About 3 weeks ago, I wrote an article detailing rapid-ascension high school draftees who arrive in the big leagues quickly. That article focused on positional players. In the article, I promised a follow-up article on pitchers. Better late than never I guess. The primer on that article is after the jump.
"Recently, I ran across a criticism of the Pittsburgh Pirates, specifically how they handle prospects. The criticism alluded to the fact that the Pirates generally are conservative with pushing prospects, especially high school draftees. The general statement bemoaned the fact that expecting a player to make the major leagues within four full years of being drafted is nothing more than a foolish wish. Under Neal Huntington, college players drafted have beat that four year limit. Pedro Alvarez made it to the big leagues by his second full year as a professional. Chase D'Arnaud made the show last year in his third full year. On the high school level, the criticism is fairly accurate. In 2008, Huntington's first draft class, the Pirates paid two high school players - Quinton Miller and Robbie Grossman - either seven figures or nearly seven figures. Miller has been a bust and while Grossman has turned himself into a top prospect (on Keith Law's top 100 list for example) but will start next year in AA and is unlikely to arrive in Pittsburgh by the end of the year. That will give him one more year to make the show by his fourth full year in the big leagues. This reality can be particularly disheartening as Pirates fans watch high school phenoms such as Jason Heyward and Mike Trout fly to the major leagues, with the former taking his first at-bat for the Braves at age 20 and the latter taking his first at-bat for the Angels still as a teenager.
I decided to take a more in-depth look at how quickly prospects, specifically those drafted out of high school, move through the minors. To do so, I used the following criteria. First, I used fangraphs to identify each batter (I will do pitchers later)that had his rookie season. My time period was the last five years, from 2007-2011. From there, I determined which of those batters were high school draftees that made it to their rookie season within five years of being drafted. That means every player on my list played a maximum of four full seasons in the minor leagues."
Here are the pitchers tables
2007
Player Name | Draft Bonus | Draft Position | Draft Year | Current Team |
John Danks | 2.10 | 1 (9) | 2003 | CHI |
Phil Hughes | 1.40 | 1 (23) | 2004 | NYY |
Kyle Kendrick | 135K | 7 (205) | 2003 | PHI |
2008
Player Name | Draft Bonus | Draft Position | Draft Year | Current Team |
Clayton Kershaw | 2.30 | 1 (7) | 2006 | LAD |
Chris Volstad | 1.60 | 1 (16) | 2005 | CHC |
Matt Harrison | 395K | 3 (97) | 2003 | TEX |
Aaron Laffey | 363K | 16 (468) | 2003 | TOR |
Collin Balester | 290K | 4 (114) | 2004 | DET |
Sean Gallagher | Unknown | 12 (366) | 2004 | CIN |
2009
Player Name | Draft Bonus | Draft Position | Draft Year | Current Team |
Rick Porcello | 3.58 | 1 (27) | 2007 | DET |
Brett Anderson | 950K | 2 (55) | 2006 | OAK |
Gio Gonzalez | 850K | 1s (38) | 2004 | WSH |
Trevor Cahill | 560K | 2 (66) | 2006 | ARI |
Vin Mazzaro | 380K | 3 (101) | 2005 | KC |
Brad Bergesen | 310K | 4 (109) | 2004 | BAL |
2010
Player Name | Draft Bonus | Draft Position | Draft Year | Current Team |
Madison Bumgarner | 2.00 | 1 (10) | 2007 | SF |
Travis Wood | 600K | 2 (60) | 2005 | CHC |
Jon Niese | 175K | 7 (2009) | 2005 | NYM |
Jaime Garcia | Unknown | 22 (680) | 2005 | STL |
Alex Sanabia | Unknown | 32 (965) | 2006 | MIA |
2011
Player Name | Draft Bonus | Draft Position | Draft Year | Current Team |
Kyle Drabek | 1.55 | 1 (18) | 2006 | TOR |
Blake Beavan | ~1.50 | 1 (17) | 2007 | SEA |
Jordan Lyles | 930K | 1s (38) | 2008 | HOU |
Zach Britton | 435K | 3 (85) | 2006 | BAL |
Danny Duffy | 365K | 3 (96) | 2007 | KC |
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