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Prospect Scouting Scale
 

8 - Franchise Player
7 - Regular All-Star
6 - Impact Everyday Player
5.5 - Above-Average Regular
5 - Average Regular
4.5 - Bench/Utility Player
4 - Up & Down Player
3 - "Org" High Minors Contributor
2 - Non-Prospect
 
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Grades listed for each player are MLB projection; Floor-Ceiling

 
Draft History: 2005 Red Sox Draft
 
 
  Notable Draft Picks  
  1st
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby Ellsbury
  1st
Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
  1st
Clay Buchholz
Clay Buchholz
  1st
Jed Lowrie
Jed Lowrie
  1st
Michael Bowden
Michael Bowden
  31st
Luis Exposito
Luis Exposito
  39th
Bubba Bell
Bubba Bell
  UDFA
Hunter Jones
Hunter Jones
 

  Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Bonus $
College
Commitment
               
 
1 23 Jacoby Ellsbury
CF, Oregon St.
JR $1,400,000 ---
               
 
1 26 Craig Hansen
RHP, St. John's
JR $1,325,000 ---
             
 
1s 42 Clay Buchholz
RHP, Angelina
JC2 $800,000 None
               
 
1s 45 Jed Lowrie
2B, Stanford
JR $762,000 ---
             
 
1s 47 Michael Bowden
RHP, Waubonsie Valley (IL)
HS $730,000 Arizona
State
             
  2 57 Jonathan Egan
C, Cross Creek (GA)
HS $625,000 Georgia
               
4 138 Scott Blue
RHP, Morro Bay (CA)
HS $75,000 None
             
  5 168 Reid Engel
CF, Lewis-Palmer (CO)
HS $154,000 Baylor
             
  6 198 Jeff Corsaletti
CF, Florida
SR $50,000 ---
             
  7 228 Yahmed Yema
RF, Florida International
JR $90,000 ---
             
8 258 JT Zink
RHP, Everett
JC2 $75,000 None
               

9 288 Mark Wagner
C, UC-Irvine
JR $90,000 ---
             
  10 318 Kevin Guyette
RHP, Arizona
SR $50,000 ---
               
 
11 348 Ismael Casillas
RHP, Benedctine
SR N/A ---
               
 
12 378 Kyle Fernandes
LHP, Massasoit
JC2 N/A N/A
               
  13 408 Jay Johnson
CF, Xavier
SR N/A ---
               
 
14 438 Pedro Alvarez
SS, Horace Mann (NY)
HS --- Vanderbilt
               
  15 468 PJ Thomas
RHP, Jeffersonville (IN)
HS --- Wabash
               
16 498 Matt Mercurio
3B, Florida Southern
SR N/A ---
               
  17 528 Dominic Ramos
SS, Texas St.
SR N/A ---
               
  18 558 Nick Criaris
C, St. Peter's (NJ)
HS --- Broward
               
  19 588 James Baxter
LHP, Villanova
SR N/A ---
               
 
20 618 Charlie Blackmon
LHP, Young Harris JC
JC1 --- ---
             
  21 648 Drew Johnson
RHP, Navarro
JC2 --- ---
               
  22 678 Orvil Aviles
LHP, Callejo (PR)
HS --- New
Mexico JC
               
  23 708 Carl Lipsey
2B, Jackson St.
SR N/A ---
               
  24 738 Jason Twomley
CF, UMass
SR N/A ---
               
  25 768 Ricky Sanchez
C, Barry
SR N/A ---
               
 
26 798 Kirby Yates
RHP, Kauai (HI)
HS --- Yavapai
         
  27 828 Matt Hancock
LHP, Oral Roberts
  N/A  
               
  28 858 Ryan Hinson
LHP, Northwestern (SC)
HS --- Clemson
  29 888 Chris Jones
RHP, Indiana St.
JR N/A ---
               
