Final Draft Order Set

by rglass44 on Feb 8, 2011 6:34 PM EST

With the Rays signing Felipe Lopez to an MiLB deal, the 2011 Rule IV draft order is set. From Baseball America:

First Round

1. Pirates

2. Mariners

3. Diamondbacks

4. Orioles

5. Royals

6. Nationals

7. Diamondbacks (for failure to sign 2010 first-rounder Barret Loux)

8. Indians

9. Cubs

10. Padres (for failure to sign 2010 first-rounder Karsten Whitson)

11. Astros

12. Brewers

13. Mets

14. Marlins

15. Brewers (for failure to sign 2010 first-rounder Dylan Covey)

16. Dodgers

17. Angels

18. Athletics

19. Red Sox (from Tigers for Victor Martinez, Type A)

20. Rockies

21. Blue Jays

22. Cardinals

23. Nationals (from White Sox for Adam Dunn, Type A)

24. Rays (from Red Sox for Carl Crawford, Type A)

25. Padres

26. Red Sox (from Rangers for Adrian Beltre, Type A)

27. Reds

28. Braves

29. Giants

30. Twins

31. Rays (from Yankees for Rafael Soriano, Type A)

32. Rays

33. Rangers (from Phillies for Cliff Lee, Type A)

Supplemental First Round

34. Nationals (Dunn)

35. Blue Jays (for Scott Downs, Type A, to Angels)

36. Red Sox (Martinez)

37. Rangers (Lee)

38. Rays (Crawford)

39. Phillies (for Jayson Werth, Type A, to Nationals)

40. Red Sox (Beltre)

41. Rays (Soriano)

42. Rays (for Grant Balfour, Type A, to Athletics)

43. Diamondbacks (for Adam LaRoche, Type B, to Nationals)

44. Mets (for Pedro Feliciano, Type B, to Yankees)

45. Rockies (for Octavio Dotel, Type B, to Blue Jays)

46. Blue Jays (for John Buck, Type B, to Marlins)

47. White Sox (for J.J. Putz, Type B, to Diamondbacks)

47a. Red Sox (if Felipe Lopez, Type B, signs a big league deal elsewhere)

48. Padres (for Jon Garland, Type B, to Dodgers)

49. Giants (for Juan Uribe, Type B, to Dodgers)

50. Twins (for Orlando Hudson, Type B, to Padres)

51. Yankees (for Javier Vazquez, Type B, to Marlins)

52. Rays (for Joaquin Benoit, Type B, to Tigers)

53. Blue Jays (for Miguel Olivo, Type B, to Mariners)

54. Padres (for Yorvit Torrealba, Type B, to Rangers)

55. Twins (for Jesse Crain, Type B, to White Sox)

56. Rays (for Randy Choate, Type B, to Marlins)

57. Blue Jays (for Kevin Gregg, Type B, to Orioles)

58. Padres (for Kevin Correia, Type B, to Pirates)

59. Rays (for Brad Hawpe, Type B, to Padres)

60. Rays (for Chad Qualls, Type B, to Padres)

Second Round

61. Pirates

62. Mariners

63. Diamondbacks

64. Orioles

65. Royals

66. Phillies (from Nationals for Type-A Jayson Werth)

67. Indians

68. Cubs

69. Astros

70. Brewers

71. Mets

72. Marlins

73. Dodgers

74. Blue Jays (from Angels for Type-A Scott Downs)

75. Rays (from Athletics for Type-B Grant Balfour)

76. Tigers

77. Rockies

78. Blue Jays

79. Cardinals

80. White Sox

81. Red Sox

82. Padres

83. Rangers

84. Reds

85. Braves

86. Giants

87. Twins

88. Yankees

89. Rays

90. Phillies

The final tally (as most of us have seen) is 12 of the first 89 picks. pretty impressive haul, and I just figured we should have a FP documenting the final draft slots.

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Maddon's Mission
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by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Feb 8, 2011 8:17 PM EST reply actions

D-Backs get the third and seventh overall pick? Nice. Just a bummer that Loux signed with the Rangers (signed after granted FA). Would be nice to see Loux go to a team that didn’t have such a great minor league system already.

by Longorious on Feb 8, 2011 11:03 PM EST reply actions