Yankees News and Notes
Week of June 7th
This years Major League Baseball Free Agent
draft saw 13 Yankees and ex-Yankees picked. As expected, Chris Nelson
capped off his unbelievable comeback from Tommy John surgery when Colorado
picked the shortstop 9th overall in the country. Steven Drew quickly
followed as the Arizona Diamondbacks made him their 1st pick, 15th overall
in the draft. The 2 picks were the 8th and 9th Yankees all-time to
be chosen in the 1st round.
Here's a full list of Yankees and ex-Yankees
to be chosen in the first 2 days:
Chris Nelson
1st round Colorado
Steven Drew
1st round Arizona
Brandon Boggs
Texas
Jon Mark Owings
Atlanta
Brad Emaus
Atlanta
Clifton Remole
Anaheim
Marshall Szabo
Cleveland
Micah Owings
Chicago Cubs
Dexter Fowler
Colorado
Brian Burks
San Diego Padres
Michael Hyle
Chicago Cubs
Zane Green
Chicago Cubs
Jon Douillard
Chicago Cubs
With the selections above, the 2001 World
Championship club now has 10 players off that team that have been drafted,
including 2 first rounders (Jeremy Hermida and Steven Drew), 1 second rounder
(Micah Owings), 1 3rd rounder (Scott White), and 1 4th rounder (Brandon
Boggs).
1999's World Championship team included
13 professional draftees, 2000's team had 13 draftees, 2002's
club had 11, and to date, the 2003 Championship club has had 8 players
drafted.
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