Inaugural DraftThese are the results of the initial NAIL draft. After the season, we held a caucus on the best and worst selections of each round. That is, a one-man, opinionated caucus named Kraig Smith. His opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other NAIL owners--no matter how hard he wishes it so. Round 1 1.Frank Thomas 2.Ken Griffey Jr. 3.Roberto Alomar 4.Albert Belle 5.Jim Thome (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 6.Manny Ramirez 7.Randy Johnson (Worst) by Dwayne Holsapple 8.Tim Salmon 9.Mo Vaughn 10.Mike Mussina Round 2 11.Carlos Baerga (Worst) by Greg Smejkal 12.Chuck Knoblauch 13.Kenny Lofton 14.John Valentin 15.Alex Rodriguez (Best) by Denny Cronin 16.Bernie Williams 17.Robin Ventura 18.Rafael Palmeiero 19.Johnny Damon 20.Edgar Martinez Round 3 21.David Cone 22.Derek Jeter 23.Jim Edmonds 24.Ivan Rodriguez 25.Juan Gonzalez (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 26.Alex Fernandez 27.John Olerud 28.Marty Cordova 29.Kevin Appier 30.Jack McDowell (Worst) by Greg Smejkal Round 4 31.Mark McGwire (Best) by Greg Smejkal 32.Garrett Anderson (Worst) by Jim Retz 33.Tino Martinez 34.Travis Fryman 35.Tim Naehring 36.Chris Hoiles 37.Ray Durham 38.Kenny Rogers 39.Alex Gonazalez 40.Jay Buhner Round 5 41.Wil Cordero 42.Bobby Bonilla 43.Wilson Alvarez 44.Andy Petitte 45.Jeff Cirrillo 46.Chad Curtis (Worst) by Pete Wilkinson 47.Dean Palmer (Best) by Kraig Smith 48.Wade Boggs 49.Jose Canseco 50.Roger Clemens Round 6 51.Cal Ripken 52.Chuck Finley 53.Mike Stanley 54.Charles Nagy (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 55.Aaron Sele 56.Erik Hanson 57.Jim Abbott 58.Kirby Puckett (Worst) by Michael Cohen 59.Sterling Hitchcock 60.Paul O'Niell Round 7 61.Bip Roberts 62.J.T. Snow (Worst) by Denny Cronin 63.Shawn Green 64.Kent Mercker 65.Ken Hill 66.Will Clark 67.Pat Hentgen (Best) by Mike Mason 68.Ben McDonald 69.Tony Phillips 70.Cecil Fielder Round 8 71.Mickey Tettleton 72.David Wells 73.Roger Pavlik 74.Jimmy Haynes (Worst) by Kraig Smith 75.Ruben Rivera 76.Carlos Delgado 77.Todd Walker (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 78.Orel Hershiser 79.Tim Raines 80.Terry Steinbach Round 9 81.Tim Wakefield 82.Troy Percival 83.Tom Gordon 84.Dennis Martinez 85.John Jaha (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 86.Ariel Prieto 87.Omar Vizquel 88.Rick Aguilera (Worst) by Dwayne Holsapple 89.Mark Gubicza 90.Joe Carter Round 10 91.Mark Langston 92.Julian Tavarez 93.Todd Greene 94.Darin Erstad 95.Brent Gates 96.Scott Erickson 97.Brady Anderson (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 98.Jason Giambi 99.Todd Van Poppel (Worst) by Denny Cronin 100.Ricky Bones Round 11 101.Gary Disarcina 102.Russ Davis 103.John Wetteland 104.Jason Bere (Worst) by Mike Mason 105.Jose Mesa 106.Lyle Mouton 107.Brad Radke (Best) by Mike Mason 108.Sandy