Colorado Rockies Draft History

_{All tables below are based on the amount of WAR each player produced during their first seven seasons in Major League Baseball. The WAR totals for each draft class include both Pitching and Hitting WAR, but excludes any player that did not sign with their drafting team. The total WAR also reflects the total value the drafted player provided, not just the value to his drafting team.}

_{^{*Data accurate through 2019 season.}}

Top Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1998	Colorado Rockies	55.2
2009	Colorado Rockies	34.9
1995	Colorado Rockies	33.9
1997	Colorado Rockies	30.7
2005	Colorado Rockies	24.4

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
2007	Colorado Rockies	-5.1
1994	Colorado Rockies	-1.2
2001	Colorado Rockies	0.9
2006	Colorado Rockies	4.2
2003	Colorado Rockies	4.4

This list excludes any season past 2010, since those draft classes have a multitude of active players.

Top Five Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1995	1	8	Todd Helton	33.2
1998	7	210	Matt Holliday	31.7
2009	2	59	Nolan Arenado	31.3
2005	1	7	Troy Tulowitzki	22.6
1998	13	390	Juan Pierre	16.4

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2006	1	2	Greg Reynolds	-0.7
1994	1	7	Doug Million	No MLB Experience
2007	1	8	Casey Weathers	No MLB Experience
2004	1	9	Chris Nelson	-1.9
2003	1	10	Ian Stewart	2.2

List made from first round picks that produced less than 5.0 WAR in their first seven seasons and ordered by lowest overall pick.

Top Five Value Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1998	13	390	Juan Pierre	16.4
2004	14	410	Dexter Fowler	10.5
1992	11	319	Craig Counsell	6.0
2000	11	317	Brad Hawpe	3.7
2012	15	468	Scott Oberg	2.4

List made from top five WAR values where a player was drafted outside of the first ten rounds.

Top Five Unsigned Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2007	21	642	Chris Sale	27.0
2004	37	1100	Todd Frazier	20.9
2002	40	1191	Matt Garza	14.7
2009	29	871	Corey Dickerson	11.5
1998	42	1260	Nyjer Morgan	10.7

List made from top five WAR values where a player did not sign with the team.

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