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Chico Escuela5,000+ posts

2019Dad posted:
Picks by state:
https://mobile.twitter.com/MLB.../1139315544258224128
Illinois stood out for me -- almost as many picks as Georgia.

I was curious, so I compared the number of picks to state populations. Mississippi is way out in front with 11.4 picks per million residents, Oklahoma next at 8.7. Illinois ends up at the bottom of the list. Surprisingly (to me, at least), the other bottom-ranked states are CA and TX. You won't get any quibbles from me about the high quality of baseball in those two states (and the absolute number of great players obviously is much higher there), but in terms of density of drafted players per total players, some of the smaller states are actually out in front.

Just one year's data and I'm not trying to knock any state's baseball culture. Just thought this was interesting.

2019 Draft Picks Per Million Residents

MS	11.4
OK	8.7
SC	6.6
NC	6.3
FL	6.1
AZ	5.2
GA	4.7
CA	4.3
TX	3.9
IL	3.3

6/16/198:29 AM

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