Big "Z" Number #1 Pick

The Minnesota Twins, lucky winners of this year's draft lottery, selected Carlos Zambrano as the #1 pick. The 6' 5" 250 lb. 21 year old righthander was born in Venezuela on June 1, 1981. The Twins have been building quite a formidable starting staff which includes Johan Santana, Roy Halladay, Zambrano and Josh Beckett (selected with the 6th pick in the first round).

Mark McGwire Retires From Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have cut Mark McGwire from their 17-man protected list and that he has retired. Big Mac, in his two seasons with the Redbirds, batted .302 with 56 Homers. McGwire's best MSL season for St. Louis was in 2000 when he hit .328 with 37 HR's and 98 RBI's in just 241 at bats - mostly against left handed pitching.

McGwire's best single game occurred on July 3, 2000 against the Philadelphia Phillies. McGwire hit 3 homeruns and drove in 7 runs at Coors Field in a 15-5 win over the Phillies.

Final Stats For 2001 First Round Draft Picks

  NAME               BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
 1-A.Pujols,MON      .270  77 304  43  82 20  2 16  51  22  49  7  0 10   2  1  8
   A.Pujols,PHN      .363  82 320  71 116 23  4 28  85  33  45  2  0 10   0  2 13
 2-I.Suzuki,MNA      .330 162 691 111 228 34  6  5  76  37  48  8  4  5  64 11  0
 4-A.Dunn,FLN        .206  64 180  27  37 11  1  9  24  38  52  0  0  7   3  3  0
 5-V.Wells,KCA       .274  20  73  10  20  5  0  0   4   8  12  0  0  1   0  0  1
 6-M.Young,TOA       .209 103 350  37  73 11  2  9  42  18  84  5  3 11   1  0  6
10-S.Hillenbrand,SEA .198  28 106  11  21  1  1  2  11   2  14  0  0  3   0  0  0
12-M.Giles,OAA       .273  15  44   6  12  4  0  1   7   5   5  0  0  2   0  1  0
15-D.Eckstein,HON    .246 154 565  74 139 18  1  4  41  37  73 21  9 14  27  6 22
16-J.Guillen,ANA     .262  37 103  13  27  5  0  3  12   5  30  0  1  1   0  0  2
17-B.Wilkerson,PHN   .200   6   5   1   1  0  1  0   1   1   1  0  0  1   0  0  0
19-J.Randa,CLA       .230 155 586  50 135 30  3 14  61  47 105  7  0 20   3  1 21
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  NAME                ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
 3-R.Oswalt,PIN      3.31  6  4  .600  25 24  0  0  0 138.2 143  59  51 15  23 144
 7-J.Smoltz,BOA      5.48  0  0  ----  12  1  0  0  0  23.0  28  14  14  6   3  28
 8-P.Byrd,NYA        4.11  1  1  .500  20  0  0  0  4  46.0  53  25  21  4  13  22
 9-C.Sabathia,CHA    4.61  4  6  .400  14 14  1  0  0  80.0  74  46  41 15  35  79
   C.Sabathia,TOA    5.00  2  8  .200  14 14  0  0  0  81.0  73  56  45 13  53  77
11-B.Sheets,LAN      5.21  8 11  .421  25 25  3  2  0 153.2 165  95  89 26  52  91
13-J.Pineiro,SFN     1.77  8  1  .889  34  3  1  1  1  71.1  50  18  14  0  26  48
14-O.Perez,SLN       6.08  0  0  ----  15  0  0  0  0  26.2  30  21  18  6   9  19
18-T.Gordon,ATN      0.83  2  2  .500  19  0  0  0  1  32.2  17   4   3  1  12  37
20-B.Lawrence,ARN    3.72 11  4  .733  19 19  0  0  0 113.2 107  52  47 20  31  94