Saturday, March 28, 2015

2015 Draft by the Numbers

The final pick of the 2015 Draft was number 214, Buddy Carlyle by the Fungoes.

Of those 214 selections...

195 were carded
106 were carded pitchers
89 were carded hitters
14 were uncarded players
5 selections were passed

The last 35 of those 214 selections were made in the Lightning Round.
9 of those 35 Lightning Round selections made it onto the final rosters of their teams.
The latest selection to make a club was Cory Spangenberg, who was taken by the Warpigs at pick 206.
The Buckeyes kept 3 of their 5 Lightning Round picks.

The first round included 10 hitters and 6 pitchers.
From pick 129 to 149, there was a run on pitchers as only 1 of those 21 picks was a hitter.

Of the 14 uncarded selections, the first was Blake Swihart, taken by the Rhinos at pick 22.
The 4th round was the favorite for uncarded selections, as 5 went then.
In fact, between picks 43 and 67 - a stretch of 25 picks - 9 were uncarded.

There were 6 trades made during Draft weekend.

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