The Lugnuts, like all minor league baseball clubs, have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and a sweeping reorganization from Major League Baseball. The good news is, the Lugnuts feel poised to welcome happy fans to the ballpark.
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Scouts can sense when a Draft might be special, and they had that inkling about the 2011 crop early on. They viewed it as the best class since 2005, which sent 26 of its 30 first-rounders to the big leagues and featured stars such as Ryan Braun, Andrew McCutchen and Troy Tulowitzki.
Looking back 10 years later, scouts were correct about the 2011 group. The first 29 players selected and 30 of 33 first-rounders have played in the Majors, including Gerrit Cole, Francisco Lindor, Anthony Rendon and George Springer. The two biggest gems didn t even go in the first round fifth-rounder Mookie Betts and supplemental first-rounder Trevor Story and by the time all is said and done, 2011 could rank among the five best Draft years ever.