Sunday, May 27, 2007

Drafted but Unsigned

The draft has been around since 1965 and the Giants have had their share of hits and more than their share of misses. Just for giggles and perhaps as a cheaper treatment than primal scream therapy, I decided to compile my all-time drafted by but unsigned team in Giants history. Bonds is also be the star of this squad. There were some others who chose to fore go signing with the G's but still put in time in the orange and black later on. Von Joshua, Rennie Martin and Bud Black fall into that category, some falling more deeply than others. So here goes...

Davey Lopes 2b drafted but unsigned in the 8th round 1967
Jody Reed ss 1(15) 1982
J.D Drew cf 20th 1994
Barry Bonds lf 2nd 1982
Pete Incavilia rf 7th 1990
Ron Roenicke 3b* 29th 1975
Greg Norton 1b some round in the 80/90's that I forgot to write down.
Toby Hall c 24th 1995

Brad Lidge cl 42nd 1995

I guess Bud Black would be the opening day starter.

Some pretty good players and some journeymen. Losing Bonds in 82 was a tough blow because he wouldn't join in the fun for 11 more years. Jody Reed was a first round pick who didn't sign..That's seldom cool and he did have a decent career.

Sure it's easy to lament the tragic misses who actually did sign on the dotted line.
It takes some real deep rooted issues to fixate on these guys. They say drafting is an art and not a science. The Giants management team embraced their right brain creativity in a lovely gallery of "Dogs Playing Poker" draft artwork.

* Yeah, I know Roenicke was an outfielder but the staff here makes all the rules and we decided he could handle the hot corner in a pinch.

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