals
Justin Wayne RHP Stanford

2001 1 5 Texas Rangers
Mark Teixeira 3B Georgia Tech

2002 1 5 Washington Nationals
Clint Everts RHP Cypress Falls HS, Houston

2003 1 5 Kansas City Royals
Chris Lubanski OF Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic HS, Norristown, Pa.

2004 1 5 Milwaukee Brewers
Mark Rogers RHP Mount Ararat HS, Topsham, Maine

2005 1 5 Milwaukee Brewers
Ryan Braun 3B Miami

2006 1 5 Seattle Mariners
Brandon Morrow RHP California

2007 1 5 Baltimore Orioles
Matt Wieters C Georgia Tech

2008 1 5 San Francisco Giants
Buster Posey C Florida State

2009 1 5 Baltimore Orioles
Matt Hobgood RHP Norco (Calif.) HS

2010 1 5 Cleveland Guardians
Drew Pomeranz LHP Mississippi

2011 1 5 Kansas City Royals
Bubba Starling OF Gardner-Edgerton HS, Gardner, Kan.

2012 1 5 Kansas City Royals
Kyle Zimmer RHP San Francisco

2013 1 5 Cleveland Guardians
Clint Frazier OF Loganville (Ga.) HS

2014 1 5 Minnesota Twins
Nick Gordon SS Olympia HS, Orlando

2015 1 5 Houston Astros
Kyle Tucker OF Plant HS, Tampa

2016 1 5 Milwaukee Brewers
Corey Ray OF Louisville

2017 1 5 Atlanta Braves
Kyle Wright RHP Vanderbilt

2018 1 5 Cincinnati Reds
Jonathan India 3B Florida

2019 1 5 Detroit Tigers
Riley Greene OF Hagerty HS, Oviedo, Fla

2020 1 5 Toronto Blue Jays
Austin Martin SS Vanderbilt

2021 1 5 Baltimore Orioles
Colton Cowser OF Sam Houston State

2022 1 5 Washington Nationals
Elijah Green OF IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.

2023 1 5 Minnesota Twins
Walker Jenkins OF South Brunswick HS

2024 1 5 Chicago White Sox
Hagen Smith LHP Arkansas

interesting.
thx for the research

And Cranny states this is the ONLY path to regain Elite team status……

Thanks ! What I was comparing was the pitchers taken vs. position players.

Sure seems like taking a pitcher is a bigger roll of the dice.

ramfandan wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 08:52 am Thanks ! What I was comparing was the pitchers taken vs. position players.

Sure seems like taking a pitcher is a bigger roll of the dice.

especially a high schooler, IMO

A Teixeira, Braun, Posey or Tucker type would certainly work for me

Lots of pressure on these front offices to get it right. It'd be really interesting to compare teams "big boards" of talent evaluation.

So basically a 25% hit rate for AS caliber players. Would be good to keep in mind...

3dender wrote: ↑07 Jun 2025 09:24 am So basically a 25% hit rate for AS caliber players. Would be good to keep in mind...

It gives me hope because it looks like that if they avoid drafting pitchers they have a very good chance of hitting well on one. Even weiters was a 4 time all star

thanks, Rage.

Like the others said....HS hitters look safe that high up in the draft.

Willits or Holliday....stars have to align for that to happen, I hope it does