The Best Value Picks in New York Yankees Draft History

  1. 1979- Don Mattingly (493)
  2. 1992- Derek Jeter (6)
  3. 1990- Jorge Posada (646)
  4. 1990- Andy Pettitte (594)
  5. 1968- Thurman Munson (4)
  6. 1971- Ron Guidry (67)
  7. 1995- Mike Lowell (562)
  8. 1984- Al Leiter (50)
  9. 1981- Fred McGriff (233)
  10. 1970- Doc Medich (700)
  11. 1981- Bob Tewksbury (493)
  12. 1968- Stan Bahnsen (68)
  13. 1996- Eric Milton (20)
  14. 1972- Scott McGregor (14)
  15. 1990- Carl Everett (10)
  16. 1979- Otis Nixon (3) (June secondary draft)
  17. Though Mariano Rivera, Robinson Cano, and Bernie Williams all came up through the Yankees system, they were in fact all originally signed as amateur free agents from foreign countries.
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