• Yankees 1st Round Draft Picks

    Posted by on August 19th, 2011 · Comments (1)

    Who was the best, worst, and those in between?  He’s one way to look at it:

    Year Rnd OvPck RdPck   Pos WAR 6 Drafted Out of
    1992 1 6 6 Derek Jeter (minors) SS 70.7 Central HS (Kalamazoo, MI)
    1968 1 4 4 Thurman Munson (minors) C 43.4 Kent State University (Kent, OH)
    1990 1 10 10 Carl Everett (minors) OF 18.4 Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
    1972 1 14 14 Scott McGregor (minors) LHP 17.5 El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)
    1996 1 20 20 *Eric Milton (minors) LHP 13.9 University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
    1998 1s 43 43 *Mark Prior (minors) RHP 13.7 University HS (San Diego, CA)
    1967 1 1 1 Ron Blomberg (minors) 1B 8.7 Druid Hills HS (Decatur, GA)
    2006 1 21 21 *Ian Kennedy (minors) RHP 6.4 University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
    1978 1 18 18 *Rex Hudler (minors) SS 5.3 Bullard HS (Fresno, CA)
    2006 1s 41 41 *Joba Chamberlain (minors) RHP 5.2 University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
    1971 1 19 19 Terry Whitfield (minors) OF 4.6 Palo Verde HS (Blythe, CA)
    2004 1 23 23 *Phil Hughes (minors) RHP 4.1 Foothill HS (Santa Ana, CA)
    1976 1 16 16 Pat Tabler (minors) OF 2.7 McNicholas HS (Cincinnati, OH)
    2001 1 23 23 *John-Ford Griffin (minors) OF 0.3 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
    1966 1 10 10 Jim Lyttle (minors) OF 0.1 Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
    2004 1s 41 41 *Jeff Marquez (minors) RHP 0.0 Sacramento CC (Sacramento, CA)
    1974 1 12 12 Dennis Sherrill (minors) SS 0.0 South Miami HS (Miami, FL)
    1997 1 24 24 *Tyrell Godwin (minors) OF -0.1 East Bladen HS (Elizabethtown, NC)
    1997 1s 40 40 *Ryan Bradley (minors) RHP -0.1 Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
    1994 1 24 24 Brian Buchanan (minors) 1B -0.2 University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
    1969 1 11 11 Charlie Spikes (minors) 3B -0.2 Central Memorial HS (Bogalusa, LA)
    2001 1s 34 34 *Bronson Sardinha (minors) SS -0.3 Kamehameha HS (Honolulu, HI)
    1970 1 12 12 Dave Cheadle (minors) LHP -0.3 Asheville HS (Asheville, NC)
    1978 1 24 24 *Matt Winters (minors) OF -0.6 Williamsville HS (Williamsville, NY)
    1965 1 19 19 Bill Burbach (minors) RHP -1.7 Wahlert HS (Dickeyville, WI)
    2011 1s 51 51 *Dante Bichette (minors) 3B   Orangewood Christian HS (Orlando, FL)
    2010 1 32 32 Cito Culver (minors) RHP   Irondequoit HS (Rochester, NY)
    2009 1s 29 29 *Slade Heathcott (minors) CF   Texas HS (Texarkana, TX)
    2008 1 28 28 Gerrit Cole (minors) RHP   Orange Lutheran HS (Orange, CA)
    2008 1s 44 44 *Jeremy Bleich (minors) LHP   Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
    2007 1 30 30 Andrew Brackman (minors) RHP   North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
    2005 1 17 17 *C.J. Henry (minors) SS   Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
    2004 1s 37 37 *Jon Poterson (minors) C   Chandler HS (Chandler, AZ)
    2003 1 27 27 Eric Duncan (minors) 3B   Seton Hall Prep HS (West Orange, NJ)
    2001 1s 42 42 *Jon Skaggs (minors) RHP   Rice University (Houston, TX)
    2000 1 28 28 Dave Parrish (minors) C   University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
    1999 1 27 27 Dave Walling (minors) RHP   University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
    1998 1 24 24 Andy Brown (minors) OF   Richmond HS (Richmond, IN)
    1995 1 27 27 Shea Morenz (minors) OF   University of Texas (Austin, TX)
    1993 1 13 13 Matt Drews (minors) RHP   Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL)
    1991 1 1 1 Brien Taylor (minors) LHP   East Carteret HS (Beaufort, NC)
    1985 1s 28 28 *Rick Balabon (minors) RHP   Conestoga HS (Berwyn, PA)
    1984 1 22 22 Jeffrey Pries (minors) RHP   UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
    1978 1 26 26 Brian Ryder (minors) RHP   Shrewsbury HS (Shrewsbury, MA)
    1977 1 23 23 Steve Taylor (minors) RHP   University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
    1975 1 19 19 Jim McDonald (minors) 1B   Verbum Dei HS (Compton, CA)
    1973 1 13 13 Doug Heinhold RHP   Stroman HS (Victoria, TX)
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
    Generated 8/19/2011.

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    Note that Prior did not sign with the Yankees.

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    Comments on Yankees 1st Round Draft Picks

    1. 77yankees
      August 19th, 2011 | 7:22 pm

      What grabs me surveying that list is that, outside of cup of coffee guys like IPK in 2009 and Ryan Bradley in 1998, that group has only amassed nine total World Series rings.

      And only Jeter and Thurm were the exclusive members of that club until Joba & Hughes joined them in 2009. Four players, nine rings in 45 years.

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