Re-Drafting the 2007 MLB Draft Using Advanced Analytics
What Happened
Among the '07 draft class, who went off the board when?
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | David Price | LHP | 36.4 |
| 2 | Kansas City Royals | Mike Moustakas | 3B | 10.2 |
| 3 | Chicago Cubs | Josh Vitters | 3B | -1.5 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Daniel Moskos | LHP | 0.2 |
| 5 | Baltimore Orioles | Matt Wieters | C | 18.0 |
| 6 | Washington Nationals | Ross Detwiler | LHP | 3.2 |
| 7 | Milwaukee Brewers | Matt LaPorta | 1B | -1.4 |
| 8 | Colorado Rockies | Casey Weathers | RHP | -0.3 |
| 9 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Jarrod Parker | RHP | 5.0 |
| 10 | San Francisco Giants | Madison Bumgarner | LHP | 28.1 |
| 11 | Seattle Mariners | Phillippe Aumont | RHP | -0.4 |
| 12 | Florida Marlins | Matt Dominguez | 3B | -1.5 |
| 13 | Cleveland Indians | Beau Mills | 1B | N/A |
| 14 | Atlanta Braves | Jason Heyward | OF | 29.4 |
| 15 | Cincinnati Reds | Devin Mesoraco | C | 4.0 |
| 16 | Toronto Blue Jays | Kevin Ahrens | 3B | N/A |
| 17 | Texas Rangers | Blake Beavan | RHP | 0.9 |
| 18 | St. Louis Cardinals | Pete Kozma | SS | 1.1 |
| 19 | Philadelphia Phillies | Joe Savery | LHP | -0.1 |
| 20 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Chris Withrow | RHP | -0.2 |
| 21 | Toronto Blue Jays | J.P. Arencibia | C | 0.8 |
| 22 | San Francisco Giants | Tim Alderson | RHP | N/A |
| 23 | San Diego Padres | Nick Schmidt | LHP | N/A |
| 24 | Texas Rangers | Michael Main | RHP | N/A |
| 25 | Chicago White Sox | Aaron Poreda | LHP | 0.2 |
| 26 | Oakland Athletics | James Simmons | RHP | N/A |
| 27 | Detroit Tigers | Rick Porcello | RHP | 21.1 |
| 28 | Minnesota Twins | Ben Revere | OF | 7.8 |
| 29 | San Francisco Giants | Wendell Fairley | OF | N/A |
| 30 | New York Yankees | Andrew Brackman | RHP | 0.0 |
| 31 | Washington Nationals | Josh Smoker | LHP | 0.0 |
| 32 | San Francisco Giants | Nick Noonan | 2B/3B | -0.9 |
| 33 | Atlanta Braves | Jon Gilmore | 3B | N/A |
| 34 | Cincinnati Reds | Todd Frazier | 3B | 17.9 |
| 35 | Texas Rangers | Julio Borbon | OF | 1.3 |
| 36 | St. Louis Cardinals | Clayton Mortensen | RHP | -0.9 |
| 37 | Philadelphia Phillies | Travis d'Arnaud | C | 3.5 |
| 38 | Toronto Blue Jays | Brett Cecil | LHP | 7.0 |
| 39 | Los Angeles Dodgers | James Adkins | LHP | N/A |
| 40 | San Diego Padres | Kellen Kulbacki | OF | N/A |
| 41 | Oakland Athletics | Sean Doolittle | LHP | 6.6 |
| 42 | New York Mets | Eddie Kunz | RHP | -0.1 |
| 43 | San Francisco Giants | Jackson Williams | C | 0.1 |
| 44 | Texas Rangers | Neil Ramirez | RHP | 0.5 |
| 45 | Toronto Blue Jays | Justin Jackson | SS | N/A |
| 46 | San Diego Padres | Drew Cumberland | SS | N/A |
| 47 | New York Mets | Nathan Vineyard | LHP | N/A |
| 48 | Chicago Cubs | Josh Donaldson | 3B | 32.2 |
| 49 | Washington Nationals | Michael Burgess | OF | N/A |
| 50 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Wes Roemer | RHP | N/A |
| 51 | San Francisco Giants | Charlie Culberson | 2B/3B | -1.2 |
| 52 | Florida Marlins | Matt Mangini | 3B | -0.2 |
| 53 | Cincinnati Reds | Kyle Lotzkar | RHP | N/A |
| 54 | Texas Rangers | Tommy Hunter | RHP | 5.0 |
| 55 | Boston Red Sox | Nick Hagadone | LHP | 0.5 |
| 56 | Toronto Blue Jays | Trystan Magnuson | RHP | -0.1 |
| 57 | San Diego Padres | Mitch Canham | C | N/A |
| 58 | Los Angeles Angels | Jon Bachanov | RHP | N/A |
| 59 | Oakland Athletics | Corey Brown | OF | 0.1 |
| 60 | Detroit Tigers | Brandon Hamilton | RHP | N/A |
| 61 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Ed Easley | C | -0.2 |
| 62 | Boston Red Sox | Ryan Dent | 2B/SS | N/A |
| 63 | San Diego Padres | Corey Luebke | LHP | 3.3 |
| 64 | San Diego Padres | Danny Payne | OF | N/A |
