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The draft.. .The 8 continental teams pick first, and Houston has the #7 pick. Boo.
1. Buffalo - LF Asdrubal Baro
2. Toronto - CF Jimmie McDaniel
3. Texas - LF Carl Warwick
4. New York - SP Joseph Materile
5. Minnesota - SP Thomas McNulty
6. Atlanta - 2B Larry Bulla
ok, my pick.
7. Houston - 3B Bobby Prescott
lots more picks happen. The Rockies take SS Fitch at #8, The Athletics take RP Gillick at #9.
For Round 2, I decide to search a bit more and, under the catcher list, I found 2B Milo Fuller 4/5. He's weak defensively but he won't get very many innings. (3/5 at 3B and probably 3/5 at 2B if I train him there), but he is 3 contact, 4 walk and 3 strikeouts. So he should be a respectable hitter. However, he can also serve as an emergency #3 backup catcher -- a role that I have a soft spot for.
I pick him as a utility guy and pinch-hitter, and that's probably it for me in this draft.
Lots more guys were taken but RP Tex Clevenger is still available in Round 3 and I need bullpen depth, so I'll take one more pick I'll sick my scout on the bullpen to figure out who gets pushed down to make room for Clevenger.
ok, I auto-complete the draft but let me relate how dire the straits are for the other 7 expansion teams. They all took NINE picks in the Rule V draft. Insane.
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