MLB Draft Rankings (cont.)

Current Key Players: Brad Ziegler, Kurt Suzuki (pictured), Trevor Cahill, Travis Buck

Lowdown: Billy Beane's well-documented draft plan is still working. However, keeping players such as Harden, Ryan Ludwick and Mark Teahen in the green and gold for longer would have brought more wins along the way.

Current Key Players: John Lackey (pictured), Howie Kendrick, Joe Saunders, Napoli, Jeff Mathis, Jered Weaver

Lowdown: Battery power: 80 percent of the 2009 opening-day rotation plus both catchers were developed draft picks from the past decade. Unfortunately, the best of the bunch might've turned out to be the late Nick Adenhart.

Current Key Players: Zack Greinke (pictured), Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, David DeJesus, Luke Hochevar

Lowdown: In 10 years of picks, the Royals made 17 selections in the first and sandwich rounds; 11 have made it to the majors and three more (Mike Moustakas, Eric Hosmer and Mike Montgomery) are coming quickly.

Current Key Players: Tim Lincecum (pictured), Matt Cain, Brian Wilson, Fred Lewis, Emmanuel Burris, Jonathan Sanchez

Lowdown: Few teams can match the arms the Giants have drafted and signed, but just like the current big-league roster, where's the offense?

Current Key Players: David Wright (pictured), Daniel Murphy, Bobby Parnell

Lowdown: New York came out of the 2001 draft with one of the top five players (David Wright) at the 38th pick. Other than him, the team's best draftees both play in the state of Florida (Matt Lindstrom and Kazmir).

Current Key Players: Aaron Hill (pictured), Alex Rios, Adam Lind, Shaun Marcum, Jesse Litsch, Travis Snider, Dustin McGowan

Lowdown: Have shown patience with high school selections leading to great results, including Rios, Snider, McGowan and Brandon League.

Current Key Players: Ben Francisco (pictured), Trevor Crowe, Ryan Garko, Aaron Laffey, Jeremy Sowers, Jensen Lewis

Lowdown: Of the 36 Cleveland draftees who reached the majors, three came from the University of Nevada (Church, Joe Inglett, Kevin Kouzmanoff) and three more were from Stanford (Garko, John Gall, Jeremy Guthrie).

Current Key Players: Nick Markakis (pictured), Brain Roberts, Matt Wieters

Lowdown: It appears that the bleakest period in the history of a once-proud Orioles system is over with the emergence of outstanding talents in Markakis, Wieters and a dozen live young arms.

Current Key Players: Joba Chamberlain (pictured), Phil Hughes, Brett Gardner

Lowdown: Of the players who've reached the majors over the last decade, only Chamberlain has displayed the ability to match the surrounding hype.

Current Key Players: Soto (pictured), Ryan Theriot, Jeff Samardzija, Micah Hoffpauir

Lowdown: Unlucky 13? Of the last 13 first-rounders taken by the Cubbies, the only contributors on the big-league level are Orioles farmhand Luis Montanez and the oft-injured Mark Prior (No. 2 in '01).

Current Key Players: Peavy (pictured), Chase Headley, Josh Geer, Nick Hundley

Lowdown: The only Padres pick since 2002 to ascend to a career longer than a cup of coffee in the majors is Headley (a second-rounder back in 2005).

Current Key Players: Brandon Morrow (pictured), Jeff Clement, Rob Johnson

Lowdown: Nearly as many Mariners regulars have been developed in the Japanese Leagues (Ichiro Suzuki and Kenji Johjima) as in the past 10 drafts (Morrow, Putz, Willie Bloomquist).

Current Key Players: Joey Votto (pictured), Dickerson, Paul Janish, Adam Rosales

Lowdown: No team has debuted less big-league talent over the last 10 drafts, but top picks Drew Stubbs ('06), Todd Frazier ('07) and Yonder Alonzo ('08) should help soon.

Current Key Players: Josh Fields, Chris Getz (pictured), Clayton Richard

Lowdown: Have fared far better through trades for established talent, other organization's prospects and by unorthodox means (signing Cuban defector Alexei Ramirez) than they have through the draft.

Current Key Players: Hunter Pence (pictured)

Lowdown: Only three of the Astros' top picks from 1999 to 2008 have tasted the majors and just one more -- 2008 selection Jason Castro -- has a serious chance at a MLB career.