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 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 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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