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Their minor league system must have really sucked before 2008...
#s 10 and 12 were acquired in trade and four others were drafted in the last two years. Rondon and Weglarz (I think) are the only ones who have been there since 2008 opening day.
As I've mentioned a bunch of times in other threads, it's an illustration of how completely hopeless the Shapiro regime has been in the draft. Their 2007 draft has a pretty reasonable chance to produce zero major league ballplayers. Zero. None of the players on the above list are from the '07 draft, and no players from the Indians' draft that year are anywhere near the majors.
It's mind-boggling.
I wouldn't give up on Beau Mills just yet, even though his '08 campaign was pretty brutal. Thompson's old for his levels, but he's got a chance as a utility infielder.
-- MWE
Much loser to 1%. There are about 150 player per draft that make the majors. It's pretty tough not to come up with one. I've looked at every draft from 1987-1999 and I don't think there is a single one from memory. A few that produced no positive value by WARP or WAR, but those still had a couple of cup of coffee types.
I'd say getting completely shut it very rare. And looking at that draft, it wouldn't surprise me if Beau Mills at least made a small appearance in the majors.
Tony Iommi says otherwise.
Bryce Brentz : )
Though probably not as an Indian
And the #4 talent under 25.
Their minor league system must have really sucked before 2008...
Not really; they graduated LaPorta, Huff, Crowe and Valbuena to the majors, and Adam Miller has left the rankings. It was a good looking system a year ago.
As I've mentioned a bunch of times in other threads, it's an illustration of how completely hopeless the Shapiro regime has been in the draft. Their 2007 draft has a pretty reasonable chance to produce zero major league ballplayers. Zero.
Of course, in that particular draft, the Indians had only one pick in the Top 135, which was spent on Beau Mills. I think if you look at other clubs' 2007 drafts and remove all their second-round, third-round and supplemental picks, you won't find many that look all that great.
Two of the top three above were drafted by the Indians, and five of the top 14. That's not at all bad, considering how many prospects they've acquired by trade (who naturally would crowd out homegrown prospects). The Indians have had pretty poor yields from the draft for basically the whole decade, but there are some signs of progress in recent years.
They wrote a version of the article that included a statement to that effect, but it disappeared from the writer's dorm room under mysterious circumstances.
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