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Because I’m both hard up for weekends free and a glutton for punishment we are stating the 1997 draft before the 1972 draft is done so I’ll be a tad crazy for a while.

Non Baseball league blogging is going to suffer.

fyi the 1972 league draft is still in progress, round 16 Full draft so far is here.

Round 1 & 2

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Edwardo Alphonso	2B	1	Cleveland	Rondell White	CF
2	Minnesota	Vlad Guerrero	OF	2	Minnesota	Bobby Jones	P
3	Pittsburgh	Bernie Williams	CF	3	Pittsburgh	Todd Helton	LF
4	Los Angeles	Edger Renteria	ss	4	Los Angeles	Dante Bichette	LF
5	Atlanta	Rick Reed	P	5	Atlanta	Greg Swindell	P
6	Seattle	Doug Jones	P	6	Seattle	John Valentin	2B
7	New York (A)	Todd Stottlemeier	P	7	New York (a)	Ray Durham	2B
8	Baltimore	Charles Johnson	c	8	Baltimore	Mike Lansking	2B
9	St. Louis	Vinny Castilla	3B	9	Chicago (a) via St Louis	Jamie Moyer	P
10	Chicago (a)	Todd Hundley	C	10	Chicago (A)	Chris Holt	P
11	Cincinnati	Matt Karchner	P	11	Cincinnati	Mike Grace	P
12	Houston	Dave Hollins	3b	12	Minnesota (via Houston)	Bill Mueller	3B
13	Toronto	Kirk Rueter	P	13	Toronto	Joe Randa	3B
14	San Diego	Stan Javier	rf	14	Cleveland (via SD)	Jeff Blauser	SS
15	NYY (via Florida)	Brian Hunter	of	Florida	NYY (Via Florida)	Dustin Hermanson	P
16	Boston	Ken Camminiti	3B	Boston	Boston	Walt Weiss	ss

Round 3 & 4

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Jim Leyritz	C	1	Cleveland	Charles Nagy	P
2	Houston (via Min)	MIke Bordick	SS	2	Minnesota	Brad Ausmus	C
3	Pittsburgh	Al Leiter	CF	3	Pittsburgh	Damion Easley	2B
4	Los Angeles	David Wells	P	4	Los Angeles	Rob Nen	P
5	Atlanta	Carlos Perez	P	5	Houston (via Atlanta)	Deivi Cruz	SS
6	Seattle	Chili Davis	DH	6	Seattle	Jose Mercedes	P
7	New York (A)	Doug Jones	P	7	New York (a)	Mike Fetters	P
8	Baltimore	Bernard Gilkey	LF	8	Baltimore	B.J Surhoff	LF
9	St. Louis	Wally Joyner	1B	9	St Louis	Mike Lieberthal	C
10	Chicago (a)	Gary Gaetti	3B	10	Chicago (A)	JT Snow	1B
11	Cincinnati	Roberto Hernandez	P	11	Cincinnati	Kevin Tapani	P
12	Atlanta (via Hou)	Francisco Cordova	P	12	Houston	Manny Aybar	P
13	Toronto	Garrett Stephenson	P	13	Toronto	Ken Hill	P
14	San Diego	Mark Clark	P	14	San Diego	Darren Bragg	OF
15	Florida	Robin Ventura	3B	Florida	Atlanta (Via Florida)	Sterling Hitchcock	P
16	Boston	Roger Cedeno	CF	Boston	Boston	Jay Buhner	rf

Round 5 & 6

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Rich Loiselle	P	1	Cleveland	Joey Cora	2B
2	Minnesota	Jeff D’Amico	P	2	Minnesota	Bill Spiers	3B
3	Pittsburgh	Mike Jackson	P	3	Pittsburgh	Mark Loretta	2B
4	Los Angeles	Tom Candiotti	P	4	Los Angeles	Kevin Young	1B
5	Atlanta	Shane Reynolds	P	5	Atlanta	Tim Wakefield	P
6	Seattle	Paul Quantrill	P	6	Seattle	Eric Karros	1B
7	New York (A)	Jeff Montgomery	P	7	New York (a)	Steve Finley	CF
8	Baltimore	Ramon Garcia	P	8	Baltimore	Luis Gonzalez	1B
9	St. Louis	Dennis Eckersley	P	9	Chicago (a) (via St Louis)	Hideo Nomo	P
10	Chicago (a)	Mickey Morandini	2B	10	Chicago (A)	Mike Timlin	P
11	Cincinnati	Kent Mercker	P	11	Cincinnati	Brian Bohanon	P
12	Houston	Miguel Batista	P	12	Houston	Rich Aurilla	SS
13	Toronto	Bobby Bonilla	3B	13	Toronto	Pat Mears	SS
14	San Diego	Luis Alicea	2B	14	Atlanta (via San Diego)	Dave Burba	P
15	Florida	Scott Brosius	3B	15	Atlanta (Via Florida)	Gregg Zaun	C
16	Boston	Troy O’Leary	CF	16	Boston	Brent Mayne	C

