A snapshot after 6 years (of a draft class)

keewart10,000+ posts

My son's last best buddy got pickup up by another team in the Rule 5 Draft last week.

So I did a bit of research that I thought I would share:

In his organization's draft class of 2017:

31 of 41 players drafted actually signed (40 rounds)
after 6 years (including the 2020 covid year) 13 are still playing
of the 13, 7 are with the same organization
of the 7, 3 are position players, 4 are pitches (1st, 2nd, 11th, 13th rnds)
of the 3 position players, 2 were drafted from HS (14th and 28th) and 1 as a junior in college (5th round)
of the 13 players still playing, 4 have had a roundtrip to MLB and back (1st, 3rd, 4th, 9th rounds)

I may be the only one that finds this interesting/amusing, but I am tempted to check other teams to see if this is typical. I think it is.

12/13/223:50 PM

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