2011 MLB Amateur Draft by BruceM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
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Runner(s)-Up:

KearnsT


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 13 17 13 23 42 42 13 33 42 07 07 65
1 GoodmanDL 404 98 15
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33
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65
2 KearnsT 384 95 15
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42
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13
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42
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65
3 QuintongJ 364 91 15
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17
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42
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42
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33
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65
4 RauscherM 359 87 15
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17
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42
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13
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42
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65
4 ztucker 359 87 15
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23
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42
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07
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65
6 gregariouschinchilla 354 82 15
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23
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42
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65
7 KennellyA 350 79 15
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23
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42
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42
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13
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65
8 Ruwisc 333 75 15
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13
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23
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42
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33
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42
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15
9 BrezinaD 325 72 00
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65
10 HoH 324 69 15
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23
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42
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65
11 twarner50 303 66 15
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13
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12 GrahamJ 296 62 15
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13 BoyerA 292 59 15
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23
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42
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14 Consigliari 283 56 15
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23
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13
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65
15 MilesTeg 278 53 15
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13
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33
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16 Matto 270 50 15
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17 hoyalawya76 262 46 15
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18 RalliP 256 43 15
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19 helitzur 253 40 15
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20 TheLuggage 237 37 15
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21 PipkeR 215 33 15
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22 chc 207 30 15
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23 KPope 193 27 15
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24 FriedmanWS 184 24 00
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25 LoC 180 20 15
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26 DreierR 172 17 15
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27 SokolM 147 14 15
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28 Nicole 145 11 15
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29 MitchellWA 141 8 00
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30 classicroadster 128 4 15
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31 DouglasLovesVixey 0 1 00
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Questions:

What pitcher was the #1 overall pick (by the Pittsburgh Pirates) in Major League Baseball's 2011 amateur draft? He was traded to Houston in January 2018 for a package that included 2011 supplemental draftee Joe Musgrove.

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Gerrit Cole

What pitcher did the Arizona Diamondbacks take at #3? He was college teammates with the aforementioned #1 pick, though the two openly despised each other. In May 2018 this notoriously hard-to-coach player accused the Astros of cheating, though you may also remember him from having to miss a playoff start because of a drone mishap.

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Trevor Bauer

What college had both of the aforementioned pitchers in its rotation? Jackie Robinson lettered in four sports at this Pac 10 school.

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UCLA

Which team took southpaw Danny Hultzen (who was injury-prone and through April 2018 had never reached the majors) at #2 overall? This franchise had previously drafted lefty Ryan Anderson, who was one of Baseball America's top 10 prospects three years in a row but also never reached the majors. This team's 1987 and 1993 first-rounders (both #1 overall) both worked out pretty well though.

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Seattle Mariners

What high school pitcher was drafted #4? In his professional debut, with the Delmarva Shorebirds, he had a 40:2 strikeout:walk ratio and 0.00 ERA over 30 innings. Overcoming 2013 Tommy John surgery, he reached the bigs in 2016 and cracked his team's rotation for good a year later.

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Dylan Bundy

What high school pitcher, drafted at #7, would go on to hit a two-run triple in the 2017 NL wild card game? This impressively bearded relief ace was not his team's regular closer as of April 2018 (that honor went to Brad Boxberger), despite a 1.73 career ERA as a reliever (compared to over 5 as a starter).

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Archie Bradley

What state was home to the aforementioned pitchers, who played high school ball in Owasso and Broken Arrow, respectively?

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Oklahoma

What infielder from Rice slipped to #6 despite several months as the projected #1 pick (at least according to Mike Rizzo, the GM who drafted him)? He and teammate Trea Turner have each described the other as their favorite player.

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Anthony Rendon

Two answers required. The brilliantly entertaining play of the shortstops drafted #8 and #9 became a story line in the 2016 World Series. (The two teams' previous futility was a somewhat bigger story.) Name both of those infielders, one of whom now spends more time at second base.

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Francisco Lindor; Javier Baez

What outfielder was drafted #11? This Connecticut native became a World Series hero a year after the duo from the previous question.

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George Springer

What pitcher drafted at #14 had a 2.58 ERA, 1.054 WHIP, and 38-17 record in 76 career starts? He died in a September 2016 boat crash.

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Jose Fernandez

Either of two answers is acceptable. Two players taken in the bottom half of the first round (but before the supplemental first round) had made at least one all-star team through 2017. Both were drafted by teams in the same media market, one as a pitcher from Vanderbilt and the other as an infielder from St. John's. Name either of these all-stars.

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Sonny Gray; Joe Panik