Between three different guys here (I wanted Franco bad, knew I should've taken him over Gomes since Dailey already had a catcher), but with my 11th round pick, the Wailing Wahoos select
Tito Francona, outfielder.
Career w/ CLE: 1959-1964
Career Stats w/ CLE: .284 BA, .789 OPS, 85 HR, 153 2B, 656 RBI, 19 3B, 11.4 WAR, 1x All-Star
Tito had a good yet unspectacular career in the big leagues. He only accumulated 14.0 WAR over 15 MLB seasons with nine different seasons. His best years definitely did come in Cleveland though, and his 1959 season was one of the greatest by an Indian outfielder in his era.
In 1959, Tito slashed .363/.414/.566/.980 with 20 HR, 79 RBI, 17 2B, 171 OPS+, and 4.8 WAR (34% of his career WAR came this season) while finishing 5th in AL MVP voting. Surprisingly, this was not the year that Tito was an all-star with the Indians (1961). Francona only played 122 games that season and was still able to accumulate 145 hits. Defensive metrics don't look particularly kind to Tito throughout his entire career, so as of right now, he's going to slot in as my left fielder with a chance to move to designated hitter or first base (3630 career innings at 1B) if I find a better defensive outfielder down the line.
I think my lineup is really starting to round into form at this point in the draft: Sizemore (CF), Vizquel (SS), Ramirez (3B), Belle (RF), Francona (LF), Thornton (1B), Gomes (C).
Draft board is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vhOOAVnG0Q_8Iol125TTlzYdmgpyBo2v3oz28mybcD4/edit#gid=0
@sportscoach is on the clock