As I did last year I looked back at last Spring's PB Rookie draft and took a look at where each player was drafted and their Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) which is the number of runs over what a replacement level player at the same position would contribute. It's not perfect but it's a pretty good measure of value. The chart below shows how much VORP each player generated and where they were selected. Keep in mind that it's only one year and some players may not have done much this season but will contribute mightily down the line.
| Player | VORP | Draft Rank |
| Hamels | 48.8 | 5 |
| R.Martin | 46.1 | 4 |
| Billingsley | 40.7 | 22 |
| Markakis | 38.4 | 6 |
| Tulowitzski | 37.8 | 18 |
| Pedroia | 35.9 | 31 |
| Saito | 32 | 24 |
| Loney | 30.7 | 30 |
| Uggla | 29.8 | 10 |
| Jrd Weaver | 29.1 | 2 |
| Kinsler | 27.8 | 11 |
| Kemp | 23.4 | 34 |
| Villanueva | 23.1 | 33 |
| Johjima | 22.2 | 9 |
| Kendrick | 19.3 | 8 |
| Kouzmanoff | 18.6 | 26 |
| C.Young | 15.5 | 14 |
| Ethier | 13.8 | 19 |
| Napoli | 13.8 | 32 |
| Miner | 13.7 | 36 |
| Garza | 11.3 | 21 |
| Bonser | 7.3 | 17 |
| Milledge | 6.4 | 25 |
| Zumaya | 6.3 | 12 |
| Loewen | 6.1 | 29 |
| D.Young | 5.7 | 1 |
| S.Drew | 2.8 | 3 |
| A.Sanchez | 2.3 | 7 |
| Humber | 1.5 | 35 |
| Ianetta | 0.2 | 23 |
| Pelfrey | -0.2 | 20 |
| Adw.Miller | -0.6 | 27 |
| Sowers | -4.7 | 16 |
| Lind | -7.9 | 28 |
| Quentin | -10.8 | 15 |
| Barfield | -13.6 | 13 |
Biggest bust looks like Josh Barfield while Pedroia and Kemp look like pretty good values for where they were drafted. Keep in mind these are the players who were drafted in at least one first round. Players such as Fausto Carmona (64.0), Jamie Shields (45.4) and Brian Bannister (34.9) were also in this draft.
We might also start to re-think Colorado pitchers as Manny Corpas (31.8), Taylor Bucholz (16.8), Jason Hirsch (13.2) and Ubaldo Jiminez (9.9) were in this draft and didn't get a first round look.