04 June 2012

Comparison of Draft Talent: 2008 - 2012

Each year there is often a comparison of how this year's draft class matches last year's or some other time before.  Nick Faleris has provided me with a product from his draft notes comparing the players draft day grade versus each other.  For instance, Tyler Matzek's 2009 ranking is based on what it was in June 2009, not what it is now in June 2012.  Below are listed 50 prospects.  The 2011 draft has the most with 15 players on the list while 2008 has 6.  2012 compares favorably with 2009's group.  2012 does not have the elite name like Strasburg, but it does have a pretty solid top 7.


Overall 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1
Stephen Strasburg


2

Bryce Harper

3


Anthony Rendon
4


Gerrit Cole
5 Buster Posey



6

Jameson Taillon

7


Bubba Starling
8



Kevin Gausman
9


Sonny Gray
10
Tyler Matzek


11


Dyland Bundy
12

Karsten Whitson

13



Albert Almora
14


Blake Swihart
15



Carlos Correa
16 Pedro Alvarez



17



Mark Appel
18
Donovan Tate


19
Zack Wheeler


20


Daniel Norris
21


Taylor Jungman
22


Francisco Lindor
23



Byron Buxton
24 Tim Beckham



25


Archie Bradley
26 Brian Matusz



27

Chris Sale

28

Matt Harvey

29

Nick Castellanos

30



Max Fried
31



Kyle Zimmer
32


Jed Bradley
33


Danny Hultzen 
34


Trevor Bauer
35

Zach Cox

36 Justin Smoak



37



Lucas Giolito
38 Aaron Crow



39
Alex White


40



Mike Zunino
41

Christian Colon

42

Deck McGuire

43

Manny Machado

44

Brandon Workma

45

Drew Pomeranz

46
Aaron Crow 


47



Marcus Stroman
48
Shelby Miller


49


Matt Barnes
50


Jose Fernandez

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