Alomar, Jr. 109.Geronimo Berroa 110.Randy Myers Round 11 111.Chad Ogea 112.B. J. Surhoff 113.Benji Gil 114.Bobby Witt 115.Bob Wolcott 116.Steve Ontiveros (Worst) by Jason Rotenberg 117.Michael Tucker 118.Pat Kelly 119.Dan Wilson (Best) by Denny Cronin 120.Frankie Rodriguez Round 12 121.Ruben Sierra 122.Jeff Suppan 123.Dwight Gooden 124.Dwayne Hosey 125.Dave Nilsson (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 126.Felipe Lira 127.Chili Davis 128.Chris Bosio 129.Scott Kamieniecki (Worst) by Jim Retz 130.Kevin Seitzer Round 13 131.Mike MacFarlane 132.Jose Valentin 133.Jefferey Hammonds 134.Tom Goodwin 135.Norm Charlton 136.Jimmy Key 137.John Wasdin (Worst) by Kraig Smith 138.Paul Molitor 139.Rusty Greer (Best) by Denny Cronin 140.Brian Anderson Round 14 141.Jose Offerman 142.Luis Alicea 143.Ron Karkovice 144.Matt Lawton 145.Jim Leyritz 146.Jeff Nelson 147.Randy Velarde 148.Phil Plantier (Worst) by Kraig Smith 149.Greg Vaughn (Best) by Jim Retz 150.Jon Nunnally Round 15 151.Luis Andujar 152.Bill Risley 153.George Williams (Worst) by Kraig Smith 154.Jeff Montgomery 155.Chris Snopek 156.Scott Karl 157.Eric Plunk 158.Scott Brosius (Best) by Michael Cohen 159.Chris Gomez 160.Julio Franco Round 16 161.Darren Lewis (Worst) by Jody Beaulac 162.Steve Sparks 163.Joe Girardi 164.Albie Lopez 165.Harold Baines (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 166.Scott Ruffcorn 167.Mike Greenwell 168.Otis Nixon 169.Greg Myers 170.Jim Pittsley Round 17 171.Mike Henneman 172.Mark Lewis 173.Rich Becker (Best) by Kraig Smith 174.Troy O'Leary 175.Roberto Hernandez 176.Chris Haney 177.Eddie Murray 178.Doug Johns (Worst) by Mike Mason 179.Bob Wickman 180.Dave Hollins Round 18 181.Cal Eldred 182.Stan Belinda 183.Mark Clark 184.Armando Benitez 185.Mike Jackson 186.Paul Quantril 187.Rick Krivda 188.Nomar Garciaparra (Best) by Michael Cohen 189.Mike Bordick 190.Bryan Harvey (Worst) by Kraig Smith Round 19 191.Lee Smith 192.Sean Bergman 193.Mike Timlin 194.Kevin Gross 195.Danny Tartabull 196.LaTroy Hawkins (Worst) by Jason Rotenberg 197.Tony Castillo 198.Daryll Hamilton 199.Jose Lima 200.Paul Sorrento (Best) by Jody Beaulac Round 20 201.Juan Guzman (Best) by Jody Beaulac 202.Mark McLemore 203.Mike Fetters 204.Dennis Eckersly 205.Chuck Carr 206.John Flaherty 207.Mike Devereaux 208.Bobby Ayala 209.Jose Herrera 210.Lee Tinsley (Worst) by Greg Smejkal Round 21 211.Felipe Crespo 212.Dave Stevens 213.Ed Sprague 214.Mariano Rivera (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 215.Gil Heredia (Worst) by Pete Wilkinson 216.Pat Meares 217.Paul Assenmacher 218.Sal Fasano 219.Mike Sweeney 220.Matt Walbeck Round 22 221.Pedro Munoz 222.Matt Mieske 223.Mike Stanton 224.Brian Givens (Worst) by Michael Cohen 225.Ozzie Guillen 226.Matt Karchner 227.Jim Poole 228.Tim Belcher (Best) by Kraig Smith 229.Mike Matheny 230.Alex Cole