When was jacoby ellsbury drafted
Ellsbury is an official member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and is the first player of Navajo descent to reach the major leagues. He currently is the starting center fielder for the Boston Red Sox, and was ranked as the 2 prospect in the Red Sox system until he graduated to rookie status in April He bats and throws left-handed.
Ellsbury attended Oregon State University, where, in , he hit. He was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the amateur draft, but he neglected to sign. Ellsbury was drafted by the Red Sox in the first round of the draft 23rd overall pick. He played his first game for the Spinners on July 14th. On September 7th, he tied a team record for stealing three bases in a game. Ellsbury began the season as the 6 ranked prospect in the Red Sox system.
He started the season with the class-A Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League , where he tied the franchise record for stolen bases in a game- with four- on July 3rd.
He was the Eastern League player of the week for the week of August , during which time he hit. He finished the season hitting.
He also made only 16 starts, shelved on June 8 due to neck soreness that seemed to have him 10 days away from returning for the next three months; he did not pitch again until September In all, the Buchholz pick was an obvious success: The Red Sox have not drafted a pitcher since who has matched his production, and he ranks as the third-best 42nd overall pick ever. In Red Sox franchise history, he ranks 28th in innings pitched, 11th in strikeouts, and 34th in pitcher bWAR.
The accomplishments and frustrations went hand in hand. The myth of the MLB-ready amateur The confluence of having several picks and lots of money to spend meant the Red Sox had the chance to take on extra risks that they might have been leery of otherwise. The risk? For a team not looking to spend that kind of money on a college reliever or with a roster crunch that would make that man spot hard to surrender, Hansen was out of play.
The Red Sox, though, had money, roster space, and draft picks to play with, and nabbed him with the 26th pick. The six-foot-six righty with a highs fastball and wipeout slider was suddenly the story of the late summer, with hopes that he could solidify a foundering bullpen. After getting ramped up in extended spring training, he appeared in two games for the GCL Sox, striking out four of the 11 batters he faced and giving up just two hits in three innings.
With the minor league season over and Hansen on the man roster by virtue of his MLB contract, a callup of Hansen just six weeks after signing seemed almost inevitable. On September 19, Hansen made his debut with a scoreless fifth inning in a loss to Tampa. He faced three batters, striking out two and inducing a pop out. His second outing was less auspicious, surrendering a two-run homer to Melvin Mora of the Orioles and getting tagged with a blown save in a game the Red Sox would rally to win.
The emergence of Jonathan Papelbon helped quell any urge to try to maneuver Hansen onto the playoff roster, but hopes were as high as ever.
Headed into , Hansen was linked with Papelbon and Jon Lester as the consensus three best prospects in the organization. The team had wanted Hansen to work on his changeup to complement his existing two-pitch mix and make him a more complete pitcher.
In order to work on the pitch, he was being used in multi-inning outings, but his performance picked up where he left off: in five outings, he gave up just one run on four hits in 11 innings, striking out 12 and walking four. They continued to have him work longer outings in order to work on his pitch mix. In mid-May, the organization announced its intention to continue this development by putting him in a starting role.
However, the results were not entirely positive. His control wobbled in the longer outings, with 13 walks against 10 strikeouts as a starter, and seven of those walks coming in the two final starts. Also troubling was his slider, such a dominant pitch in college, was showing signs of inconsistency.
Despite that mixed bag, desperation at the major league level led to the team pulling the plug on the development plan and calling Hansen to the majors on June 6.
Two weeks later, he was back in the majors. The early results were solid, if not dominant, as he gave up five runs on 20 hits in 19 innings over 17 appearances, striking out 15 and walking just five.
Then the wheels appeared to fall off. He was sent back to Pawtucket on August 21 and was not used in high-leverage situations after he was recalled during the September roster expansion. Late that year, news came out that Hansen had been struggling with sleep apnea. Unfortunately, a return to the major leagues brought the return of his control woes. Only three years after signing, the Red Sox traded Hansen as the third piece of a larger deal.
The rest of the story: In another draft, Jed Lowrie might be the biggest story. Were it not for the guy in the picture at the top of this post, it would be Lowrie with the best bWAR of any Red Sox first-round pick since , and he is the only member of the class currently signed to a major league contract.
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