Round 7 & 8 (no picks beyond round 7 tradable)

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Chris Stynes	LF	1	Cleveland	Jeff Reed	C
2	Minnesota	David Segui	1B	2	Minnesota	Roberto Kelly	OF
3	Pittsburgh	Brian Jordan	RF	3	Pittsburgh	Fernando Vina	2B
4	Los Angeles	Daei Mlicki	P	4	Los Angeles	Jeffrey Hammonds	OF
5	Florida (via) Atlanta	Alan Embree	P	5	Atlanta	Woody Williams	P
6	Seattle	Ben McDonald	P	6	Seattle	Mike Stanton	P
7	New York (A)	Otis Nixon	CF	7	New York (a)	Mark Wohlers	P
8	Baltimore	Tim Bogar	SS	8	Baltimore	Rod Beck	P
9	St. Louis	Ricky Bottalico	P	9	St Louis	Scott Radinsky	P
10	St Louis (via Chicago )	Rick Helling	P	10	Chicago (A)	Dave Martinez	OF
11	Cincinnati	Pat Rapp	P	11	Cincinnati	Jose Rosado	P
12	Houston	Eric Davis	OF	12	Houston	Joe Carter	OF
13	Toronto	Ryne Sandberg	2B	13	Toronto	Jessie Orosco	P
14	San Diego	Danny Patterson	P	14	San Diego	Kevin Orie	3B
15	Atlanta (via Florida)	Bob Tewksbury	P	15	Florida	Jose Offerman	2B
16	Boston	Matt Lawton	OF	Boston	Boston	Will Clark	1B

Round 9 & 10

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Stan Belinda	P	1	Cleveland	Brian Boehringer	P
2	Minnesota	Mike Magnate	P	2	Minnesota	Scott Karl	P
3	Pittsburgh	Doug Brocail	P	3	Pittsburgh	Kenny Rogers	P
4	Los Angeles	Joey Hamilton	P	4	Los Angeles	Darren Lewis	OF
5	Atlanta	Reggie Sanders	OF	5	Atlanta	Mike Blowers	1B
6	Seattle	Jeremi Gonzalez	P	6	Seattle	Greg Vaughn	LF
7	New York (A)	Doug Glanville	OF	7	New York (a)	Anthony Telford	P
8	Baltimore	Jose Mesa	P	8	Baltimore	Chad Curtis	LF
9	St. Louis	Lee Stevens	1B	9	St Louis	Butch Huskey	rf
10	Chicago (a)	Charlie O’Brien	C	10	Chicago (A)	John Jaha	1B
11	Cincinnati	Willie McGee	OF	11	Cincinnati	Brian Johnson	C
12	Houston	Dave Clark	1b	12	Houston	Tripp Cromer	2B
13	Toronto	Jason Schmidt	P	13	Toronto	Orel Hershiser	P
14	San Diego	John Flaherty	C	14	San Diego	Jeff Juden	P
15	Florida	Brett Butler	cf	15	Florida	Rey Sanchez	2B
16	Boston	Terry Mulholland	P	16	Boston	Breg McMichael	P

