I’ve followed the draft for what feels like forever. My earliest moment was back in 1996 just after the draft when I watched an NCAA Tournament game featuring recent first round pick R.A. Dickey (Tennessee). I still remember Josh (Hamilton) vs. Josh (Beckett) and the two big time draft picks by the Phillies in the late 1990’s that were both expected to change their franchise- JD Drew (1997) and Pat “The Bat” Burrell (1998). I also remember Lance Berkman coming out of Rice with his 41 homers in 63 games in his draft year (pre-bat change) and Mark Prior out of USC, among others.