2012 MWBL RE-DRAFT – (WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED)
Mid-West Baseball League Commissioner’s Office – Report submitted by Chris DeMecurio – Corktown Cycle. – June 3rd, 2019
The rules are simple. I selected a player to draft with each pick in the 1st round of the 2012 MWBL Draft from the players that were actually selected somewhere in that draft. Minor league players had to make it up by the end of the 2014 season or it would be a waste of a pick no matter how good they were. Remember, it’s impossible to know what each owner would have actually done with a chance to re-draft, so I did my best to mix the players actual MLB career with their MWBL career and remaining potential. Let’s keep in mind this was for fun. With that said, go ahead and share your thoughts, and rip on some of my re-draft picks, but more importantly feel free to call out owners for their actual picks.
Image how different the MWBL could have been if the guys listed below had made it up in time. But, they did not, so they’ve automatically been eliminated from the redraft, because they obviously would not have been worth it. Keep in mind, the redraft is not perfect. It is just a different way to look at what could have been. This is 12 rounds worth of players and 28 teams. This is more to show how difficult it is to manage the chaos of draft day. Since, I had not been in the league yet in 2012, it makes it easy for me to laugh at your picks. My day is coming though.
This years version of the redraft featured the best list of players that did not get called up in time. In alphabetical order
Jorge Alfaro – Chicago
Josh Bell – Yonge Street
Francisco Lindor – Dallas
Adalberto Mondesi – Severn
Eddie Rosario – West Coast
Trevor Story – Manhattan
Noah Syndergaard – Pittsburgh
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