past Dbacks drafts - 2007

I’m just trying to go back in the draft and see what we’ve done with it. Because of Moneyball, too many people scrutinize teams drafts if a lot of players don’t pan out, but in reality, if you get 1 really good player and 1 or 2 useful pieces, you’re doing a good job.

Overall, Tom Allison did a good job in 2007 (Allison was in charge of our draft from 2007-2010). He drafted Parker, who looks like he’ll be a really good player, and also got Enright and Collmenter. Even though Enright was only good for a half year, that’s still not bad, and Collmenter’s definitely had good value as a MLB player.

I’m listing the guys drafted in top 5 rounds as well as any other players of note.

2007

1 – Jarrod Parker SP (traded to A’s, as part of Trevor Cahill trade)

1s – Wes Roemer SP (cut him last year, signed with Dodgers, in AA pitching okay)

1s – Ed Easley C (AA – probably won’t make majors)

2 – Barry Enright SP (traded to Angels this year, in AAA)

3 – Rey Navarro SS (traded to Royals in 2010, currently in AAA)

4 – Sean Morgan SP (cut in 2009 by dbacks, recently cut by indy team)

5 – Tyrell Worthington OF (quit baseball in 2009)

15 – Josh Collmenter

28 – Evan Scribner (traded in 2009 to Padres for Tony Clark. In 2011 cut by Padres and picked up by A’s. 21 innings this year out of bullpen, 2.61 ERA, 3 walks, 19 K’s)

42 – Golden Tate (yes, the former Notre Dame WR)

Fun facts:

A couple guys we could have drafted in stead of Roemer and Easley were Cory Luebke and Jordan Zimmerman.

Also, instead of Enright, we could have drafted Giancarlo Stanton, Zack Cozart, Austine Romine, Danny Duffy, and Jonathan Lucroy instead.

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