The comp rounders who've rocketed up the charts:
* Mike Trout, Angels (#2) - Yankees first round pick (2009) for Mark Teixeira
* Mike Montgomery, Royals (#19) - supplemental first round pick (2008) for David Riske
* Kyle Drabek, Blue Jays (#29) - Mets first round pick (2006) for Billy Wagner (originally drafted by the Phillies, part of the Roy Halladay trade)
* Travis d'Arnaud, Blue Jays (#36) - supplemental first round pick (2007) for David Dellucci (originally drafted by the Phillies, part of Halladay trade)
* Jordan Lyles, Astros (#42) - supplemental first round pick (2008) for Trever Miller
* Nick Franklin, Mariners (#53) - Phillies first round pick (2009) for Raul Ibanez
* Anthony Ranaudo, Red Sox (#67) - supplemental first round pick (2010) for Jason Bay
* Jake Odorizzi, Royals (#69) - supplemental first round pick (2008) for Francisco Cordero (originally drafted by the Brewers, part of the Zack Greinke trade)
* Tyler Skaggs, D'backs (#82) - supplemental first round pick (2009) for Teixeira (originally drafted by the Angels, part of the Dan Haren trade)
* Tanner Scheppers, Rangers (#94) - supplemental first round pick (2009) for Milton Bradley
* Matt Davidson, D'Backs (#99) - supplemental first round pick (2009) for Orlando Hudson
Remove D'Arnaud (as the only 2007 pick on the list; a number of players, including Brett Cecil, have already graduated to the bigs from that class) and look at the past three drafts, and you have 10 comp guys currently sitting in the top 100 out of around 45 1s picks...a success rate (insofar as establishing one's self as a good prospect constitutes success) of 23%.
Depending on whether you're a glass full/glass empty person, that's either good news or bad news; with four comp picks, it suggests that stand a pretty good chance of ending up with one fairly serious prospect. Which isn't necessarily enticing when you consider that even that one might not go on to be much, but when the cost of business was a pair of aging relievers (one good, one not so good) and two surplus-to-requirements catchers (one who never wore the uniform), it's hard to complain about the return.
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