Draft thoughts from the past (2011)

Sometimes I like to get lost on baseball-reference.com just to see what I can find. Today I found myself looking at the Minnesota Twins draft classes since 2000. Here are a few thoughts that I had:

The 2014 and 2015 draft by the Minnesota Twins looks like it will be not good. Like really not good. There is still a small bit a hope though trade trees and maybe one or two guys breaking through it might be just "ok".

The 2011 draft class looks like one of the worst draft classes the Twins have had since 2000 that we can fully judge. Seven players out of 50 taken by the Twins in 2011 have played in the MLB. 

Dereck Rodriguez Round 6 1.3 career war.

Rodriguez pitched 7 2/3 innings with the Twins in 2022. He has no trade tree.

Jason Wheeler Round 8 -.01 war.

Jason Wheeler has no trade tree.

Adam McCreery Round 14 -.01 war.

Adam McCreery did not sign with the Twins after being drafted.

Brian Anderson Round 20 9.4 war.

Brian Anderson did not sign with the Twins. He has carved out perfectly fine career in part time role, but I think he will have hard time finding a MLB contract this offseason. 

Nick Burdi round 24 -0.6 war.

Nick Burdi did not sign with the Twins in 2011. He did get drafted again by the Twins 2014 in Round 2 and did sign. He was taken by the Phillies in the 2017 Rule 5 draft. Two weeks ago, he was selected in the minor-league portion of the Rule 5 draft. 

Chris Mazza Round 27 -.02 war.

No trade tree.

Kyle Barraclough round 40 2.2 war.

Barraclough did not sign with the Twins in 2011. He did sign as a free agent in 2021 and pitched 13 not-good innings.

Three players have had a positive WAR. Only one had a positive war for the Twins and that was Dereck Rodriguez in 2022 with a 0.2 WAR. 

Other items worth noting or questioning:

The Twins drafted Kolten Wong and J.D. Martinez but neither signed. They went to college and were later drafted much higher. Will Byron Buxton pass Joe Mauer in WAR? If 2011, is the worst draft class since 2000 is the 2001 draft with Joe Maurer the best? Maybe 2012 with Buxton, Berrios, Rogers, and Duffey?