Well, now that the draft is over, we can write all of the hot take thinkpieces about what this draft means for the team. Regardless, the draft is over and the Dodgers’ first draft under Billy Gasparino was very different from what we’re accustomed to seeing as Dodger fans.
The Dodgers took 42 players, 33 of which went to some kind of college. That’s a whopping 78.5%, and far above anything the Dodgers did in previous years under Logan White’s tenure as farm director. Gasparino said the following:
“We aren’t opposed to high school. It was more a value play.