Wednesday, June 8, 2011

2011 Draft: College Commitments

For those of you keeping score at home, here are the Rays high school draft picks and where they are committed to attend college.

1/24 - Taylor Guerrieri RHP - University of South Carolina
1/32 - Jake Hager SS - Arizona State University
1s/38 - Brandon Martin SS - Oregon State University
1s/41 - Tyler Goeddel 3B - UCLA
1s/52 - Blake Snell LHP - University of Washington
1s/60 - James Harris, Jr. OF - California State University, Los Angeles
2/75 - Granden Goetzman OF - Florida Gulf Coast University
3/119 - Johnny Eierman OF - Louisiana State University
5/180 - J.D. Davis 3B - California State University, Fullerton
8/270 - John Alexander 1B - University of California, Irvine
10/330 - Jacob Faria RHP - California State University, Fullerton
12/390 - Trevor Mitsui 1B - University of Washington
13/420 - Tanner English OF - University of South Carolina
15/480 - Tyler Parmenter SS - University of Arizona
16/510 - Bret McAfee SS - Texas A & M or Panola College (conflicting reports)
28/870 - Blake Grant-Parks C - Sierra College
35/1080 - John Magliozzi RHP - University of Florida
40/1230 - Joseph Perricone RHP - Coastal Carolina University
48/1470 - Brandon Leibrandt LHP - Florida State University
49/1500 - Alan Baldwin C - University of Hawaii

And a couple of notes on junior college picks. 1s/42 Jeff Ames RHP is committed to the University of Oregon. 30/930 Chris Burgess RHP is pitching for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. In his first start he pitched 7.0 innings of five-hit ball with eight strikeouts.
-- By Doug at 11:30 PM

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    seems like a lot of catchers?

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  2. Robbie KnopfJune 14, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    According to PG, Burgess is committed to Central Michigan.

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  3. DougJune 14, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    Thanks Robbie. Burgess now has a 2.40 ERA over 15.0 innings with 14 strikeouts and only one walk and seven hits allowed.

    But, for some perspective, his team's overall ERA is only 2.66 over 105 innings, and they have 109 strikeouts. So he's doing well, but so is everyone else.

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