{"id":9808,"date":"2014-10-12T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2014-10-12T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T16:01:59","slug":"and-the-winner-of-the-1-overall-pick-in-the-2015-draft-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9808","title":{"rendered":"And the winner of the #1 overall pick in the 2015 draft is…"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/reversestandings<\/p>\n

Your Arizona Diamondbacks!\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s next year’s top 10 (click on the above link for the full first round; the Nats will pick 30th out of 31 picks next year if we keep the pick).<\/p>\n

(Another more complete post<\/a> on this topic from MinorLeagueBall, including all the comp picks, bonus allocations and whatnot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2015 pick #
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Team<\/strong><\/td>\n2014 W<\/strong><\/td>\n2014 L<\/strong><\/td>\n2014 W\/L Pct<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nArizona Diamondbacks\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n64<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n0.395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nHouston Astros<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nColorado Rockies\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n66<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n0.407<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTexas Rangers\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n67<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n0.414<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nHouston Astros\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n0.432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMinnesota Twins\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n0.432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nBoston Red Sox\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n71<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n0.438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nChicago White Sox\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n73<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n0.451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nChicago Cubs\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n73<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n0.451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nPhiladelphia Phillies\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n73<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n0.451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Houston retains the #2 overall pick after failing to sign last year’s #1 Brady Aiken<\/strong>.\u00a0 Teams that tied in records are given priority based on last year’s W\/L record, meaning that Houston picks before Minnesota, the White Sox before the Cubs and Phillies, etc.\u00a0\u00a0 Houston, for their prolonged incompetence, gets the 2nd and 5th pick next year, and I’m sure they’ll figure out a way to out-smart themselves and screw it up again.\u00a0 And that’s if they even keep the picks: 5th rounder Jacob Nix<\/strong> had his deal axed when Aiken’s deal went south, thanks to the ridiculous new signing bonus rules.\u00a0 Nix has filed a grievance and if the Astros are forced to honor his deal, they’ll lose one or both of these picks (and maybe more).<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks with their fresh and completely inexperienced General Manager Dave Stewart<\/strong> now have the honor of selecting one from quite a few interesting candidates for #1 overall right now.\u00a0 Aiken presumably will pitch a year at JuCo and be a completely legitimate shot to go 1-1 again (assuming he doesn’t get hurt).\u00a0 But he’ll also be looking for significant money.\u00a0 Duke’s Michael Matuella<\/strong> (who is a local kid, hailing from Great Falls and who attended Georgetown Prep) has been shooting up boards.\u00a0 A couple of other prep players are considered upper first round talent (Brendan Rodgers<\/strong> in Florida, Mike Nikorak<\/strong> in Pennsylvania, Kolby Allard<\/strong> in California).\u00a0 And, with a rising class of college juniors we have more than a few big-time college guys who may push Aiken down off the top spot.\u00a0 Namely, Walker<\/strong> Buehler <\/strong>from Vanderbilt, Phil Bickford <\/strong>(late of Cal State Fullerton) or maybe even the likes of Kyle Funkhouser <\/strong>(Louisville) or Carson Fuller <\/strong>(Vanderbilt).\u00a0 In fact, Vanderbilt may be like UCLA was a few years back, with two starters selected in the top of the first round.\u00a0 And like always, some one may come out of nowhere to claim the 1-1 spot with an under-slot deal, much like the Astros did in 2012.<\/p>\n

The top 10 for next year is rounded out by four of the wealthiest clubs in the game (Boston, both Chicago teams and Philadelphia).\u00a0 Which also means that along with Texas, half the teams who finished in the bottom 10 this year were among the highest spenders in terms of payroll in 2014.\u00a0 You can’t fault Texas necessarily, but you can certainly continue to mock Philadelphia.\u00a0 How does Frank Wren<\/strong> get fired but Ruben Amaro<\/strong> keeps his job?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/reversestandings Your Arizona Diamondbacks!\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s next year’s top 10 (click on the above link for the full first round; the Nats will pick 30th out of 31 picks next year if we keep the pick). (Another more complete post on this topic from MinorLeagueBall, including all the comp picks, bonus allocations and whatnot.) 2015 pick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2406,2616,2541,1430,2252,2552,2618,2620,2615,2617,2619,1732,2534],"class_list":["post-9808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-draft","tag-brady-aiken","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-carson-fuller","tag-dave-stewart","tag-frank-wren","tag-jacob-nix","tag-kolby-allard","tag-kyle-funkhouser","tag-michael-matuella","tag-mike-nikorak","tag-phil-bickford","tag-ruben-amaro","tag-walker-buehler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9808"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9887,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions\/9887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}