Why does the draft matter?

Here is a list of all players who participated in an all star game since 2003, sorted by the way they were introduced into the majors:

1st Round picks:

Moises Alou
Josh Beckett
Lance Berkman
Barry Bonds
Kevin Brown
Chris Carpenter
Roger Clemens
Chad Cordero
Johnny Damon
Carl Everett
Prince Fielder
Nomar Garciaparra
Jon Garland
Troy Glaus
Ken Griffey
Roy Halladay
Cole Hamels
Todd Helton
Torii Hunter
Geoff Jenkins
Derek Jeter
Scott Kazmir
Paul Konerko
Barry Larkin
Derrek Lee
Brad Lidge
Felipe Lopez
Mike MacDougal
Joe Mauer
Gil Meche
Mark Mulder
Mark Prior
Manny Ramirez
Mark Redman
Alexis Rios
Brian Roberts
Alex Rodriguez
Aaron Rowand
C.C. Sabathia
Ben Sheets
Gary Sheffield
Mark Teixeira
Chase Utley
Justin Verlander
Jason Varitek
Billy Wagner
Vernon Wells
Jake Westbrook
Rondell White
Preston Wilson
Kerry Wood
David Wright
Dmitri Young
Barry Zito

2nd Round Picks:

Carlos Beltran
Sean Casey
Carl Crawford
Jason Giambi
Tom Glavine
J.J. Hardy
Danny Haren
Randy Johnson
John Lackey
Brian McCann
Scott Rolen
Jimmy Rollins
Curt Schilling
Bob Wickman
Randy Wolf

3rd Round Picks:

Bronson Arroyo
Hank Blalock
Aaron Boone
Shawn Chacon
Matt Clement
Justin Morneau
A.J. Pierzynski
Scott Podsednik
Grady Sizemore
Chris Young

4th Round Picks:

Garret Anderson
Luis Gonzalez
Russ Ortiz
Jonathan Papelbon

5th Round Picks:

Bret Boone
Tom Gordon
Ken Harvey
Ryan Howard
Bobby Jenks
Brad Penny
Derrick Turnbow
Michael Young
Javier Vazquez

6th Round Picks:

Tim Hudson
Danny Kolb
Jamie Moyer
J.J. Putz
Jose Vidro

7th Round Picks:

Jim Edmonds
Matt Holliday
Mark Loretta

8th Round Picks:

Ron Belliard
Justin Duchscherer
Jason Schmidt
Brandon Webb
Dontrelle Willis

9th Round Picks:

Keith Foulke
Jack Wilson

10th Round Picks:

Shea Hillenbrand
Mike Sweeney

11th Round Picks:

Trevor Hoffman
Freddy Sanchez
Dan Uggla

13th Round Picks:

Matt Lawton
Carl Pavano
Albert Pujols
Jim Thome

14th Round Picks:

Mike Williams

15th Round Picks:

Jake Peavy

17th Round Picks:

Johnny Estrada
Russell Martin
B.J. Ryan

19th Round picks:

David Eckstein
Placido Polanco

20th Round picks:

Jeff Kent
Mike Lowell

21st Round Picks:

Lance Carter
Eddie Guardado

22nd Round Picks:

Jason Bay
John Smoltz

23th Round picks:

Ted Lilly
Roy Oswalt

24th Round picks:

Jorge Posada
Richie Sexson

25th Round picks:

Brian Fuentes
Paul Lo Duca

27th Round picks:

Brendan Donnelly

28th Round picks:

Woody Williams

38th Round picks:

Mark Buehrle

39th Round Picks:
Kenny Rogers

43rd Round picks:

Orlando Hudson

44th Round picks:

Jason Isringhausen

53rd Round Picks:

Marcus Giles

62nd Round Picks:

Mike Piazza

Amateur free agent signings(USA/Canada):

Eric Gagne
Edgar Martinez

Amateur free agent signings(Latin America):

Bobby Abreu
Danys Baez
Armando Benitez
Miguel Cabrera
Robinson Cano
Luis Castillo
Bartolo Colon
Jose Contreras
Francisco Cordero
Carlos Delgado
Vladimir Guerrero
Carlos Guillen
Ramon Hernandez
Cesar Izturis
Andruw Jones
Carlos Lee
Francisco Liriano
Esteban Loaiza
Javy Lopez
Jose Lopez
Pedro Martinez
Victor Martinez
Melvin Mora
Magglio Ordonez
David Ortiz
Aramis Ramirez
Mariano Rivera
Edgar Renteria
Jose Reyes
Ivan Rodriguez
Francisco Rodriguez
Johan Santana
Sammy Sosa
Miguel Tejada
Jose Valverde
Carlos Zambrano

Amateur free agent signings (Japan):

Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Hideki Matsui
Hideki Okajima
Takashi Saito
Alfonso Soriano
Ichiro Suzuki



Observations: It is obvious that the first round (and lesser the next 3-4) and the latin american development programs are extremely important. Teams should focus on both of those aspects of the developing process