With the 2015 first-year player draft approaching, let’s take a look back at how the last 10 Oakland A’s first-round draft picks have fared.
Because hindsight is a beautiful thing.
For purposes of a tidy list, we’ll stick with the first overall selection from each year dating back to 2005. There may be a better draft pick, a guy picked later who is playing better currently. If that’s the case, that player may get a brief mention, but again, this article will concentrate on the first pick.
Also worth noting, guys more recently drafted—2012 through 2014 for example—will get more leniency.
So how have the A’s done with their first picks? For ease, we’ll call each one a hit or a miss.
Let’s find out.