NMLB Deep Dive May 22: Montreal Draft History 2015 & 2016
stadiumreport.bbn May 22nd, 2022
2015:
1st Round, 14th overall: C
Alex Taylor(25, 2* with VAN AAA). 2-7 in 5G in 2021. Traded for
Huai-yu Mah and
Dave Quiros in 2020.
2nd Round, 48th overall: LHRP
Dusty Leone(26, 2.5* with SDP) 15-21 25SV 3.79 259K 247IP 235G 4.3WAR career. Traded in 2021 in 3-Team deal for R CF
Mike Sather, A RHRP
Justin Hammond, NMLB C
Kyle Barr(.9-24 HR 3RBI 0.4WAR)
3rd Round, 77th overall: 1B
Rafael Vazquez – retired
3rd Round, 79th overall: RHRP
Chris Bobo – retired
4th Round, 111st overall: RHRP
Nate Rodgers – retired
5th Round, 141st overall: C
Travis Carpenter(28, 2.5*, with SLC AAA) .246-3-13 .703OPS 33G 44G 0.8WAR. Traded in 2021 in
Austin Roy trade.
6th Round, 171st overall: CF
Brian Schill(27, 2*) .246-46-148 .725OPS 277H 324G 5.3WAR. Backup OF.
8th Round, 231st overall: RF
Jeremy Meadows(25, 2.5/3* with MIA) .247-8-24 .707OPS 74G -0.1WAR. Traded in 2019 for useless reliever.
11th Round, 321st overall: RHRP
Freddy Silva(25, 2.5*) 3-3 1SV 4.77 85K 83IP 65G 0.9WAR. In our pen.
12th Round, 351st overall: SP
Bill Smith(25, 2.5* with VAN) 19-32 5.32 431K 409.2IP 80GS 3.7WAR. Traded in 2021 for RHRP
Jordan Robinson(released), AA 2B
Rich Meilleur, 3B
Jonathan Boone(released)
15th Round, 441st overall. RHRP
Tim Thrower(25, 2.5*) 0-1 4.50 47K 38IP 25G 0.2WAR. In AAA pen.
Loads of depth, two guys that are on our NMLB roster, one on the 40-man and Bill Smith, Dusty Leone and Alex Taylor who we traded away for some baseballs and soda.
2016:
1st Round, 33rd overall: LHSP
Matt Bernstein(24, 2.5*) in AAA, was 11-4 2.43 106K 148.1IP 3.0WAR last season there.
2nd Round, 69th overall: RHSP
Evan Richards – retired
3rd Round, 99th overall: RHRP
Myles Kirkpatrick – retired
4th Round, 130th overall: RHSP
Juan Miranda(24, 2.5/3*) 2-3 5.74 26K 31.1IP 6GS 0.5WAR. In NMLB rotation.
5th Round, 160th overall: 2B
Nate Stone – retired
9th Round, 280th overall: RF
Chris Nicholson(24, 2.5*) in AAA, was .266-12-38 .765OPS 64G 1.8WAR last season there, defensive liability.
14th Round, 430th overall: CF
Vicente Rodriguez(24, 2.5*) .278-2-31 .681OPS 11/17SB 146G 2.6WAR. In NMLB in center field.
Not a lot, but some quality here in V-Rod and Miranda as well as Bernstein and Nicholson for depth. As for Bernstein, Dave G. and McCreery clearly think that Morris is the better arm.
See you next year for 2015-2017 as I will expand this one every year.