BRASS
BASEBALL LEAGUE |
2001 Draft Comparison
by Paul Weltz
Enclosed is
a review of the 2001 BRASS draft with a comparison of where players were drafted in
comparison with the summer Brassball league. The
first two BRASS rounds were compared in the below chart.
Certain players had been selected in previous Brassball drafts and were
therefore not available (designated “NA”).
A small number of players were not drafted in Brassball and are designated
“ND”. See chart at the end of this
article.
BRASS has a
slightly different definition of AM/MO status. Any
player receiving a computer only card is considered MO (likely 1 AB or 1 IP). This definition will help Brassball clarify who is
carded, and may even cause the draft to last just a bit longer next season up on
conversion to this definition.
Of the top
26 Brassball picks, 10 were already on BRASS rosters from previous drafts and
couldn’t be drafted this year. (Glendon Rusch #1, Redman #5, Radke (from SB) #9,
Herges #14, Paul Wilson #15, Tam #17, Ben Christensen #18, Alex Cora #20, Chris George
#21, Jose Mercedes #26.
Some players who saw their stock rise – Ichiro Suzuki (Yes it will pain me to see him on the Bloomington roster for a few years) went #2 vs. #4 in Brassball. Roy Oswalt rose to #7 vs. #13 in Brassball (Ocala pick). Albert Pujols hot start made him the #3 pick in BRASS vs. #23 in Brassball (nice pick for Glen Allen)
Some players who saw their stock drop (or may have been misjudged or drafted later based on needs) – Joe Borchard dropped to #16 in BRASS from #3 in Brassball. Chuck Smith dropped to #18 in BRASS from #6 in Brassball. Wilson Betemit dropped to #32 in BRASS from #10 in Brassball. Andy and I will be cheering for Wilson, as this was my 2nd round pick in BRASS
J| 2001 | BRASS | PLAYER | Brassball |
| PICK | TEAM | ||
| 1 | Andover | Mark Teixeira (AM) | NA |
| 2 | Meridian | Ichiro Suzuki (AM) | 4 |
| 3 | Twin City | Albert Pujols (AM) | 23 |
| 4 | Twin City | Luis Rivas (fromQeynos) | NA |
| 5 | Iowa | Jon Rauch (AM) | 2 |
| 6 | Qeynos | Julio Lugo | NA |
| 7 | Happy Valley | Roy Oswalt(AM) | 13 |
| 8 | Diamond | Mark Prior (AM) | 169 |
| 9 | Plainsfield | Jose Ortiz | 7 |
| 10 | Hoth | Frank Castillo | 10 |
| 11 | Ashland | Juan Pierre | NA |
| 12 | Syracuse | Chin-Hui Tsao (AM) | 117 |
| 13 | Inyo | Brian Tolberg | 8 |
| 14 | Painful Gulch | Juan Cruz (AM) | 28 |
| 15 | Boise | Tike Redmon | ND |
| 16 | Meridian | Joe Borchard (AM) | 3 |
| 17 | East Lyme | Antonio Perez (AM) | 16 |
| 18 | Boston | Chuck Smith | 18 |
| 19 | Milwaukee | Chris Truby | 34 |
| 20 | Dayton | Xavier Nady | NA |
| 21 | Inyo | Paxton Crawford | 29 |
| 22 | Washington | Luke Prokopec | 51 |
| 23 | Dayton | Adrian Gonzalez (AM) | 74 |
| 24 | Milwaukee | Matt Kinney | 33 |
| 25 | Ashland | Elmer Dessens | 31 |
| 26 | Dayton | Chris Richard | 32 |
| 27 | Diamond | Mark Buehrle | 41 |
| 28 | Andover | Jerome Williams (AM) | 62 |
| 29 | Meridian | AJ Pierzynski | 127 |
| 30 | Twin City | Matt Ginter | 57 |
| 31 | Cream City | Adam Johnson (AM) | 47 |
| 32 | Iowa | Wilson Betemit (AM) | 10 |
| 33 | Qeynos | Chris Reitsma (AM) | ND |
| 34 | Meridian | Santiago Perez | 84 |
| 35 | Diamond | Britt Reames | 53 |
| 36 | Plainsfield | Bobby Hill (AM) | 40 |
| 37 | Ashland | Osvaldo Fernandez | 61 |
| 38 | Milwaukee | Paul Rigdon | 102 |
| 39 | Andover | Tim Redding (AM) | ? |
| 40 | Andover | Jacob Peavy (AM) | 111 |
| 41 | Boise | Scott Stewart (AM) | ? |
| 42 | East Lyme | Matt Belisle (AM) | 67 |
| 43 | Timber Lake | Kelly Wunsch | 22 |
| 44 | East Lyme | JR House (AM) | 46 |
| 45 | Qeynos | Kevin Jarvis | 121 |
| 46 | Andover | John Riedling | 75 |
| 47 | Dayton | Kevin Walker | 30 |
| 48 | Inyo | Dave McCarty | 45 |
| 49 | Hoth | Ed Rogers (AM) | 181 |
| 50 | Dayton | Kevin Elster | 114 |
| 51 | SoCal | Kevin Mench (AM) | 36 |
| 52 | Washington | Bronson Arroyo | 76 |
| 53 | Washington | Timoniel Perez | 54 |
| 54 | Painful Gulch | Joe Torres | 190 |
| 55 | Meridian | Keith Ginter |