Round 23 231.Joey Cora (Best) by Kraig Smith 232.Angel Miranda 233.Joe Oliver 234.Mark Parent 235.Joe Vitiello 236.Keith Lockhart 237.Rich Robertson 238.Hip Pichardo 239.Scott Stahoviak 240.John Doherty (Worst) by Jody Beaulac Round 24 241.Joe Hudson 242.C.J. Nitkowski (Worst) by Denny Cronin 243.David Howard 244.Rocky Coppinger 245.Bob Higginson (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 246.Andrew Lorraine 247.Jesse Orosco 248.Mariano Duncan 249.Ed Hurtado 250.Pat Listach Round 25 251.Geogre Arias 252.Jeff Ware 253.Jose Parra 254.Jeff Reboulet 255.Mark Loretta 256.Alan Embree 257.Jim Corsi 258.Jason Varitek 259.Mike Christopher (Worst) by Denny Cronin 260.Ken Ryan (Best) by Jody Beaulac Round 26 261.Damion Easley 262.Sandy Martinez (Worst) by Denny Cronin 263.Darren Oliver 264.Don Wengert 265.Woody Williams 266.Mike James 267.Ben Grieve 268.Mike Mohler 269.Tony Clark (Best) by Jim Retz 270.Rusty Meacham Round 27 271.Jason Jacome 272.Phil Leftwich 273.Zane Smith 274.Jeff Frye 275.Steve Karsay 276.Domingo Cedeno 277.Ed Vosberg 278.Jeff Russell (Best) by Kraig Smith 279.Pat Mahomes 280.Greg Gohr (Worst) by Jody Beaulac Round 28 281.Tim Wallach 282.Steve Wojciehowski 283.Luis Sojo (Worst) by Michael Cohen 284.Alan Trammell 285.Shannon Stewart 286.Chris Widger 287.Jamie Moyer (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 288.Mike Maddux 289.Mark Smith 290.Kirk McCaskill Round 29 291.Bartolo Colon 292.Matt Whiteside 293.Darren Bragg (Best) by Kraig Smith 294.Ernie Young 295.Fausto Cruz 296.Greg Zaun 297.Allen Battle 298.Mark Kiefer (Worst) by Mike Mason 299.Bob Hamelin 300.Melido Perez Round 30 301.Reggie Jefferson (Best) by Jody Beaulac 302.Micah Franklin 303.Warren Newsom 304.Tony Fernandez 305.Paul Menhart (Worst) by Jason Rotenberg 306.Mike Sirotka 307.Joe Randa 308.Rick Helling 309.Jose Cruz Jr. 310.Matt Nokes Round 31 311.Brian Giles 312.Roger McDowell 313.Herbert Perry 314.Dave Martinez (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 315.Arquemedez Pozo 316.Tim Crabtree 317.Vaughn Eshelman (Worst) by Mike Mason 318.Clint Sodowsky 319.Butch Henry 320.Bill Hasselman Round 32 321.Salomon Torres 322.Jorge Fabregas 323.Charlie O'Brien 324.Sergio Nunez 325.Larry Thomas 326.Tony Pena (Worst) by Pete Wilkinson 327.Mark Brandenburg (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 328.Phil Nevin 329.Tomas Perez 330.Alvaro Espinoza Round 33 331.Jose Valentin(MINN) 332.Chad Kreuter (Worst) by Jim Retz 333.Matt Murray 334.Ron Coomer (Best) by Dwayne Holsapple 335.Sherman Obando 336.Jose Malave 337.Jose Silva 338.Marty Janzen 339.Eddie Guardado 340.Steve Rodriguez Round 34 341.Mark Acre 342.Desi Relaford 343.Graeme Lloyd 344.Matt Drews 345.Robert Perez (Best) by Jason Rotenberg 346.Carlos Reyes 347.Rich Garces 348.Mark Eichorn 349.Tim Davis 350.Steve Howe (Worst) by Greg Smejkal |