That ‘09 wasn’t a good year for him. His AAA numbers were essentially stagnant overall (ERA worsened slightly, FIP bettered slightly, K-Rate dropped, BB-Rate rose, HR-rate dropped), and the major-league cameo was bad. Currently behind a feast of guys for the #4/#5 rotation spots, like Ian Kennedy, who is likely going to be handed the #4 on a silver platter, and then for the #5 I’d put Mulvey somewhere in between Billy Buckner, Bryan Augenstein, Rodrigo Lopez, and Cesar Valdez (in no particular order, although with Buckner the front-runner amongst them). When Webb’s deal runs out after this season and he undoubtedly flees for money, there’ll be another spot open, and then again in 2012 when Edwin Jackson, a Scott Boras client, likely departs. But Jarrod Parker will take one of those (injuries willing), so Mulvey’s got some work to do.

But his playoff line was a lot better. Hard to make any judgments on that limited time. Wheeler was a nice grab, as is pretty much anybody who walks more than they strike out in their first pro season, and Goldschmidt/Daniel Taylor put up good numbers, although they needed to with their ages/leagues. Heck, of all those guys, I’m least excited about Krauss, since his defense is so horrendous. Looking at his defensive metrics shows the carnage - in just 32 games one stat a buddy of mine found had him at -5 runs from his defense. If you have to slide Krauss to first (where we still don’t know if he’d pass defensively), I’ll take Wheeler over him. He belongs on a team with a DH, frankly, and Arizona is not one of them. I see him as near the top of the team’s trading chips.

But I didn’t particularly like their picks. Probably a consequence of having so many picks and having to fit them all in a draft budget.

Dan Taylor was good at Yakima from the 29th round. Keith Cantwell had video-game metrics from the 40th round. Age is a concern, but you’re not going to get concern-free guys at those rounds (and age worries are far better than crappy-production worries).