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.