Retrieve latest draft information by year
Value
Returns a tibble with the latest draft information for the year requested:
| col_name | types | 
| bis_player_id | integer | 
| pick_round | character | 
| pick_number | integer | 
| round_pick_number | integer | 
| rank | integer | 
| pick_value | character | 
| signing_bonus | character | 
| home_city | character | 
| home_state | character | 
| home_country | character | 
| scouting_report | character | 
| school_name | character | 
| school_school_class | character | 
| school_country | character | 
| school_state | character | 
| blurb | character | 
| headshot_link | character | 
| person_id | integer | 
| person_full_name | character | 
| person_link | character | 
| person_first_name | character | 
| person_last_name | character | 
| person_primary_number | character | 
| person_birth_date | character | 
| person_current_age | integer | 
| person_birth_city | character | 
| person_birth_state_province | character | 
| person_birth_country | character | 
| person_height | character | 
| person_weight | integer | 
| person_active | logical | 
| person_primary_position_code | character | 
| person_primary_position_name | character | 
| person_primary_position_type | character | 
| person_primary_position_abbreviation | character | 
| person_use_name | character | 
| person_middle_name | character | 
| person_boxscore_name | character | 
| person_gender | character | 
| person_is_player | logical | 
| person_is_verified | logical | 
| person_draft_year | integer | 
| person_bat_side_code | character | 
| person_bat_side_description | character | 
| person_pitch_hand_code | character | 
| person_pitch_hand_description | character | 
| person_name_first_last | character | 
| person_name_slug | character | 
| person_first_last_name | character | 
| person_last_first_name | character | 
| person_last_init_name | character | 
| person_init_last_name | character | 
| person_full_fml_name | character | 
| person_full_lfm_name | character | 
| person_strike_zone_top | numeric | 
| person_strike_zone_bottom | numeric | 
| team_id | integer | 
| team_name | character | 
| team_link | character | 
| team_season | integer | 
| team_venue_id | integer | 
| team_venue_name | character | 
| team_venue_link | character | 
| team_spring_venue_id | integer | 
| team_spring_venue_link | character | 
| team_team_code | character | 
| team_file_code | character | 
| team_abbreviation | character | 
| team_team_name | character | 
| team_location_name | character | 
| team_first_year_of_play | character | 
| team_league_id | integer | 
| team_league_name | character | 
| team_league_link | character | 
| team_division_id | integer | 
| team_division_name | character | 
| team_division_link | character | 
| team_sport_id | integer | 
| team_sport_link | character | 
| team_sport_name | character | 
| team_short_name | character | 
| team_franchise_name | character | 
| team_club_name | character | 
| team_spring_league_id | integer | 
| team_spring_league_name | character | 
| team_spring_league_link | character | 
| team_spring_league_abbreviation | character | 
| team_all_star_status | character | 
| team_active | logical | 
| draft_type_code | character | 
| draft_type_description | character | 
| is_drafted | logical | 
| is_pass | logical | 
| year | character | 
Examples
# \donttest{
 try(mlb_draft_latest(year = 2020))
#> ── MLB Draft (Latest) data from MLB.com ───────────── baseballr 1.6.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-04-13 21:56:07 UTC
#> # A tibble: 3 × 95
#>   pick_round pick_number display_pick_number round_pick_number
#>   <chr>            <int>               <int>             <int>
#> 1 5                  160                 160                29
#> 2 5                  160                 160                29
#> 3 5                  160                 160                29
#> # ℹ 91 more variables: pick_value <chr>, signing_bonus <chr>,
#> #   home_city <chr>, home_state <chr>, home_country <chr>,
#> #   school_name <chr>, school_school_class <chr>, school_country <chr>,
#> #   school_state <chr>, headshot_link <chr>, person_id <int>,
#> #   person_full_name <chr>, person_link <chr>, person_first_name <chr>,
#> #   person_last_name <chr>, person_primary_number <chr>,
#> #   person_birth_date <chr>, person_current_age <int>, …
# }
