2003 Shoeless Joe Supplemental Draft
March 17, 2003
The Hagerstown Hobgoblins kicked off the 13th Shoeless Joe Draft by selecting Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui. One of the few veterans taken in the draft, Matsui is a special talent the Hobgoblin organization will put on display next to Cuban veteran Jose Contreras, snagged with the first pick in the second round. Those who thought that Matsui and Contreras would be taken 1-2 were wrong, as SJL GMs followed the Matsui selection by taking nothing but minor league or rookie talent through round one, from Moline's acquisition of Oliver Perez to Ft. Lauderdale's pick of John Lackey to the Sprockets scoop of shortstop phenom Hanley Ramirez. The Hexers, with pick 4, took the first SS prospect off the board with their selection of Khalil Greene, before beginning their barrage of firstbasemen taken in the draft, starting with round 1 pick Casey Kotchman and extending to Brad Nelson, Scott Thorman and Jesus Cota.
SJL GMs tended to minimize the selection of veterans, even free veterans, in favor of young players with loads of potential, set to break hearts and leave us pining for more. That's the nature of a league that is taking shape nicely as more time passes from the last expansion draft. All SJL organizations head into 2003 with more organizational depth than ever. Two clubs, the Leones and Sprockets, defied league trends by plucking more veteran talent through trades (the perpetual motion machine of Carlos Barrera who in his ultimate charm convinced several GMs to pick up the salaries of newly acquired players) and through the draft (Kip's remade infield of Jose Hernandez, Bill Mueller and J.T. Snow to complement Luis Rivas). Most clubs have successfully pared deadwood and have restocked the farm with a fresh-faced supply of youngsters whose progress will be monitored on a regular basis. The joy is now in the daily boxscore and the plentiful range of prospects, emerging regulars and veterans to observe as we wind down the rites of spring. For contending teams, and there will be more of them in 2003, the key questions are which pitchers will make the bubble to slip into their club's rotation, which relievers can be counted on to deliver regular work for their SJL bullpen, and which position players look to blossum in the upcoming season.
If one wants perspective on this year compared to last, consider this: it's highly likely that the Ft. Lauderdale Clementes, after having struggled to put together a patchwork rotation in the first two seasons after expansion, now have the best starting rotation in the Southern Division, led by Mark Mulder, Mark Prior, Kevin Brown, Jaime Moyer, and John Lackey. The Clementes have enough depth this year to put Kenny Rogers and Omar Daal in the bullpen. All this on a club that used to be perpetually short of anyone but the trusted anonymous AAA relief pitcher. At the same time, new GM John Reggio stepped into his first draft like a seasoned veteran, scooping a nice mix of prospects with veterans who can help his team make a run at the big boys of Moline, Harrisburg and Chicago, with the latter emerging as a preseason pick among a number of SJL prognosticators. A fun time of hopes, expectation and weekly results await us. Enjoy.
March 2003 Draft Results (rtf file)
Players without prices are free.
Round One: 1. Hagerstown Hobgoblins $78 Hideki Matsui, OF, NYY 2. Moline Greens (from New Orleans) $47 Oliver Perez, LHP, SD, $10 3. Ft. Lauderdale Clementes $126 John Lackey, RHP, ANA, $25 4. Bird-In-Hand Hexers (from Caracas) $103 Khalil Greene, SS, SD 5. St. Louis Sprockets $45 Hanley Ramirez, SS, BOS 6. Moline (from London) Jesse Foppert, RHP, SF, $21 7. Bird-In-Hand Casey Kotchman, 1B, ANA 8. Baltimore Hons $37 Kurt Ainsworth, RHP, SF, $17 9. Kansas City (from London via Miami) $43 Jose Lopez, SS, SEA 10. Kansas City Whirlwind Jerome Williams, RHP, SF, $22 11. Chicago Cockroaches $45 Scott Hairston, IF, ARI 12. New Orleans ($72 Rafael Soriano, RHP, SEA, $16 13. Chicago (from Florida) B. J. Upton, SS, TB 14. Harrisburg Heroes $96 Jeff Mathis, C, ANA 15. Moline (pick from Savannah) Andy Marte, 3B, ATL 16. Moline Jeff Francoeur, OF, ATL Round Two: 1. Hagerstown Jose Contreras, RHP, NYY 2. Harrisburg (from New Orleans) Jose Castillo, SS, PIT 3. Ft. Lauderdale Adam Wainwright, RHP, ATL 4. Hagerstown (from Caracas) Scott Kazmir, LHP, NYN 5. St. Louis