I guess the first thing I should say is that I'm not David Chadd. That would explain why I picked a position player with my first pick. But even though this might not be the closest thing to what the Tigers would have done had they been drafting, I think that this was a pretty solid draft overall, and I'm very happy with my picks. Let's go through them by round.

Round 1, Pick #9: Grant Green, SS, USC

This was bound to be a controversial pick anyways. But Green's stock plummet didn't really sit well with me. Green hit .374 in 211 plate appearances, with an on base percentage of .435 and a slugging percentage of .569. His 20 to 38 walk to strikeout ratio was pretty good as well. He oozes tools- he's got five-tool potential. I think Kevin Goldstein hit it on the head in one of his recent draft pieces when he quoted a scout that said the following: (subscription required)

    "It just made no sense to me," said one scout. "The guy enters the year as the consensus number two pick, and all he does is have a really good season that didn't live up to expectations that were too high in the first place," he added. "If he's suddenly a mid-first-round pick, then we're all really bad at our jobs." 

Green is a stellar pick, and he's got a really good chance to be a starting shortstop on a championship team. While I think the pressure of being the best prospect in the Tigers system might get to him, and while I worry that he's been called "low energy" in the past, I see him as a pretty good offensive first shortstop or a very good third baseman.


Round 2, Pick 58: Brody Colvin, RHP, LA HS
 
Okay, okay. Colvin is an utter violation of all the things I said I stood for. He's a HS pitching prospect with questionable mechanics (he lands hard). He also doesn't have a changeup.
 
But what he does have is a great fastball sitting at 90-93 that sinks a ton, a pretty good curveball for his age and a ton of pure athletics. He's a choice that David Chadd would have made in a second, and one that really appealed to me especially considering Luke Bailey (Georgia prep catcher) was off the board. I see him with a bit of Porcello like potential provided his mechanics don't mess him up and he develops a changeup.


Round 3, Pick 89: Andrew Doyle, RHP, Oklahoma

Doyle was a junior at the University of Oklahoma. He had an ERA of 3.89 and a walk to strikeout ratio of 21 to 63. BA had him at 87 on their top 100 draft picks, so he's a bit of an appropriate pick for the position. He made the all Big 12 team as well.

 Unfortunately, I don't know much about Doyle other than his numbers and his BA rating. He was a bit of a speculative pick on my part. He seems to be a command guy- he's been known for working the inside of the plate against hitters. He's also a pitchability choice- he's probably not going to be a high upside guy, but he's got a high chance of making the bigs in my mind.

So what do you think of my (first) draft? Did I do a good enough job in order to keep my job, or do I have some more work to do before next year? Opinions are more than welcome, just don't be too harsh. :)