2011 Draft

 2011 DRAFT WAR ROOM
 
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 Francisco Lindor, ss, Montverde HS, Montverde, Fla.
 Photo by Nick J. Faleris, copyright DiamondScape Baseball LLC

Welcome to the 2011 Draft War Room. Here you will find links to various draft items, including our final positional rankings, our final Top 300, links to our four "Should" Drafts (one for each of the final four weeks leading up to the draft), the final 2011 Draft Order, player scouting reports and player scouting videos.
 
Last year at DiamondScape Scouting we ran a Shadow Draft, making a DiamondScape selection in each place that the Houston Astros make a pick. So long as the player's true drafting team signed the player, they were added to a DiamondScape Shadow Minors for purposes of monitoring our drafting selections over the years. We will review last year's selections and once again run a Shadow Draft through the first 20 rounds of this year's draft.
 
Draft Prep
  • Player Scouting Reports - Reports on scouted players with video and links to official player stats; updated daily
  • Player Scouting Videos - 2011 Draft Order - Summary of the Draft Order for all fifty rounds 
  • "Should" Drafts - First 60 picks as we would pick them: v1.0 | v2.0 | v3.0 | v4.0   
Draft Day 1
 
Draft Day 1 Chat -- Nick J. Faleris will host a daylong town hall/chat along with the folks at Project Prospect (Adam Foster, Lincoln Hamilton and Steve Carter) starting at 1pm Eastern and stretching through the completion of Day 1 action. Chat window, below:

Draft Wrap 
  • DSS Shadow Draft - First 20 Rounds worth of selections made by DiamondScape Staff
  • Part One - early impressions of the top five draft classes from 2011
  • Part Two - five teams with more questionable hauls
Draft Summary
 
List of each team's selections and notes on DSS-scouted and DSS-analyzed players. Notes on each player, as well as links to detailed reports, will be entered on a team-by-team basis throughout the summer, including thoughts on each draft class (6/2011) and each signing class (8/2011).
 
 AL East AL Central
 AL West
 Baltimore Orioles
 Chicago White Sox
 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
 Boston Red Sox
 Cleveland Indians
 Oakland Athletics
 New York Yankees Detroit Tigers
 Seattle Mariners
 Tampa Bay Rays
 Kansas City Royals
 Texas Rangers
 Toronto Blue Jays
 Minnesota Twins
 
   
 NL East
 NL Central  NL West
 Atlanta Braves
 Chicago Cubs
 Arizona Diamondbacks
 Florida Marlins
 Cincinnati Reds
 Colorado Rockies
 New York Mets
 Houston Astros
 Los Angeles Dodgers
 Philadelphia Phillies Milwaukee Brewers San Diego Padres
 Washington Nationals
 Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants
  St. Louis Cardinals
 
 

 

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Best Available:
After Round 30
 
Overall:
1. Julius Gaines (ss, Luella HS (Ga.))
3. Shon Carson (of/mif, Lake City HS (S.C.))
3. Joshua Tobias (of/2b, S.E. Guilford HS (N.C.))
4. Elvin Soto (c, Xaverian HS (N.Y.))
5. Sean Trent (inf/c, Bishop Moore Cath. HS (Fla.))
 
Pitchers:
1. Jerrick Suiter (Valparaiso HS (Ind.))
2. Ricardo Jacquez (Franklin HS (Texas))
3. Parker French (Dripping Springs HS (Texas))
4. Benton Moss (Rocky Mount Sr. HS (N.C.))
5. Mike Cederoth (Steele Canyon HS (Calif.))
 
Catchers:
1. Elvin Soto (Xaverian HS (N.Y.))
2. Sean Trent (inf/c, Bishop Moore Cath. HS (Fla.))
3. Dylan Delso (Broken Arrow HS (Okla.))
4. Daniel Mengden (Westside HS (Texas))
5. Brandon Sedell (American Heritage Sch. (Fla.))
 
Middle Infielders:
1. Julius Gaines (Luella HS (Ga.))
2. Shon Carson (Lake City HS (S.C.))
3. Joshua Tobias (S.E. Guilford HS (N.C.))
4. Connor Castellano (Evangel Christian Acad. (La.))
5. Dante Flores (St. John Bosco HS (Calif.))

Corner Infielders:
1. Hunter Cole (Dorman HS (S.C.))
2. Cody Stubbs (Walters St. Coll. (Tenn.))
3. Connor Castellano (Evangel Christian Acad. (La.))
4. Johnny Coy (Wichita St.)
5. Austin Southall (Chipola Coll. (Fla.))
 
Outfielders:
1. Shon Carson (Lake City HS (S.C.))
2. Joshua Tobias (S.E. Guilford HS (N.C.))
3. Eric Snyder (Edison HS (Calif.))
4. Connor McKay (Regis Jesuit HS (Colo.))
5. Jeremy Rathjen (Rice)

 
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