Not really a trivia question: Just Wondering if anyone recalls...

[clydepepper]

what year Tampa Bay had 12 1st round draft picks?


I remember looking it up a few years later to see how the players did...and...not to well.



I guess the natural & actual trivia question spawned from this would be:


Is that the most 1st round draft picks a team has had in a single year?


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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

what year Tampa Bay had 12 1st round draft picks?


I remember looking it up a few years later to see how the players did...and...not to well.



I guess the natural & actual trivia question spawned from this would be:


Is that the most 1st round draft picks a team has had in a single year?


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Google says 10 in 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nd_draft_picks

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Google says 10 in 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nd_draft_picks

Looks like they're mostly later round and compensatory picks. Pulled Blake Snell out of that pile, and not much else.

Not bad I guess. Yankees hit a HR with a 1st round pick, maybe once every 10 years or so.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Looks like they're mostly later round and compensatory picks. Pulled Blake Snell out of that pile, and not much else.

Not bad I guess. Yankees hit a HR with a 1st round pick, maybe once every 10 years or so.

Most picks do not work out or take years to see them blossom or bust.

Many organizations do better than others. But the reality is it is a crap shoot. And most Win Now Organizations like the Yankees trade away vs develop their picks.

Others like the Braves, Tampa, and Dodgers do a better job developing theirs

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Most picks do not work out or take years to see them blossom or bust.

Many organizations do better than others. But the reality is it is a crap shoot. And most Win Now Organizations like the Yankees trade away vs develop their picks.

Others like the Braves, Tampa, and Dodgers do a better job developing theirs

Damn Braves.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Damn Braves.

That's Damn RIGHT Braves!!