I’ll leave the hard-core analysis of the recently-completed draft to the professionals.
Let’s stick to the minutia of the names, shall we?
There were 1,238 players drafted.
Most popular last names: Smith (13), Johnson (12), Jones (9).
Most popular first names: Michael (29), Tyler (23), Ryan (23).
Longest last name: (Alfredo) Escalera-Maldonado (17 letters plus one hyphen. Yes, that would be a MLB record for longest last name if he made the Majors).
Shortest last name: (Jeremy) Sy, (Daniel) Oh (2 letters).
Longest first name: 12 different players named Christopher.
Shortest first name: Bo (2 players), DJ (3), LJ (1), RJ (1), MP (1), Ty (5).
Alliterative names: 98 players, as follows:
| Carlos | Correa |
| Byron | Buxton |
| Albert | Almora |
| David | Dahl |
| D.J. | Davis |
| Clint | Coulter |
| Barrett | Barnes |
| Walker | Weickel |
| Mason | Melotakis |
| Sam | Selman |
| Jamie | Jarmon |
| Austin | Aune |
| Tyrone | Taylor |
| Anthony | Alford |
| Rio | Ruiz |
| B.J. | Boyd |
| Brandon | Brennan |
| Alec | Asher |
| Andrew | Aplin |
| Max | Muncy |
| Blake | Brown |
| Rob | Refsnyder |
| Seth | Streich |
| Jordan | John |
| Fred | Ford |
| Eduardo | Encinosa |
| Kyle | Kraus |
| Austin | Adams |
| Richie | Rodriguez |
| Steven | Schils |
| Michael | Miller |
| Alex | Azor |
| Matthew | Milroy |
| William | Waltrip |
| Mike | Meyers |
| Keone | Kela |
| Wade | Wass |
| Hunter | Haynes |
| Michael | Morin |
| Sam | Stafford |
| Mike | Morin |
| Tyler | Tewell |
| Vincent | Voiro |
| Dayton | Dawe |
| Ronnie | Richardson |
| Maxwell | Moroff |
| Melvin | Mercedes |
| Landon | Lassiter |
| Hayden | Hurst |
| Stefan | Sabol |
| Derek | De Young |
| Paul | Paez |
| Ryan | Ripken |
| Andrew | Anderson |
| Robert | Ravago |
| Shae | Simmons |
| Holden | Helmink |
| D.J. | Driggers |
| Kale | Kiser |
| Reid | Redman |
| Coby | Cowgill |
| Michael | Mason |
| Daniel | Duran |
| Chad | Carman |
| Cameron | Cox |
| Justin | Jones |
| Mason | McVay |
| Steven | Sabatino |
| Christopher | Capper |
| Mark | McCoy |
| Jacob | Johansen |
| JUSTIN | Jackson |
| Fernando | Fernandez-Beltran |
| Robert | Russell |
| Philip | Pohl |
| Blake | Barnes |
| Shelby | Stevens |
| Raphael | Rhymes |
| Bryan | Bonnell |
| Shawn | Stuart |
| Vance | Vizcaino |
| Michael | Mudron |
| Mike | McQuillan |
| Chris | Carlson |
| Jordan | Jankowski |
| Ryan | Rand |
| Chris | Cowell |
| Jake | Jefferies |
| Eric | Erickson |
| Chad | Christensen |
| Pedro | Pizarro |
| Michael | Martinez |
| Brandon | Bayardi |
| Braden | Bishop |
| Clayton | Crum |
| Daniel | Devonshire |
| Zarley | Zalewski |
Other fun names not already mentioned:
| Breland | Almadova |
| Taylor | Ard |
| Dakota | Bacus |
| Cory | Bafidis |
| Kayvon | Bahramzadeh |
| Travis | Ballew |
| Chris | Barczycowski |
| D.J. | Baxendale |
| Anthony | Bemboom |
| Skye | Bolt |
| Levi | Borders |
| Torsten | Boss |
| Cory | Bostjancic |
| Lance | Breedlove |
| Anthony | Bucciferro |
| Walker | Buehler |
| John | Bushyhead |
| Saxon | Butler |
| Ty | Buttrey |
| Patrick | Cantwell |
| Justin | Chigbogu |
| Kyle | Cody |
| M.P. | Cokinos |
| Iseha | Conklin |
| Matt | Creech |
| Douglas | Crumlich |
| Jose | Cuas |
| Mike | Dodig |
| Ryan | Dull |
| Brock | Dykxhoorn |
| Jonathan | Dziedzic |
| Zachariah | Edgington |
| Max | Foody |
| Jason | Forjet |
| Nicholas | Goody |
| Louis | Head |
| C.J. | Hinojosa |
| Will | Hurt |
| Taylor | Kaczmarek |
| Erich | Knab |
| Jason | Leblebijian |
| Andrew | Leenhouts |
| Phildrick | Llewellyn |
| Ryan | Longstreth |
| Kieran | Lovegrove |
| Damien | Magnifico |
| Joseph | Mantiply |
| Craig | Manuel |
| D’vone | McClure |
| Jamodrick | McGruder |
| Dodson | McPherson |
| Anthony | Melchionda |
| Chad | Nacapoy |
| Joshua | Nervis |
| John | Niggli |
| Yogey | Perez-Ramos |
| Joshua | Pigg |
| Stephen | Piscotty |
| Daniel | Poncedeleon |
| Cody | Poteet |
| Avain | Rachal |
| Bijan | Rademacher |
| Jasvir | Rakkar |
| Brian | Rauh |
| Fernelys | Sanchez |
| Max | Schrock |
| Eric | Semmelhack |
| John | Sgromolo |
| Rusty | Shellhorn |
| Kwinton | Smith |
| Mallex | Smith |
| Zebulon | Sneed |
| Drew | Steckenrider |
| Jeb | Stefan |
| River | Stevens |
| Lee | Stoppelman |
| Ross | Stripling |
| DeJohn | Suber |
| Rustin | Sveum |
| Dansby | Swanson |
| Alexander | Swim |
| Austen | Thrailkill |
| Maxx | Tissenbaum |
| Damek | Tomscha |
| Evan | Van Hoosier |
| Tyler | Vanderheiden |
| Hunter | Virant |
| Dalton | Von Schamann |
| Kyle | Von Tungeln |
| Michael | Wacha |
| Jacob | Waguespack |
| Zakery | Wasilewski |
| Jeffrey | Wendelken |
| Marc | Wik |
| Jesse | Winker |
| Hunter | Wood |
| Michael | Yastrzemski |
| Mike | Zunino |
Great list, but where is Storm Throne?
P.S. Tailor-made nickname: Jeffrey “Wavin’ ” Wendelken