2014 Amateur PWBL Draft

The 2014 Amateur PWBL Draft is the amateur PWBL Draft that occurs in 2013. Specifically it occurs on May 8, 2014. Unlike the Super Amateur PWBL Draft that occurs in June, Players selected in the first round of this draft often make an immediate impact, while players selected in later rounds generally go through the minors (but not always, i.e. Russell Chilson). The order is kind of random, as it is determined by hung over PWBL officials at the PWBL New Years Meeting. The first pick is determined by a lottery and all teams except the Earth Series runner up have the same 1-in-29 shot to receive this pick. The San Antonio Something won this selection. Despite there being 30 teams, there are 32 picks in each round, the reason for this is unknown. Trades in this draft are quite common.

For rounds 2-7, there are 30 picks per round, assigned in reverse order of the standings, except the Earth Series champon picks 29th and the runner up picks 30th.

There is also an 8th round with four selections in it.

Round 1
Players selected in Round 1 must be immediately placed on a club's 39-man roster and remain there the entire season unless they suffer an injury. The PWBL hired a First Round Draft Pick Injury Official (FRDPIO, pronounced "FRID-pee-oh") whose sole responsibility is to make sure any first round selection placed on the disabled list is actually injured and the team is not placing an ineffective player there in order to gain an additional roster spot eha eha.


 * indicates that a player will likely start on the major league team.

Other notable players

 * 2nd round - Derek Truckk (good SP) - Drowners
 * 2nd round - Pope Sankey (at #54, he was the first DH taken in the draft, the latest this has ever occured) - Yizzous
 * 4th round - Pierre Demadam (excellent D-2 outfielder for Linwood College) - Generals
 * 5th round - (Aaron Murray) (SP out of Georgia - would have gone much higher had it not been (or "bean", as Phil from the Amazing race would say) for injuries) - Turkeys
 * 5th round - Karen McA.J. - he has a girls' name - Gentlemen (ironically)
 * 6th round - Tajh Girld (good SP who was originally rated much higher than 6th round out of Clemson) - WBB Players
 * 6th round - Zach Mettenhotdog - SP from LSU - Yizzous
 * 7th round - Sam Michael (first openly gay player other than Rob Insherbotski and Barney Stinchild) - El Presidentes