Friday, November 24, 2017

Draft Order For 2018

Now that the World Series is complete, we have a complete order for the first round of the 2018 draft. The top four picks this year were determined by a lottery system.

1. St. Louis Maulers (held by Death Valley)
2. Sudbury Snappers
3. Lake County Nighthawks
4. Little Rock Scorpions
5. Fighting Irish
6. California Roadrunners
7. Miami Hustlers (held by Spokane)
8. Mohawk Valley Lions
9. Spokane Hooded Crows
10. West Side Bluejays
11. Rochester Pilots
12. Rosehill Hornets
13. Cape Cod Breakers
14. Wilmington Razorbacks
15. Elysian Fields Flying Dutchmen (held by St. Louis)
16. Northwest Stars
17. Brooklyn Dodgers
18. Northeast Huskies
19. Goldenrod Gators
20. Death Valley Drivers

Note that the draft order will revert to reverse order of standing for the second round and all subsequent rounds. That means the 109-loss Scorpions will lead off the second round, followed by the Snappers (98 losses), Nighthawks (95) and Maulers (95).


The table below lists each club's top pick in the three preceding drafts—2015, 2016 and 2017—along with overall selection number.

Important: This is the natural draft order for the first round based on 2017 results. It is not necessarily the actual draft order to be executed in February, because the actual draft order is affected by trades and the draft lottery for the top four picks.

No.Team Top Pick 2017Top Pick 2016Top Pick 2015
1ScorpionsA.Benintendi (2)C.Seager (4)G.Polanco (3)
2SnappersG.Sanchez (1)A.Russell (7)——
3NighthawksA.Diaz (20)N.Syndergaard (5)E.Escobar (41)
4MaulersA.Toles (77)O.Herrera (28)J.deGrom (12)
5IrishA.Reyes (9)B.Buxton (8)J.Baez (16)
6RoadrunnersJ.Peraza (23)J.Kang (19)J.Harrison (7)
7HustlersR.Mondesi (32)J.Eickhoff (38)C.Bethancourt (30)
8LionsM.Kepler (12)R.Iglesias (20)D.Betances (20)
9CrowsJ.Urias (10)R.Osuna (17)J.Pederson (2)
10BluejaysT.Story (6)D.DeShields (9)B.Holt (11)
11PilotsW.Contreras (5)C.Rondon (14)C.Carrasco (13)
12HornetsN.Mazara (8)S.Piscotty (16)M.Tanaka (8)
13BreakersJ.Taillon (13)C.Correa (1)M.Betts (4)
14RazorbacksK.Broxton (30)F.Lindor (2)G.Springer (9)
15DutchmenL.Weaver (55)K.Bryant (3)J.Abreu (1)
16StarsD.Swanson (3)H.Strickland (43)J.Soler (5)
17DodgersM.Fulmer (11)B.Swihart (13)B.Boxberger (38)
18HuskiesA.Bregman (4)T.Turner (15)R.Castillo (19)
19GatorsT.Anderson (36)M.Duffy (11)A.Sanchez (17)
20DriversC.Devenski (18)K.Schwarber (6)J.Panik (34)

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