Part III in Emack's series on rookies and prospects for 2007.
You have seen how this writer values the Rookie of the Year candidates in his Top 25 rookies to target on Draft Day and Top 100 rookies/prospects for 2007.
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Here is a cumulative set of other opinions.
Here we outline the rookies drafted in CBS SportsLine's NL-only and AL-only analysts league drafts this January (24-25). These lists will give you a gauge on when to take a chance on a rookie or which long-term keepers to consider this spring.
These were a pair of 12-team, 30-round drafts that dipped 360 players deep into their respective league's talent pools. These are not keeper leagues either, so the analysts who picked these players are hopeful they will pay dividends at some point in 2007.
| NL-only Analyst Rookie Picks | ||||
| Player | POS | TM | Pick | |
| 1 | Chris B. Young | OF | ARI | 71 |
| 2 | Troy Tulowitzki | SS | COL | 120 |
| 3 | Kevin Kouzmanoff | 3B | SD | 135 |
| 4 | Chris Iannetta | C | COL | 153 |
| 5 | Mike Pelfrey | SP | NYM | 189 |
| 6 | Homer Bailey | SP | CIN | 213 |
| 7 | Jeff Baker | OF | COL | 220 |
| 8 | Jason Hirsh | SP | COL | 223 |
| 9 | Kory Casto | OF | WAS | 226 |
| 10 | James Loney | 1B | LAD | 240 |
| 11 | Felix Pie | OF | CHC | 249 |
| 12 | Miguel Montero | C | ARI | 251 |
| 13 | Hunter Pence | OF | HOU | 260 |
| 14 | Ryan Braun | 3B | MIL | 261 |
| 15 | Andy LaRoche | 3B | LAD | 263 |
| 16 | Brent Lillibridge | SS | ATL | 265 |
| 17 | Tim Lincecum | SP | SF | 269 |
| 18 | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | ATL | 273 |
| 19 | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN | 278 |
| 20 | Carlos Ruiz | C | PHI | 283 |
| 21 | Alberto Callaspo | 2B | ARI | 285 |
| 22 | Yovani Gallardo | SP | MIL | 289 |
| 23 | Philip Humber | SP | NYM | 292 |
| 24 | Jesus Flores | C | WAS | 293 |
| 25 | Henry Owens | RP | FLA | 298 |
| 26 | Shane Youman | SP | PIT | 302 |
| 27 | Jonathan Meloan | RP | LAD | 303 |
| 28 | Jonah Bayliss | RP | PIT | 304 |
| 29 | Michael Bourn | OF | PHI | 306 |
| 30 | Charlton Jimerson | OF | HOU | 312 |
| 31 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | PIT | 317 |
| 32 | Micah Owings | SP | ARI | 319 |
| 33 | Troy Patton | SP | HOU | 323 |
| 34 | Anderson Hernandez | 2B | NYM | 330 |
| 35 | Donald Veal | SP | CHC | 332 |
| 36 | Cesar Carrillo | SP | SD | 333 |
| 37 | Rajai Davis | OF | PIT | 337 |
| 38 | Jeff Salazar | OF | COL | 345 |
| 39 | Beltran Perez | SP | WAS | 346 |
| 40 | Joe Koshansky | 1B | COL | 354 |
| 41 | Larry Broadway | 1B | WAS | 355 |
| 42 | Matt Albers | SP | HOU | 358 |
| 43 | Troy Cate | SP | STL | 359 |
| 44 | Jae-Kuk Ryu | SP | CHC | 360 |
| AL-only Analyst Rookie Picks | ||||
| Player | POS | TM | Pick | |
| 1 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | SP | BOS | 35 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon | 3B | KC | 44 |
| 3 | Delmon Young | OF | TB | 45 |
| 4 | Akinori Iwamura | 3B | TB | 118 |
| 5 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B | BOS | 123 |
| 6 | Brandon Wood | SS | LAA | 142 |
| 7 | Matt Garza | SP | MIN | 154 |
| 8 | Kei Igawa | SP | NYY | 169 |
| 9 | Phil Hughes | SP | NYY | 177 |
| 10 | Adam Lind | OF | TOR | 191 |
| 11 | Josh Fields | 3B | CHW | 195 |
| 12 | Jeff Mathis | C | LAA | 213 |
| 13 | Erick Aybar | SS | LAA | 219 |
| 14 | Jason Botts | DH | TEX | 237 |
| 15 | Billy Butler | OF | KC | 243 |
| 16 | Evan Longoria | 3B | TB | 244 |
| 17 | Elijah Dukes | OF | TB | 245 |
| 18 | Ryan Sweeney | OF | CHW | 261 |
| 19 | Luke Hochevar | SP | KC | 263 |
| 20 | Kevin Slowey | SP | MIN | 264 |
| 21 | Adam Miller | SP | CLE | 265 |
| 22 | Andrew Miller | SP | DET | 266 |
| 23 | Hayden Penn | SP | BAL | 269 |
| 24 | John Danks | SP | CHW | 272 |
| 25 | Adam Jones | OF | SEA | 276 |
| 26 | Nick Adenhart | SP | LAA | 286 |
| 27 | Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | BOS | 288 |
| 28 | Daric Barton | 1B | OAK | 289 |
| 29 | Jerry Owens | OF | CHW | 300 |
| 30 | Joaquin Arias | SS | TEX | 309 |
| 31 | Reid Brignac | SS | TB | 316 |
| 32 | Jeff Niemann | SP | TB | 325 |
| 33 | Joel Guzman | 3B | TB | 333 |
| 34 | Reggie Willits | OF | LAA | 336 |
| 35 | Travis Buck | OF | OAK | 337 |
| 36 | Glen Perkins | SP | MIN | 340 |
| 37 | Jeff Fiorentino | OF | BAL | 353 |
| 38 | Gio Gonzalez | SP | CHW | 356 |
| 39 | Humberto Sanchez | SP | NYY | 357 |
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