Colorado Rockies 2011 MLB Draft: The drafting of Trevor Story

The Colorado Rockies also drafted Trevor Story in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft

The Colorado Rockies also had a comp pick in the draft for losing reliever Octavio Dotel to free agency, despite Dotel only playing with the Rockies for the final two weeks of the 2010 season.

That pick? A shortstop by the name of Trevor Story.

Through 2021, he played six seasons in the majors (all with the Rockies) and he has been an All-Star twice and he won two Silver Slugger Award. He also received MVP votes in three seasons and was fourth in the 2016 NL Rookie of the Year voting. Had he not been injured for the final two months of the season, he may have even won it.

So they acquired Octavio Dotel for two weeks to get a comp pick and that pick ends up being Trevor Story. Talk about a good pick.

The problem for the Rockies in this draft was that their later picks fell flat.

In the second round, they drafted an outfielder by the name of Carl Thomore. He never got above Rookie-ball with the Rockies as he never hit above .208. He never played above Single-A at all and was out of affiliated ball by 2014. Not a good pick at all.

Seven picks later, the Braves drafted a shortstop by the name of Nick Ahmed. Ahmed was later traded to the D-Backs and he’s won two Gold Gloves in the majors. He’s not Trevor Story but he’s a heck of a lot better than Carl Thomore.