2011 Post Draft Mock Draft

I do this most years and, now that I have my own blog I want to start it as a yearly tradition.  The goal is to do a draft as I would have liked to have seen it done based on the players available at the time.  I don't think a lot about positions but I do make sure I sprinkle in some college seniors.  I also go only 20 rounds as it gets a little crazy and very labor intensive after that.  You know who the Indians drafted, now here is who I think they SHOULD have drafted, with comments and BA rank.

1. Matt Barnes, RHP, Connecticutt - I had to go safe with this pick.  He's not Lindor but he's good (13)
2. Daniel Norris, LHP, Tennessee HS - OK, more of a flyer than Dillon Howard but more of a talent.  If I get that second round pick back next year, I want to do so by missing out on Norris.(16)
3. B.A. Vollmuth, 3B/SS Southern Mississippi (63) - wanted to inject some college hitting
4. Noe Ramirz, RHP, Cal State Fullerton (93) - Solid starting pitcher who performs
5. Matt Price, RH Closer, Georgia Tech (141) - College closer I have been wanting
6. Derek Fisher, OF, PA HS (66) - I wanted to inject some athleticism into my draft
7. Cody Kukuk, LHP, Kansas HS (154) - OK, at some point I will be burned here but, with Fisher and Norris, Kukuk makes my third way over slot bonus guy and that's all that I want here.
8. Kyle Winkler, RHP, Texas (43) - Here's my annual hurt pitcher.  Sign him and rehibilitate him.
9. Dusty Robinson, OF, Fresno State (115) - Good value at this point and more athleticism for this draft
10. Nick Rickles, C, Stetson (194) - We need some catching in this draft
11. Ben Alsup, RHP, LSU - My first college senior
12. Mike McGee, OF, Florida State - My second college senior
13. Zach McPhee, 2B, Arizona State - The first time the Indians' pick and my pick have matched
14. Chad Zurcher, 2B, Memphis - Leading hitter in NCAA division I, let's give this college senior a shot
15. Jeff Schaus, OF, LSU - A college senior re-draft for the Indians
16. Carlos Rodon, LHP, NC HS (198) - Insert another flyer or backup pick if Norris doesn't sign
17. Matt Stites, RHP, Missouri - A short RH relief college senior but with good stuff
18. Andrew Triggs, RHP, USC - Another re-draft but a guy I like especially this low
19. Pete Lavin, OF, San Francisco - Another solid college senior guy
20. Dillon Peters, LHP, IN HS (104) - My second pick in agreement with the Indians and my last flyer in my post draft mock draft.

So, there you have it. In 20 rounds I picked 12 BA top 200 guys, one college junior and 7 college seniros.  I have 12 pitchers, 1 catcher, 5 outfielders and only 3 infielders.

Thus, in the next 30 rounds I need to draft some organizational depth at catcher and infielder and, of course, you can never have too many pitchers.  So, let's say that we draft the way the Indians do the rest of the draft and use their picks for rounds 21-50.  So there you have my mock draft. 

21	638	Cody Elliott	OF	Ball State	Ind.
22	668	Matthew Reckling	RHP	Rice	Texas
23	698	Cody Allen	RHP	High Point	N.C.
24	728	Taylor Sparks (131)	3B	St. John Bosco HS, Bellflower, Calif.	Calif.
25	758	Kevin Kramer	SS	Turlock (Calif.) HS	Calif.
26	788	Austin Diemer	OF	Rocklin (Calif.) HS	Calif.
27	818	Evan Frazar	SS	Galveston (Texas) JC	Texas
28	848	Tyler Nurdin	LHP	Temple (Texas) JC	Texas
29	878	Jared Ruxer	RHP	Lawrence Central HS, Indianapolis	Ind.
30	908	John Polonius	SS	Genesee (N.Y.) CC	N.Y.
31	938	Michael Roth	LHP	South Carolina	S.C.
32	968	Cole Pitts	RHP	Colquitt County HS, Moultrie, Ga.	Ga.
33	998	Jack Wagoner	RHP	Florida Gulf Coast	Fla.
34	1028	Tyler Maloof	RHP	Georgia	Ga.
35	1058	Mason Radeke	RHP	Cal Poly	Calif.
36	1088	Abel Guerrero	LHP	Galveston (N.Y.) JC	N.Y.
37	1118	Taylor Starr	RHP	Oregon State	Ore.
38	1148	Yhoxian Medina	SS	Southeastern (Iowa) CC	Iowa
39	1178	John Barr	OF	Virginia	Va.
40	1208	Matt Eureste	SS	St. Pius X HS, Houston	Texas
41	1238	Brian Rulz	OF	Lincoln West HS, Cleveland	Ohio
42	1268	KC Serna	SS	Oregon	Ore.
43	1298	Geoff Davenport	LHP	Arkansas	Ark.
44	1328	Adam Griffin	RHP	Forsyth Country Day HS, Lewisville, N.C.	N.C.
45	1358	Will Jamison	OF	Evangelical Christian HS, Cordova, Tenn.	Tenn.
46	1388	Robert Nixon	RHP	Adelphi (N.Y.)	N.Y.
47	1418	Corey Embree	OF	Moberly (Mo.) HS	Mo.
48	1448	Blaine O'Brien	RHP	Keystone (Pa.)	Pa.
49	1478	Brian Hansen	OF	St. Cloud State (Minn.)	Minn.
50	1508	Tyler Baker	C	Shawnee Heights HS, Tecumseh, Kan.	Kan

Let's put this in the time vault and look at it again in 3 years.