The first-overall pick of the Rule 4 draft has delivered an average of 19.12 career WARP (using 1965-2007). Here is a team of players whose careers were roughly as productive as the average number-one pick:
P – Tim Belcher (18.66 WARP)
C – Todd Hundley (19.38)
1B – Bill Buckner (19.25)
2B – Jim Lefebvre (18.74)
3B – Gregg Jefferies (19.44)
SS – Jose Offerman (19.33)
LF – Kal Daniels (19.06)
CF – Richard Hidalgo (18.91)
RF – Jeromy Burnitz (19.61)
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