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How the MLB draftees rate

A look at what happened to each team's top pick from last June.

June 04, 2011|By Kevin Baxter
  • Top draft pick Zach Lee, left, is introduced to Dodgers fans by assistant general manager Logan White in 2010.
Top draft pick Zach Lee, left, is introduced to Dodgers fans by assistant… (Chris Carlson / Associated…)

Baseball's annual draft of amatuer players starts Monday. Here is a look at what happened to each team's top pick last June (statistics through Thursday):

Team; Pick; Player (pos., school); Update

Arizona; 6; Barret Loux* (RHP, Texas A&M); 4-3, 3.75 ERA at Class-A Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Atlanta; 35; Matthew Lipka (SS, McKinney HS, Texas) HS; .250 at Class-A Rome, Ga.

Baltimore; 3; Manny Machado (SS, Brito HS, Fla.); At extended spring training

Boston; 20; Kolbrin Vitek (2B, Ball State); .280 at Class-A Salem, Va.

Chicago Cubs; 16; Hayden Simpson (RHP, Southern Alabama); 1-2, 5.09 at Class-A Peoria, Ill.

Chicago White Sox; 13; Chris Sale (LHP, Florida Gulf Coast); Made big-league debut May 9

Cincinnati; 12; Yasmani Grandal (C, Miami); .278 at Class-A Bakersfield

Cleveland; 5; Drew Pomeranz (LHP, Mississippi); 1-1, 1.85 at Class-A Kinston, N.C.

Colorado; 26; Kyle Parker (OF, Clemson); .285, 6 HR, 40 RBI at Class-A Asheville, N.C.

Detroit; 44; Nick Castellanos; (3B, Archbishop McCarthy HS, Fla.); .251 at Class-A West Michigan

Florida; 23; Christian Yelich (OF, Westlake HS); .257 at Class-A Greensboro, N.C.

Houston; 8; Delino DeShields Jr. (2B, Woodward Academy, Ga.); .215 at Class-A Lexington, Ky.

Kansas City; 4; Christian Colon (SS, CS Fullerton); .232 at Double-A Northwest Arkansas

Angels; 18; Kaleb Cowart (3B, Cook HS, Ga.); .192 in rookie ball last year

Dodgers; 28; Zach Lee (RHP, McKinney HS, Texas); 3-1, 2.87 at Class-A Great Lakes, Mich.

Milwaukee; 14; Dylan Covey (RHP, Pasadena Maranatha HS); 1-3, 7.60 at Uni. of San Diego

Minnesota; 21; Alex Wimmers (RHP, Ohio State); At extended spring training

New York Mets; 7; Matt Harvey (RHP, North Carolina); 6-2, 2.44 at Class-A St. Lucie, Fla.

New York Yankees; 32; Cito Culver (SS, West Irondequoit HS, NY); At extended spring training

Oakland; 10; Michael Choice (OF, Texas-Arlington); .256, 11 HR. 34 RBI at Class-A Stockton, Calif.

Pittsburgh; 2; Jameson Taillon (RHP, Woodlands HS, Texas); 1-1, 3.10 at Class-A West Virgina

Philadelphia; 27; Jesse Biddle (LHP, Germantown Friends HS, Pa.); 3-5, 4.11 at Class-A Lakewood, N.J.

San Diego; 9; Karsten Whitson (RHP, Chipley HS, Fla.); 7-0, 2.53 at Uni. of Florida

San Francisco; 24; Gary Brown (OF, CS Fullerton); .364, 5 HR, 39 RBI at Class-A San Jose

St. Louis; 25; Zack Cox (3B, Arkansas); .286 at Double-A Springfield, Mo.

Seattle; 43; Taijuan Walker (RHP, Yucaipa HS); 2-2, 3.00 at Class-A Clinton, Iowa

Tampa Bay; 17; Josh Sale (OF, Bishop Blanchet HS, Wa.); At extended spring training

Texas; 15; Jacob Skole (OF, Blessed Trinity HS, Ga.); .244 at Class-A Hickory, N.C.

Toronto; 11; Deck McGuire (RHP, Georgia Tech); 3-3, 3.24 at Class-A Dunedin, Fla.

Washington; 1; Bryce Harper (OF, Col. of Southern Nevada); .346, 13 HR, 41 RBI at Class-A Hagerstown, Md.

* When the Diamondbacks did not sign Loux, he became a free agent and signed with Texas.

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