MLB draft history: Notable 4th-round picks
The 2020 MLB draft resumes Thursday at 5 p.m. with Rounds 2 through 5.
The Phillies, who forfeited their second-round pick by signing Zack Wheeler, have three remaining picks in the five-round 2020 draft: 87, 116 and 146.
That 116th pick comes in the fourth round, which has produced Hall of Famers like Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Smith and Jeff Bagwell, future Hall of Famer Yadier Molina and plenty of other household names.
The Phillies’ most notable fourth-round picks were Michael Bourn in 2003, Dickie Noles in 1975 and Jason Michaels in 1998. Bourn played 11 seasons in the majors and was an All-Star with both the Astros and Braves. He was the main piece in the Phillies’ trade for Brad Lidge, so in a roundabout way, the Phillies may not have won the 2008 World Series without that Bourn pick five years earlier.
Cliff Lee was drafted in the fourth round by the Expos in 2000, and one of the players the Phillies traded for him in 2009, Lou Marson, was a fourth-rounder.
So were Trevor May (traded for Ben Revere), Cody Asche and lefty JoJo Romero, who is currently on the Phils’ 40-man roster.
Here are the most notable fourth-round picks in MLB history league-wide:
Tier 1
Rickey Henderson
Ozzie Smith
Jeff Bagwell
Yadier Molina
Paul O’Neill
Tier 2
Cody Bellinger
Cliff Lee
Garret Anderson
Corey Kluber
Luis Gonzalez
Tier 3
David Justice
Ron Gant
Jonathan Papelbon
Graig Nettles
Brandon Crawford
Other notable 4th-rounders
Bo Jackson, Josh Johnson, James Paxton, Phillies nemesis Javier Lopez, Mike Clevinger, Shane Bieber, Jeremy Hellickson, Ken Holtzman, Charlie Hayes, Paul DeJong, Chone Figgins, Dee Gordon, Jason Kipnis, David DeJesus, Rob Deer, Eddie Rosario, Eric Byrnes, Jim Gott, Paul Sorrento, Laynce Nix, Wes Chamberlain, Sean Berry, Desi Relaford, Paul Byrd, Rich Hill, Ricky Nolasco, Kent Bottenfield Terry Adams and David West.
More here on the best players to come from the third round and fifth round.
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