Class: College Junior Hometown: Chipley, Florida Height/Weight: 6-4/215 Born: August 25, 1991 Two years ago, Whitson was tabbed by the
Padres with the ninth-overall pick in the draft. While many expected him to
sign with San Diego, he shocked both the front-office and many more in the
baseball world by turning down their $2.1 million offer. Whitson headed off to
Gainesville and earned Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors from Perfect Game.
He went 8-1 with a 2.40 ERA and tied for the team-lead with 19 games started.
Against the toughest conference in the land, he went 4-0 with a 2.56 ERA. He
posted an 18:4 K:BB ratio in four NCAA tournament games and even earned the
start in game two of the College World Series championship series against South
Carolina.
Jonathan Mayo’s draft winners –
Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Atlanta
Braves, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh
Pirates:
The Brewers have agreed to
terms with Victor Roache, the second of their
two first-round picks, for $1,525,000. An outfielder from Georgia Southern,
Roache led NCAA Division I with 30 homers in 2011 but broke his left wrist
diving to make a catch in February and missed most of this season. – BA
Kyle Zimmer signed with Kansas City - $3mil.
Baton Rouge Super Regional,
Game 2 ESPN2 - #7 LSU 4, Stony Brook 4 -
Aaron Nola: 6IP-2R-9H (HR-3B)-HB-6K, 109
pitches (74 Ks)... CF Travis Jankowski 3-6, 1-R…
2B JaCoby Jones 2-5, 1-R, 1-RBI
Tucson Super Regional, Game 1
(ESPN2) – Arizona 7, St. Johns 6 – SP Kyle Hansen
5-R, 4-ER,7-H, 4-BB, HB, 1-K… SP Kurt Heyer 9.1-IP,
6-ER, 4-K, 0-BB… LF Jeremy Baltz 2-5, 1-R, 1-RBI
Austin Wilson –
Class:
College Junior Hometown: Los Angeles, California Height/Weight: 6-5/245 Born:
February 7, 1992 While Stanford is known
among the NCAA as one of the most prestigious college baseball programs around,
they have a track record lately of turning highly thought of draft prospects
into duds. The most recent example came in the form of shortstop Kenny Diekroeger.
Drafted in the second-round of the 2009 draft, he chose to attend Stanford,
partially in the hopes that three years later he would be a once-in-a-lifetime
prospect. He had all the tools, and shortly after the 2011 draft he appeared on
many watch lists for the 2012 draft. http://wp.me/p1D0JZ-t5
William Abreu –
Class:
HS Senior Hometown: Hialeah, Florida Height/Weight: 6-3/195 - Albert Almora went sixth-overall in this
year’s draft, and while that should be an incredible source of pride for his
baseball program, Mater Academy, the same team has another player who should
figure into next year’s top picks as well. That player in question is Almora’s
outfield-mate, William Abreu, who, as of right now could be looking at a
top-five selection. http://wp.me/p1D0JZ-t1
Ryne Stanek
RHP,
Arkansas Class: College Junior Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas Height/Weight:
6-4/180 Born: July 26, 1991 photo courtesy of ncaa.com Scouts were disappointed
when Major League Baseball declared the date for the first day of the draft to
be June 4th, making redshirt sophomore Ryne Stanek ineligible for the 2012
draft. He will be, therefore, one of the most highly sought after players in
the 2013 draft class. Stanek was drafted in the third-round of the 2010 draft
by Seattle after a strong spring his senior season that saw him touch 96 mph.
He spurned the M’s offers to attend Arkansas and he made an instant impact as a
freshman, appearing in 15 games and holding opposing batters to a .213 average.
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