The draft pool was quite weak this year, despite the fact that two extra pool teams were left in upon the Gangsta’s last-minute withdrawal. Titusville lacked a second-round pick this year, having traded it away for Yasmani Grandal.
ROUND/OVERALL PLAYER POSITION
1/ 5 Chris Sale starter
3/ 21 Will Harris reliever
4/ 29 Clay Buchholz starter
5/ 37 Kelly Johnson infield/outfield
6/ 46 Enrique Hernandez outfield/infield
7/ 55 Geovany Soto catcher
8/ 63 JJ Hoover reliever
9/ 72 Shawn Tolleson reliever
10/ 81 Travis Shaw infielder
11/ 90 Colby Rasmus outfielder
12/ 99 Eduardo Nuñez infielder
13/108 Brandon Maurer reliever
14/116 Adam Lind firstbaseman
15/124 Matt Thornton reliever
16/132 Scott Kazmir starter
17/140 Nick Martinez starter
18/148 Kyle Hendricks starter
The list doesn’t look too impressive, but it seems to nicely complement the strong returning crew, which includes Harper, Cole, Cespedes, Encarnacion, and Machado.