Draft Week: Origins of Current Brewers

Published June 1, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

John Axford	amateur free agent, 2006
Zach Braddock	18th round, 2005
Ryan Braun	1st round, 2005
Dave Bush	2nd round, 2002
Josh Butler	2nd round, 2006
Lorenzo Cain	17th round, 2004
Chris Capuano	8th round, 1999
Todd Coffey	41st round, 1998
Craig Counsell	11th round, 1992
Doug Davis	10th round, 1996
Jim Edmonds	7th round, 1988
Alcides Escobar	amateur free agent, 2003
Marco Estrada	6th round, 2005
Prince Fielder	1st round, 2002
Yovani Gallardo	2nd round, 2004
Mat Gamel	4th round, 2005
Jody Gerut	2nd round, 1998
Carlos Gomez	amateur free agent, 2002
Corey Hart	11th round, 2000
LaTroy Hawkins	7th round, 1991
Adam Heether	11th round, 2003
Trevor Hoffman	11th round, 1989
Joe Inglett	8th round, 2000
George Kottaras	20th round, 2002
Jonathan Lucroy	3rd round, 2007
Kameron Loe	20th round, 2002
Casey McGehee	10th round, 2003
Chris Narveson	2nd round, 2000
Manny Parra	26th round, 2001
David Riske	56th round, 1996
Angel Salome	5th round, 2004
Cody Scarpetta	11th round, 2007
Adam Stern	3rd round, 2001
Mitch Stetter	16th round, 2003
Jeff Suppan	2nd round, 1993
Carlos Villanueva	amateur free agent, 2002
Rickie Weeks	1st round, 2003
Randy Wolf	2nd round, 1997
Gregg Zaun	17th round, 1989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This list was made using the 40-man roster listed on Brewers.com

To give some context, here's what the rounds surrounding some of these picks yielded. These aren't selections - these are the only other players to make the majors from the rounds surrounding the Brewers' players selections:

Zach Braddock was drafted in the 18th round in 2005, but he's not the only pitcher that came from the later rounds of that draft. Burke Badenhop, RHP for the Tigers, was drafted in the 19th. Tommy Hanson of the Braves  and Jamie Garcia of the Cardinals were both drafted in the 22nd round that year.

Todd Coffey was drafted in the 41st round of the 1998 draft. Nook Logan went in the 40th round and played four seasons at first base between Detroit and Washington from 2004 to 2007 and is out of baseball. Mark Buehrle was drafted in the 38th round that year. Pirates SS Bobby Crosby was drafted in the 34th round. Former Brewer Chris Spurling was selected in the 41st round of the 1999 draft.

George Kottaras and Kameron Loe were both selected in the 20th round in 2002. Pirate Zach Duke was picked in the 20th round the year before. Giants' Travis Ishikawa selected in the 21st round that year. Cards pitcher Kyle McClellan was drafted in the 25th round. Russell Martin went in the 17th. Former Brewer Dana Eveland was selected in the 16th round that year.

Manny Parra was drafted in the 26th round 2001. Ian Kinsler went in the same round. Former Brewer Chris Barnwell was selected in the 25th - he played 13 major league games. The Cardinals' Kevin Correia was drafted in the 23rd round and Zach Duke went in the 20th. BCB favorite Chris Saenz was drafted in the 28th round that year. The Braves' Delwyn Young and Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn were selected in the 29th round.

David Riske was selected in the 56th round of 1996. San Diego Giant Barry Zito went in the 59th round. Marcus Giles was drafted in the 53rd round that year.

Gregg Zaun. Brian Giles and Mark Grudzielanek were drafted in the 17th round in 1989. Grudzielanek did not sign and was then drafted in the 11th round of the 1991 draft. Catcher Brian Johnson, who played 471 games from 1994-2001 was drafted in the 16th round...Kurt Abbot, drafted in the 15th round, played 703 games from 1993-2001. Jim Thome was drafted in the 13th round.

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