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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 23:39, 20 August 2010 [1].

List of Colorado Rockies first-round draft picks[edit]

List of Colorado Rockies first-round draft picks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): Courcelles (talk) 00:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've got two open nominations, but each has attracted some support, and I'm a secondary or tertiary nominator on both of them. Go back a ways and there are some fairly good players on the list, even if the more recent names are a little lacking in star power. A gold glove winner, All-Stars, a rookie of the year, and even an Olympic medallist, they've covered all the bases. I hope you enjoy, and don't pick me off for making bad puns! Courcelles (talk) 00:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • May have missed this in all the other draft FLs, but "Since the franchise was established in 1992 the Rockies have selected 25 players in the first round. " is stated before a description of what the "first round" means.
  • If the Rockies are an expansion team, perhaps worth noting that in the opening part of the lead.
  • "with four more coming from Texas and" no need for "more" here in my opinion.

The Rambling Man (talk) 19:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first one may be a common problem with several of these. Re-ordered the first paragraph. Added expansion team, and removed more. Thanks. Courcelles 20:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quite so. Good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Giants2008 (27 and counting) 22:24, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
*Comments:
    • "Since the franchise was established as an expansion team in 1992 the Rockies have selected 25 players in the first round." Typically that's the third lead sentence; jumping from the NL West note to the draft note is a bit jarring, so moving that up would help.
    • ", the Rockies' 2007 selection, won a bronze medal " There's no name there.

Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:30, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the second one is why I shouldn't copy and paste to rearrange sentences at work. I've tried a third tact with your first point, because it was arranged that way, but TRM wanted it changed. Courcelles 19:36, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from SRE.K.A.L.24

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  • "...MLB's annual June draft. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft",[1] the Rule 4 Draft is..." - mind as well just link Major League Baseball Draft onto "MLB's annual June draft".
  • "One pick—2002 selection Jeff Francis—was taken out of Alberta, Canada." - Do we really need the "Canada" in it? It's like saying Ohio, United States.
  • Fixed unneeded redirects.

--K. Annoyomous (talk) 01:39, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moved the link. I unlinked "Canada", I agree it was WP:OVERLINKing, but the word itself needs to stay; there are plenty of Albertas. Courcelles 02:40, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was talking about "MLB's annual June draft" being linked, as it could. Would like the phrase "non-American draft pick" instead of saying "taken out of Alberta, Canada", but doesn't really matter. --K. Annoyomous (talk) 03:32, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, revised, but I used "Outside of the United States" because of the inherent ambiguity in "non-American". Courcelles 17:55, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Support

  • In this case, I am pretty sure Baseball Reference is wrong, and Jeff Francis was drafted out of British Columbia (UBC) and not Alberta (U of Lethbridge). Its (UBC) what his MLB.com profile lists as well. Canada Hky (talk) 17:06, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you're right... Changed in the table, and handled the disagreement with a footnote. Also sent an e-mail to Baseball Reference, so hopefully the note can go away before too long. Courcelles 17:55, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from KV5
  • "Since the franchise was established as an expansion team in 1992" - comma after
  • "in which the Rockies filled their roster" - should probably be through which
  • "one player at each of catcher, first baseman, and third baseman." - awkward wording, perhaps one player each at catcher, first base, and third base.
  • "The Rockies' 2002 selection Jeff Francis is the only selection" - I would put "Jeff Francis" in parentheses (or some other kind of set-off, it's wrong as is), and re-word to avoid the repetition of "selection... selection".
  • As far as I'm aware, general practice is still to redlink young players who are still in baseball (not retired) at the bottom of these lists so that if articles are created for them in the future, they will be properly linked here.

Hope these comments help. — KV5 • Talk • 14:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I've taken care of all of these, thanks. Courcelles 20:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support — KV5 • Talk • 12:08, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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