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Best picks in previous drafts

I'm totally putting off doing something else that takes priority over MSB, and I'm sure I'll pay for it later, but check out some fun things I found while looking through old drafts just now:

Best picks of the 2008 draft:
- Giancarlo Stanton (aka Mike), round 6, Matt's Felons
- Charlie Blackmon, round 14, third-from-the-last overall player taken!

Best picks of the 2009 draft:
- Nolan Arenado, round 5
- Mike Trout, round 3

2010:
- Chris Sale, 57th overall
- Lorenzo Cain, 95th overall
- Christian Yelich, 113

2011:
- Matt Carpenter (me) and Jesus Aguilar (jason) in round 8
- AJ Pollack, round 11
- Josh Donaldson, round 16

2013:
- Mookie Betts, 221 overall! (3rd-from-last player taken in the draft) - Jason

2014:
- Kyle Hendricks, round 14 (2nd-from-last player taken)

Point being there has been at least one MVP/CY winner or close competitor available, sometimes long after most teams are DONE drafting.  Happy pickings, boys.
Kyle - 2008, 2015, 2019 MSB Champion