Jose Hernandez, SS, COL, $21 6. Kansas City (from London) Laynce Nix, OF, TEX 7. Bird-In-Hand Brad Nelson, 1B, MIL 8. Hagerstown (from Baltimore) Kazuhisha Ishii, RHP, LA, $22 9. Kansas City (from Miami) John VanBenschoten, RHP, PIT 10. Kansas City James Loney, 1B, LA 11. Newark (from Chicago,) $81 Clint Nageotte, RHP, SEA 12. Harrisburg (from Penn) Bryan Bullington, RHP, PIT 13. Kansas City (from Florida) Todd Linden, OF, SF, $11 14. Harrisburg Aaron Cook, RHP, COL, $8 15. Newark (from Chicago via Savannah Jon Figueroa, LHP, LA, $8 16. Moline J. D. Closser, C, COL, $5 Round Three: 1. Hagerstown Ramon Vasquez, SS, SD, $5 2. New Orleans Prince Fielder, 1B, MIL 3. Ft. Lauderdale Wes Bankston, OF, TB 4. Caracas $2 Carlos Duran, OF, ATL 5. Savannah Carpetbaggers (from St. Louis) $18 Jeff Baker, 3B, COL 6. St. Louis (from London) Bill Mueller, 3B, BOS, $18 7. Bird-In-Hand Scott Thorman, 1B, ATL 8. Baltimore Macay McBride, LHP, ATL 9. London (from Miami) $35 Josh Fogg, RHP, PIT, $7 10. Caracas (from Kansas City) Manny Delcamon, RHP, BOX 11. Chicago Mike Remlinger, LHP, ATL, $17 12. Newark Five Spot Ryan Hannaman, LHP, SF 13. Florida $25 Jake Gautreau, IF, SD 14. Harrisburg Horancio Ramirez, LHP, ATL, $5 15. Hagerstown (from Savannah) Chad Tracy, 3B, ARI, $19 16. London (from Moline) Sergio Santos, IF, ARI Round Four: 1. Baltimore (from Hagerstown) Jason Pridie, OF, TB 2. New Orleans Frank Thomas, 1B, CHIA 3. Ft. Lauderdale Jamie Moyer, LHP, FA, $29 4. London (from Caracas) Sean Burnett, LHP, PIT 5. St. Louis Mike Bascik, RHP, NYN, $6 6. Newark/Pennsylvania (from London ) Mike Koplove, RHP, ARI 7. Bird-In-Hand Joe Saunders, LHP, ANA 8. Baltimore Joel Hanrahan, RHP, LA 9. Caracas (from Miami) Bubba Nelson, RHP, ATL 10. Caracas (from Kansas City in trade) Rudy Guillen, OF, NYY 11. Chicago Johann Santana, RHP, ANA 12. Newark Brandon Villafuerte, RHP, SD 13. Florida Duaner Sanchez, RHP, PIT, $5 14. Hagerstown (from Harrisburg) Yorvit Torrealba, C, SF, $9 15. Savannah Ryan Jenson, RHP, SF, $14 16. London (from Moline) Koyie Hill, C, LA, $13 Round Five: 1. Hagerstown David Bell, 3B, PHI, $20 2. New Orleans Brad Hawpe, 1B, COL 3. Ft. Lauderdale Dallas McPherson, 3B, ANA 4. Caracas Jayson Nix, 2B, COL 5. St. Louis Gregor Blanco, OF, BOS 6. London Joel Guzman, SS, LA 7. Bird-In-Hand Jesus Cota, 1B, ARI 8. Baltimore Corey Hart, 3B, MIL, $8 9. Savannah (from Miami) Eric Aybar, SS, ANA 10. Caracas (from KC) John Lester, LHP, BOS 11. Chicago Ben Kozlowski, LHP, TEX, $9 12. Newark Kelly Johnson, IF, ATL 13. Florida Brian Barden, 3B, ARI 14. Harrisburg Cole Hamels, LHP, PHIL 15. Savannah Javier Guzman, SS, PIT 16. Caracas (from Moline) Jeff Francis, LHP, COL Round Six: 1. Hagerstown Francisco Liriano, LHP, SF 2. New Orleans Tag Bozied, 1B, SF, $6 3. Ft. Lauderdale Jose Valdez, RHP, NYY 4. Caracas Oscar Materano, SS, COL 5. St. Louis Albert Callaspo, 2B, ANA 6. Newark (from London) Steve Finley, OF, ARI, $35 7. Bird-In-Hand Robinson Cano, IF, NYY 8. Baltimore Jerome Gamble, RHP, BOS 9. Miami $3 John Frascatore, RHP, FA 10. Kansas City Bobby Jenks, RHP, ANA, $9 11. Chicago Jayson Bay, OF, SD, $10 12. Newark Andrew Brown, RHP, LA 13. London (from Florida) Garret Atkins, 3B, COL, $12 14. Savannah (from Harrisburg) Chris Snyder, C, ARI 15. Savannah Fred Lewis, OF, SF Round Seven: 1. Hagerstown Jose Bautista, 3B, PIT 2. New Orleans Mike Gosling, RHP, ARI, $11 3. Ft. Lauderdale Omar Daal, LHP, FA, $23 4. Caracas Erold Andrus, OF, NYY 5. St. Louis J. T. Snow, 1B, SF 6. London Jake Blalock, IF, PHI 7. Bird-In-Hand Tony Alvarez, OF, PIT, $14 12. Newark Rey Sanchez, SS, NYN, $9 13. Florida Mickey Calloway, RHP, ANA, $14 14. Savannah (from Harrisburg) Zach Minor, RHP, ATL 15. Savannah Travis Blakley, RHP, SEA Round Eight: 1. Hagerstown Reggie Abercromie, OF, LA 2. New Orleans Dan Meyer, RHP, ATL 3. Ft. Lauderdale Andy Benes, RHP, FA 12. Newark Chris O�Riordan, 2B, TEX 13. Florida Edwin Jackson, RHP, LA 15. Savannah Ian Oquendo, RHP, PIT Round Nine: 2. New Orleans Trey Hodges, RHP, ATL, $11 3. Ft. Lauderdale Todd Hollandsworth, OF, $18 12. Newark Mike Nicholas, RHP, SD 13. Florida Josh Barfield, 2B, SD 15. Savannah Pete Harnish, RHP, CIN, $2 Round Ten: 2. New Orleans pass 3. Ft. Lauderdale Jamie Cerda, RHP, NYN, $11 12. Newark Bobby Madritsch, LHP, SEA 13. Florida Manny Parra, LHP, MIL 15. Savannah Sean Lowe, RHP, FA
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