Post by Colorado Rockies on Sept 11, 2016 6:29:36 GMT
2016 MiLB Draft Round 1
Baseball History: Robinson throws to first.
April 15, 1947: Branch Rickey was a baseball innovator. He invented the batting helmet. He created the first farm system. But his best work was the co-venture he undertook with a young Negro League infielder named Jackie Robinson. After a year in the minor leagues, Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers. “Culturally, that’s far and away the most important moment in baseball,” says Richard Puerzer, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. “Branch Rickey designed the opportunity for Robinson to make it as successful as possible. When you look at a lot of the guys who came after Robinson, nobody else had the personality to be able to be first.”
Baseball History: Robinson throws to first.
April 15, 1947: Branch Rickey was a baseball innovator. He invented the batting helmet. He created the first farm system. But his best work was the co-venture he undertook with a young Negro League infielder named Jackie Robinson. After a year in the minor leagues, Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers. “Culturally, that’s far and away the most important moment in baseball,” says Richard Puerzer, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. “Branch Rickey designed the opportunity for Robinson to make it as successful as possible. When you look at a lot of the guys who came after Robinson, nobody else had the personality to be able to be first.”
1.1 California Angels LHP Jason Groome
1.2 Pittburgh Pirates (via SF, SD, STL, CAL) LHP AJ Puk
1.3 Chicago White Sox OF Mickey Moniak/PHI
1.4 California Angels (via ARI) OF Blake Rutherford/NYY
1.5 California Angels (via NYY) RHP Matt Manning/DET
1.6 Chicago White Sox (via LAD, CAL) 3B Nick Senzel/CIN
1.7 California Angels (via MIA) OF Kyle Lewis/SEA
1.8 Arizona Diamondbacks (via OAK) SS Delvin Perez/STL
1.9 Kansas City Royals SS Hudson Sanchez/SD
1.10 California Angels (via ATL) RHP Forrest Whitley/HOU
1.11 Arizona Diamondbacks (via BOS) SP Braxton Garrett/MIA
1.12 Arizona Diamondbacks (via SD) SP Ian Anderson/ATL
1.13 St. Louis Cardinals (via PHI, CAL) C Zack Collins/CHW
1.14 Arizona Diamondbacks (via SEA, SF) OF Alex Kirilloff/MIN
1.15 California Angels (via STL, SD, HOU) OF Corey Ray/MIL
1.16 Arizona Diamondbacks (via HOU, CAL) SP Joey Wentz/ATL
1.17 Miami Marlins (via CHC, CAL, CWS, SD, CAL) P Riley Pint/COL
1.18 St. Louis Cardinals (via WAS, STL, SD, STL, CWS) SP Cal Quantrill/SD
1.19 Oakland Athletics (via PIT, CAL, ARZ) C Matt Thaiss/LAA
1.20 Miami Marlins (via TEX, CWS, CAL) OF Will Benson/CLE
Draft order from September 11th.