Round 11 & 12

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Willie Green	3B	1	Cleveland	Geronimo Berroa	rf
2	Minnesota	Denny Hocking	ss	2	Minnesota	Russ Springer	P
3	Pittsburgh	Darrin Fletcher	C	3	Pittsburgh	Benito Santiago	C
4	Los Angeles	Manny Alexander	SS	4	Los Angeles	Jose Lima	P
5	Atlanta	Ron Coomer	3B	5	Atlanta	Jose Valentin	SS
6	Seattle	Johnny Damon	OF	6	seattle	Marc Valdes	P
7	New York (a)	Quilvio Veras	2B	7	Seattle	Tony Phillips	2B
8	Baltimore	Allen Watson	P	8	Baltimore	Scott Spiezio	2B
9	St. Louis	John Burkett	P	9	St Louis	Miguel Tejada	SS
10	Chicago (a)	Jose Hernandez	P	10	Chicago (A)	Jason Dickson	P
11	Cincinnati	Quinton McCracken	OF	11	Cincinnati	Harold Baines	1B
12	Houston	Richard Batchelor	P	12	Houston	Roger Bailey	P
13	Toronto	Jeff Nelson	P	13	Toronto	Kevin Stocker	SS
14	San Diego	Darren Oliver	P	14	San Diego	John Frascatore	P
15	Florida	Mike Trombley	P	15	Florida	Jim Corsi	P
16	Boston	Bob Patterson	P	16	Boston	Eddie Guardado	P

Round 13 & 14

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	John Thompson	P	1	Cleveland	Keith Lockhart	2B
2	Minnesota	Jay Powell	P	2	Minnesota	Steve Reed	P
3	Pittsburgh	Omar Daal	P	3	Pittsburgh	Pete Harnisch	P
4	Los Angeles	Brian Moehler	P	4	Los Angeles	Joe Oliver	C
5	Atlanta	Reggie Jefferson	1B	5	Atlanta	Carlos Hernandez	C
6	Seattle	Armando Reynoso	P	6	Seattle	Tom Martin	P
7	New York (a)	Luis Castillo	2B	7	New York (a)	Fred McGriff	1B
8	Baltimore	Mike Sweeney	C	8	Baltimore	Mike Oquist	P
9	St. Louis	Pep Harris	P	9	St Louis	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	P
10	Chicago (a)	Paul Spoljaric	P	10	Chicago (A)	Carl Everett	OF
11	Cincinnati	Luis Sojo	2B	11	Cincinnati	Mark Gardner	P
12	Houston	Cal Eldred	P	12	Houston	Mike Dejean	P
13	Toronto	Terry Steinbach	C	13	Toronto	John Wasdin	P
14	San Diego	Ryan Klesko	inf	14	San Diego	Doug Bochtler	P
15	Florida	Mark Whiten	OF	15	Florida	Tim Belcher	P
16	Boston	Jose Canseco	RF	16	Boston	Robert Person	P

Round 15 & 16

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Billy Taylor	P	1	Cleveland	Luis Lopez	SS
2	Minnesota	Marc Wilkins	P	2	Minnesota	Joe Adamson	P
3	Pittsburgh	Sean Berry	3B	3	Pittsburgh	Roger Pavlik	P
4	Los Angeles	Aaron Sele	P	4	Los Angeles	Brett Boone	2B
5	Atlanta	Jack Howell	3B	5	Atlanta	Felix Heredia	P
6	Seattle	Rafael Bournigal	SS	6	Seattle	Henry Rodriguez	LF
7	New York (a)	Mike Morgan	P	7	New York (a)	Dan Plesac	P
8	Baltimore	Paul Sorrento	1B	8	Baltimore	Jose Vizcaino	ss
9	St. Louis	Rich Rodriguez	P	9	St Louis	Marquis Grissom	cf
10	Chicago (a)	Brian McRae	OF	10	Chicago (A)	Kurt Abbott	2B
11	Cincinnati	Joe Girardi	c	11	Cincinnati	T.J. Matthews	P
12	Houston	Mike Matheny	C	12	Houston
13	Toronto	Bobby Ayala	P	13	Toronto	Derek Bell	RF
14	San Diego	Chuck McElroy	P	14	San Diego	Bip Roberts	inf
15	Florida	Alex Ochoa	OF	15	Florida	Damon Buford	CF
16	Boston	Todd Worrell	P	16	Boston	Julio Franco	2B

