With the 2021 MLB Draft ending on Tuesday. We sat down and broke down everything. 

Where Junior College Ties were, The percent that Had junior College Ties. Which teams had the most Junior College Bandits, Who had the least number of bandits, what was the longest Stretch between Bandit picks, and a few others 

To start, let’s look at the draft as a whole. 

Over the 20 Rounds, there were 612 players drafted. Of those 612 there were 115 High School Guys and 497 College guys. 

Of those College guys, there were 128 that had Junior College Ties in one way or another. 

Of those 128 with Junior college ties, there were 47 Players taken straight from a Junior College. (39 NJCAA, 7 CCCAA, 1 NWAC)

So 20.9% of the Total draft had a Junior College tie. 

And 25.7% of Just Drafter College Players had Junior College Ties. 

Here is the breakdown by Junior College Division 

NWAC

3 with NWAC Connections

1 straight from an NWAC School

CCCAA

17 with CCCAA Connections

7 straight from a CCCAA School

NJCAA

108 with NJCAA Connections

39 straight from an NJCAA School

What is the age-old question that is always asked? Does the Junior College Route help you get drafted/seen? 

Does this answer that question?

As mentioned in the Day 2 Recap. There were no players taken in the 1st and CB-A rounds. Making the first Player with Junior College Ties taken at #45 in Ky Bush who was a former Central Arizona Pitcher, who was picked by the Angels. 

The next was taken at #71 (CB-B) in Robert Gasser, former San Joaquin Delta Pitcher, who was drafted by the Padres. 

The first Straight of Junior College Player that was taken was taken #91 (3rd Round) in Ricky Tiedemann out of Golden West, who was drafted by the Blue Jays. 

There were multiple times in the 2nd two days where Bandits were taken in back-to-back picks. The first time it happened was in the 4th Round with picks 121 and 122.  With pick 121 the Blue Jays selected former Panola Pitcher Chad Dallas, and with Pick 122 the Yankees selected former Iowa Western Infielder Cooper Bowman. 

It happened two different times in the 9th Round. First was back to back with picks 261 and 262 (Brandon Olthoff-Palomar, Levi David-Navarro). Then again with picks 266,267, and 268 (Mat Olsen-Central Arizona, Brannon Jordan-Cowley, Aaron Brown-State College of Florida)

It happened 13 other times in the rest of the draft. 

Every Single MLB Team Drafted someone that had a Junior College Tie. Every single one of them. 

The Reds led the way drafting 10, the Pirates and Royals each drafted 7, and the Angels, Astros, Brewers, Mariners, and Twins each drafted 6. 

The teams with the least were both the Giants and Rockies who each drafted 1. 

To wrap up the Draft recap here is a list of the top 10 Junior College Schools that had Current/Former Players Taken in the 2021 MLB Draft

There were a total of 75 Different Junior Colleges with Players Selected. (12 CCCAA, 3 NWAC, 60 NJCAA)

Schools with the Most Current/Former Players Drafted

Schools with the Most Current Players Drafted

Schools with the most Former Players Drafted

Break Down of How Many Bandits were taken by each team

2021 Full List of Junior College Drafted Players