A slight faltering at the tail end of the season leaves the Nats with the #6 overall pick in next year’s draft.\u00a0 Here’s how the first round will go next year.<\/p>\n
| Order<\/td>\n | Team<\/td>\n | Wins<\/td>\n | Losses<\/td>\n | winning pct<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 1<\/td>\n | Pittsburgh<\/td>\n | 57<\/td>\n | 105<\/td>\n | 0.352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2<\/td>\n | Seattle<\/td>\n | 61<\/td>\n | 101<\/td>\n | 0.377<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 3<\/td>\n | Arizona<\/td>\n | 65<\/td>\n | 97<\/td>\n | 0.401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 4<\/td>\n | Baltimore<\/td>\n | 66<\/td>\n | 96<\/td>\n | 0.407<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 5<\/td>\n | KC<\/td>\n | 67<\/td>\n | 95<\/td>\n | 0.414<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6<\/td>\n | Washington<\/td>\n | 69<\/td>\n | 93<\/td>\n | 0.426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6a<\/td>\n | Arizona<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7<\/td>\n | Cleveland<\/td>\n | 69<\/td>\n | 93<\/td>\n | 0.426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8<\/td>\n | Chi cubs<\/td>\n | 75<\/td>\n | 87<\/td>\n | 0.463<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9<\/td>\n | Houston<\/td>\n | 76<\/td>\n | 85<\/td>\n | 0.472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9a<\/td>\n | San Diego<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10<\/td>\n | Milwaukee<\/td>\n | 77<\/td>\n | 85<\/td>\n | 0.475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Pittsburgh was 5-6 games “ahead” for the #1 pick for most of the 2nd half.\u00a0 Seattle’s historically bad offense locks them into the #2 overall pick.\u00a0 Baltimore’s late season surge under Showalter <\/strong>cost them a couple spots but gives the fanbase hope for 2011.\u00a0 Arizona’s unprecedented 2 top 7 picks (the 2nd is compensation for failing to sign Barret Loux<\/strong> after an MRI showed a more significant arm injury than anyone knew) should make for a great draft for them.\u00a0 Houston nearly jumped into the mid-teens by having a scorching August but settled down into the #9 pick, just ahead of San Diego’s compensation pick for failing to sign Karsten Whitson<\/strong> (I believe he was diagnosed with diabetes and opted for college instead of going pro).<\/p>\n By “tying” Cleveland (Washington gets the better pick because of a worse 2009 record), we actually jumped the compensation pick of Arizona, which is good news.\u00a0 There is sure to be some good talent in next year’s college pitcher rich draft at the #6 overall pick.\u00a0 (Early draft reviews show possibly guys like Gerrit Cole, Danny Hultzen, Matt Purke<\/strong>, or Taylor Jungmann<\/strong> at that spot). Plus, we may pick up another pick in the first round depending on the outcome of the Adam Dunn<\/strong> offseason (see a previous post<\/a> here about Dunn’s current TypeB status).<\/p>\n |