Round 17 & 18

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Cleveland	Ramiro Mendoza	P	1	Cleveland	Eric Gunderson	P
2	Minnesota	Rich Becker	OF	2	Minnesota	Mike Bielecki	P
3	Pittsburgh	Phil Nevin	3B	3	Pittsburgh	Ron Villone	P
4	Los Angeles	Tony Batista		4	Los Angeles	Chris Carpenter	P
5	Atlanta	Al Martin	OF	5	Atlanta	Doug Strange	3B
6	Seattle	Juan Acevedo	P	6	Seattle	Mike MacFarlane	C
7	New York	Cory Lidle	P	7	New York	Marc Pisciotta	P
8	Baltimore	Devon White	CF	8	Baltimore	Frank Castillo	P
9	St. Louis	Omar Olivares	P	9	St Louis	Joe Crawford	P
10	Chicago (a)	Julian Tavarez	P	10	Chicago (A)	Domingo Cedeno	2B
11	Cincinnati	Jon Nunnally	CF	11	Cincinnati	Brad Rigby	P
12	Houston	Ozzie Guillen	SS	12	Houston	Greg Gagne	SS
13	Toronto	Kent Bottenfield	P	13	Toronto	Bob Hamelin	1B
14	San Diego	Matt Walbeck	C	14	San Diego	Billy Ripken	SS
15	Florida	Gregg Olson	P	15	Florida	Chris Hoiles	C
16	Boston	George Williams	C	16	Boston	Jason Christiansen	P

Round 19 & 20

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Minnesota	Todd Pratt	C	1	Minnesota	Shane Halter	2B
2	Pittsburgh	Damon Mashore	OF	2	Pittsburgh	Xavier Hernandez	P
3	Los Angeles	Dean Palmer	3B	3	Los Angeles	Ben Grieve	RF
4	Atlanta	Wilton Guerrero	2B	4	Atlanta	Mark Grudzielanek	SS
5	Seattle	Jermaine Dye	RF	5	Seattle	Dave Russ	3B
6	Baltimore	Rick Wilkins	C	6	Baltimore	Steve Cooke	P
7	St. Louis	Dennis Cook	P	7	St Louis	Gregg Jefferies	LF
8	Chicago (a)	Dave Veres	P	8	Chicago (A)	Danny Darwin	P
9	Cincinnati	Tony Graffanino	2B
10	Houston	Shane Andrews	3B	9	Houston	Dave Hansen
11	Toronto	Juan Guzman	P	10	Toronto	Tim Naehring	3B
12	San Diego	Tony Castillo	P	11	San Diego	Eddie Taubensee	C
13	Florida	Donne Wall	P	15	Florida	Jerry DiPoto	P
14	Boston	Curtis Goodwin	CF	16	Boston	Aaron Small	P

Round 21 & 22

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Pittsburgh	Turner Ward	OF	1	Pittsburgh	Dave Magadan	3B
2	Los Angeles	James Baldwin	P	2	Los Angeles	Jimmy Haynes	P
3	Atlanta	Scott Hattenberg	C
4	Seattle	Clint Sodowsky	P	3	Seattle	Jose Vidro	2B
5	Baltimore	Kevin Foster	P	4	Baltimore	Steve Trachsel	P
6	Chicago (a)	Chad Kreuter	c	5	Chicago (A)	Ricky Gutierrez	SS
7	Houston	Tony Eusebio	C
8	Toronto	Rich DeLucia	P	6	Toronto	Paul Byrd
9	San Diego	Chad Fox	P	7	San Diego	Terry Adams	P
10	Florida	Doug Brabek	P	15	Florida	Jorge Fabegas	C
11	Boston	Mark Bellhorn	3B	16	Boston	Eric Plunk	P

Round 23 & 24

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Pittsburgh	Dave Nilsson	1B
2	Seattle	Orlando Palmeiro	CF	1	Seattle	Randy Veras
3	Baltimore	Matt Beech	P
4	Toronto	Todd Walker		2	Toronto	Jesse Levis	C
5	San Diego	Bobby Witt		3	San Diego	John Mabry
6	Florida	Jeff Reboulet		4	Florida	Buddy Groom	P
7	Boston	Chad Ogea		5	Boston	Mark Langston	P

Round 25 & 26

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Seattle	Craig Grebeck
2	Toronto	Mark Smith
3	San Diego	Dan Naulty		1	San Diego	Charlie Hayes
4	Florida	Doug Henry		2	Florida	Mark McLemore

Round 27 & 28

Pick #	Team	Player	Position	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
1	Florida	Mark Guthrie	P	1	Florida	Gary DiSarcina