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Later round draft picks who've developed rather nicely

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Major League Baseball draft is a time for celebration and visions of multimillion-dollar grandeur -- provided your last name happens to be "Upton." Once the first-round euphoria subsides, history tells us that the wait can be excruciating. Just ask Mike Piazza, Jeff Conine and Kenny Rogers, all of whom spent between 39 and 62 rounds feeling unwanted, unloved and thoroughly overlooked. Some late draft picks (e.g. Don Mattingly and Ryne Sandberg) slip because of "signability" concerns -- the ...

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