1991 Baseball Draft

The Boston Globe had an article on David McCarty today that mentioned that he was taken 3rd by the Twins in the 1991 baseball draft while teammate Manny Ramirez was taken 13th by the Indians. Curiousity got the better of me so I looked up who else was taken in that first round in 1991.

- The first pick was used by the Yankees on HS phenom Brien Taylor

- Of the first 10 picks - only Dmitri Young has spent any significant time in the major leagues

- Manny Ramirez was taken 13th and Cliff Floyd was taken right after him at 14th by the Expos while Shawn Green was taken 16th by the Blue Jays.

- The only other players to make significant contributions at the major league level were Shawn Estes (10th), Doug Glanville (12th - this must kill Cubs fans since Manny was taken with the next pick), Edwardo Perez (17th), Benji Gil (19th), Pokey Reese (20th), and Aaron Sele (23rd).

- That means that over 60% of the first round picks could be charitably characterized as busts. That sounds pretty bad but when you compare it to how NBA teams did in their draft that year (and the NBA talent is supposed to be easier to judge)- it wasn't so horrible.