  30 918 Ryan Colvin
RHP, Carroll (TX)
HS N/A Grayson
             
 
31 948 Luis Exposito
C, Champagnat Cath. (FL)
HS N/A St. Petersburg
               
  32 978 Jeff Natale
2B, Trinity
SR N/A ---
               
 
33 1008 John Hester
C, Stanford
JR --- ---
               
 
34 1038 Allan Dykstra
1B, Rancho Bernardo (CA)
HS --- Wake
Forest
               
  35 1068 Jason Determann
LHP, LSU
SR --- ---
               
  36 1098 Mark McClure
RHP, Hillsborough (FL)
HS --- Florida
               

37 1128 Jason Schnitzer
RHP, Los Alamitos (CA)
HS --- Cypress
               
  38 1158 Levi Tapia
C, Ralston Valley (CO)
HS N/A Lamar
               
  39 1187 Bubba Bell
CF, Nicholls State
SR N/A ---
               
  40 1216 Blake Maxwell
RHP, Methodist
JR N/A ---
             
  41 1245 Eddie Degerman
RHP, Rice
JR --- Rice
               
  42 1274 Miguel Alicea
RG, Manuela Toro (PR)
HS --- Okaloosa-Walton
 
43 1303 Jason Castro
C, Castro Valley (CA)
HS --- Stanford
               
  44 1332 Chris Garcia
1B, Xaverian (NY)
HS --- St. Petersburg
               
  45 1361 Dustin Bamberg
C, Tallahassee CC
JC1 --- ---
               
  46 1390 TJ Large
RHP, Alabama
JR N/A ---
               
  47 1418 Alex Wolfe
C, Timpanogos (UT)
HS --- Dixie St.
               
  48 1446 Matt Sheely
CF, Palm Beach Gardens (FL)
HS N/A Seminole
State
               
  49 1473 Erik Turgeon
RHP, Dundein (FL)
HS --- UConn
               
  50 1500 Colin Arnold
LF, King's (FL)
HS --- Daytona
Beach
               
 
Undrafted Free Agents
  Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Bonus $
Cap #
College
Commitment
               
  UDFA   Zak Farkes
IF, Harvard
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Hunter Jones
LHP, Florida St.
JR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Gene Flores
RHP, Houston
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Archie Gilbert
OF, CS-East Bay
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Alex Gonzalez
RHP, Barry
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Jason Hurst
OF, Georgia Southern
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   John Jefferson
RHP, Oregon Tech
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Tommy Boss
RHP, Florida
SR N/A ---
  UDFA   Travis Rios
RHP, Lynn
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Billy Phillips
RHP, FGCU
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Kyle Tabeek
RHP, UNLV
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Jason Blackey
RHP, Malaspina
JC2 N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Dane Towery
RHP, Oral Roberts
JR N/A ---
               
 
 
 
2005 Draft Notes
 
Dates: June 7-8, 2005
General Manager: Theo Epstein
Director of Amateur Scouting: Jason McLeod
Players selected: 23 High School, 6 JuCo, 24 College

Team received picks #23 and #45 for losing Orlando Cabrera to free agency. Team received picks #26 and #47 for losing Derek Lowe to free agency. Team received picks #42 and #57 for losing Pedro Martinez to free agency. Team lost pick #28 for signing Edgar Renteria in free agency. Team lost pick #76 for signing David Wells in free agency. Team lost pick #108 for signing Matt Clement in free agency.

Links
2005 Draft Retrospective: The picks (7.7.2020)
Ellsbury, Buchholz, and sustaned success (7.8.2020)
More Details on 2005 Unsigned Picks (maintained)

2006 Draft Legend
 
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: Played has MLB experience with Red Sox
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: Player released by Red Sox
: Player traded by Red Sox
: Player waived by Red Sox
: Player selected from Red Sox in Rule 5 Draft
: Player retired from Red Sox
: Player left Red Sox as an MLB free agent
: Player left Red Sox as a minor league free agent


Bold Player Name: Currently in Red Sox organization
Bonus $: Signing Bonus

JC1:
Junior College, 1st year
JC2:
Junior College, 2nd year
 
 
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