So we’ve had the first round of the “2012 First-Year Player Draft“. Let’s do some analysis of the players selected, based on Scrabble attributes. The ( ) next to the first and last names are the respective Scrabble scores based on a standard English language set, and a “*” next to the score means the name is an acceptable word in Scrabble:
| 1 | HOU | SS Carlos (8) Correa (8) |
| 2 | MIN | OF Byron (10) Buxton (15) |
| 3 | SEA | C Mike (10*) Zunino (15) |
| 4 | BAL | RHP Kevin (12) Gausman (10) |
| 5 | KC | RHP Kyle (11) Zimmer (19) |
| 6 | CHC | OF Albert (8) Almora (8) |
| 7 | SD | LHP Max (12*) Fried (9*) |
| 8 | PIT | RHP Mark (10*) Appel (9) |
| 9 | MIA | LHP Andrew (10) Heaney (12) |
| 10 | COL | OF David (10) Dahl (8*) |
| 11 | OAK | SS Addison (9) Russell (7) |
| 12 | NYM | SS Gavin (9) Cecchini (14) |
| 13 | CWS | OF Courtney (13) Hawkins (17) |
| 14 | CIN | RHP Nick (10*) Travieso (11) |
| 15 | CLE | OF Tyler (8) Naquin (15) |
| 16 | WAS | RHP Lucas (7) Giolito (8) |
| 17 | TOR | OF D.J. (10) Davis (9) |
| 18 | LAD | SS Corey (10) Seager (7) |
| 19 | STL | RHP Michael (14) Wacha (13) |
| 20 | SF | RHP Chris (10) Stratton (8) |
| 21 | ATL | RHP Lucas (7) Sims (6*) |
| 22 | TOR | RHP Marcus (10) Stroman (9) |
| 23 | STL | OF James (14) Ramsey (11) |
| 24 | BOS | SS Deven (9) Marrero (9) |
| 25 | TB | 3B/1B Richie (11) Shaffer (16) |
| 26 | ARI | C Stryker (14) Trahan (9) |
| 27 | MIL | C Clint (7) Coulter (9*) |
| 28 | MIL | OF Victor (11*) Roache (11) |
| 29 | TEX | OF Lewis (8*) Brinson (9) |
| 30 | NYY | RHP Ty (5) Hensley (13) |
| 31 | BOS | LHP Brian (7) Johnson (17*) |
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