Just because I am bored and sitting down with a heating pad on my back (versus doing chores outside), I looked at the possible protective list using Roster Resources ... may have missed a few (as tondo had 50). Yet, the list is something like below (I have 46 ... each team can protect 38 in each AAA and AA and a few like Leon and Santos could have signed anywhere as NRI so do we really need to protect them? And then people like Oscar and Ramirez may not be eligible per Bimbo). Of this list, the young catchers, some pitchers, Bracho and Benson stand out ....
Catchers (7) – Leon, Collins, Rivera, Melendez, Ramirez, Paz, Planchart
1B (2)– Brooks, Engleman
2B (1) – Bracho
3B (3) Fermin, Nova, Lopez
SS (2) M Gonzalez, Schneemann
OF(9) – Johnson, O Gonzalez, Call, Benson, Planez, J Rodriquez, Holmes, S Rodriquez, Roller
SP (9) – Scott, Tully, McCarty, Royalty, Lingos, Cantillo, McCarthy, Burgos, Turner, A Young
RP (13) - Garza, Santos, Broom, Pinto, Mota, Krauth, Miednik, Pontecelli, Clemmer, Alvarez, Gallagher, Herrin, Ramirez
Of course, we will lose some but we are getting too many MIFs and SP stacked up in the minors anyways ... so the key is who the FO wants to move from SP to RP and then who is getting passed over like a Krauth or other or a Schneemann. And, we may want to leave a spot or two open so that we can select a 1B or power OF to fill some holes in the upper levels.
I am not too worried about this part of the draft as nothing usually amounts to anything impactful. But, it is just interesting to see how it may work.
Key is who they see as SP for AAA and AA -Morgan, Myers, Pilkington, Battenfield, Morris, Cantillo, Allen, Gaddis, Curry and others like Scott, Tully, Royalty, Espino, Vargas, Hankins, McCarthy, Burns, Burgos -- some fringe starters like Burgos, Tully, Royalty, Scott are going have to be pushed to the pen or (them or other RP cut loose).
