Colorado Rockies: 3 Mistakes Almost as Bad as the Oscars
By Kevin Henry
The year was 2006 and the Colorado Rockies had the second overall pick in the Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft. After the Kansas City Royals took hurler Luke Hochevar with the top overall pick, the Rockies followed by also drafting a pitcher, Greg Reynolds out of Stanford University.
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Reynolds never panned out for Colorado, sporting a 2-8 record and 8.13 ERA in 14 games in 2008 and a 6.19 ERA in 13 games in 2011. That would be all of the time the right-hander spent with Colorado in the Majors. He would once again reach the Majors in 2013 with the Cincinnati Reds, going 1-3 with a 5.52 ERA.
Last year at the age of 30, Reynolds saw action in just five games for San Diego’s Triple-A team in El Paso.
So who was taken right after Reynolds? With the third pick, the Tampa Bay Rays selected Evan Longoria as their third baseman. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2008 and has two Gold Gloves and three All-Star Game appearances in his nine seasons with the Rays.
Sure, the Rockies have Nolan Arenado patrolling third base now, but what if Longoria had been around for the year before Arenado’s arrival? It’s an appealing thought, much more than having Reynolds struggle on the mound.
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Oh if the envelope read on MLB’s draft day had only contained Evan Longoria’s name and not Greg Reynolds. Surely that was a typo we can go back and fix, right?
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