I promised it would be better, and it is:

Yr Rd Player            IP   ERA  WHIP
95  4 Kolb,Br         14.0  4.50 1.929
95  6 Walker,Ke       92.1  4.29 1.375
96  9 Middlebrook,Ja  54.2  5.10 1.354
97  2 Howard,Be       45.1  4.96 1.610
97  9 Herndon,Ju      42.2  6.33 1.875
97 11 Maurer,Da       19.2  5.49 1.627
98 16 Watkins,St      14.1  6.28 1.465
98 17 Lawrence,Br    738.0  3.91 1.310
98 19 Fikac,Je        95.1  4.34 1.343
98 30 Cyr,Er           6.0 10.50 2.000
99  1 Bynum,Mi        64.0  7.73 1.734
99 15 Peavy,Ja       458.1  3.53 1.294
00 13 Germano,Ju      21.1  8.86 2.109
Total               1666.0  4.26 1.375

The bad news is, only two pitchers drafted and signed by the Padres over the past 10 years have logged 100+ IP for the big club. The good news is, their names are Brian Lawrence and Jake Peavy.

One first-round pick has made it to the big club, and it wasn’t pretty. Last Padre first rounder to pitch more than 100 innings for San Diego? 1991 draftee Joey Hamilton.

But hey, who needs a first rounder when you snag guys like Lawrence and Peavy in the teens? Peavy compares pretty well with the first pitcher taken in 1999:

            G    IP  ERA  WHIP  H/9 BB/9  K/9
Peavy,Ja   76 458.1 3.53 1.294 8.34 3.30 8.22
Beckett,Jo 77 430.1 3.49 1.257 7.86 3.45 9.22

Hard to judge the 2003 and 2004 drafts just yet, but only 21 players drafted by the Padres since 1995 have made it to the big club. Of those, only Ben Davis, Sean Burroughs, Xavier Nady, Khalil Greene, Lawrence, and Peavy have had a significant impact.

The good news? All but Davis are currently with the team, although what they plan to do with Nady remains anyone’s guess…