New York Yankees 2017 Draft Clips 2017 NEW YORK YANKEES DRAFT SIGNINGS – FINAL
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New York Yankees 2017 Draft Clips 2017 NEW YORK YANKEES DRAFT SIGNINGS – FINAL Players highlighted in gray signed with the Yankees (23-of-40) Rd. (Pick) Name Pos. School B/T HT/WT DOB 1 (#16) Clarke Schmidt RHP University of South Carolina R/R 6’1”/200 2/20/96 2 (#54) Matt Sauer RHP Ernest Righetti HS (Calif.) R/R 6’4”/195 1/21/99 3 (#92) Trevor Stephan RHP University of Arkansas R/R 6’5”/225 11/25/95 4 (#122) Canaan Smith OF Rockwall-Heath HS (Tex.) L/R 6’0”/215 4/30/99 5 (#152) Glenn Otto RHP Rice University R/R 6’5”/240 3/11/96 6 (#182) Dalton Lehnen LHP Augustana University (S.D.) L/L 6’2”/195 5/16/96 7 (#212) Dalton Higgins RHP Dallas Baptist University R/R 6’2”/200 8/8/95 8 (#242) Kyle Zurak RHP Radford University (Va.) R/R 6’0”/205 11/28/94 9 (#272) Austin Gardner RHP University of Texas-Arlington R/R 6’2”/215 12/2/94 10 (#302) Chad Whitmer RHP Southern Illinois University-Carbondale R/R 6’3”/195 5/11/95 11 (#332) Shawn Semple RHP University of New Orleans R/R 6’1”/195 10/9/95 12 (#362) Steven Sensley OF University of Louisiana-Lafayette L/L 6’2”/220 9/6/95 13 (#392) Eric Wagaman 1B Orange Coast College (Calif.) R/R 6’4”/210 8/14/97 14 (#422) Harold Cortijo RHP Riverdale Baptist School (Md.) R/R 6’2”/180 4/27/98 15 (#452) Aaron McGarity RHP Virginia Tech R/R 6’3”/185 1/31/95 16 (#482) Ricky Surum SS University of Mount Olive (N.C.) R/R 5’10”/170 12/7/94 17 (#512) Chris Hess 2B University of Rhode Island R/R 6’2”/195 12/3/94 18 (#542) Garrett Whitlock RHP University of Alabama-Birmingham R/R 6’5”/190 6/11/96 19 (#572) Ron Marinaccio RHP University of Delaware R/R 6’2”/205 7/1/95 20 (#602) Ryan Lidge C University of Notre Dame S/R 6’2”/205 10/27/94 21 (#632) Bryan Blanton RHP Catawba College (N.C.) R/R 6’0”/190 12/19/95 22 (#662) Janson Junk RHP Seattle University R/R 6’1”/177 1/15/96 23 (#692) Colby Davis RHP Chaparral HS (Ariz.) R/R 6’8”/225 8/24/99 24 (#722) Pat DeMarco OF Winder-Barrow HS (Ga.) R/R 5’11”/190 3/10/98 25 (#752) Riley Thompson RHP University of Louisville L/R 6’3”/195 7/9/96 26 (#782) Austin Crowson LHP Lane Community College (Ore.) S/L 6’5”/210 9/6/96 27 (#812) Alex Mauricio RHP Norfolk State University (Va.) R/R 6’0”/180 9/24/96 28 (#842) Shane Roberts RHP Dwyer HS (Fla.) R/R 6’1”/165 10/24/98 29 (#872) Tristan Beck RHP Stanford University R/R 6’4”/165 6/24/96 30 (#902) Jake Mangum CF Mississippi State University S/L 6’0”/185 3/8/96 31 (#932) Jimmy Herron CF Duke University R/L 6’1”/195 7/27/96 32 (#962) Alika Williams SS Rancho Bernardo HS (Calif.) R/R 6’2”/175 3/12/99 33 (#992) Jacob Stevens RHP Boston College S/R 6’3”/225 2/11/96 34 (#1022) Jordan Butler LHP Alonso HS (Fla.) L/L 6’1”/180 12/2/98 35 (#1052) Steven Williams C Deerfield-Windsor School (Ga.) L/R 6’3”/215 2/18/99 36 (#1082) Andrew Abbott LHP Halifax County Senior HS (Va.) L/L 6’0”/157 6/1/99 37 (#1112) Tanner Burns RHP Decatur HS (Ala.) R/R 6’0”/210 12/28/98 38 (#1142) Brent Burgess RHP Spartanburg Methodist College (S.C.) R/R 6’0”/200 5/2/97 39 (#1172) Andrew Nardi LHP Ventura College (Calif.) L/L 6’3”/185 8/18/98 40 (#1202) Hayden Cantrelle SS Teurlings Catholic HS (La.) S/R 5’10”/175 11/25/98 BY SCHOOLING: College – 28, High School – 12 BY POSITION: Pitchers – 28 (23-RHP / 5-LHP), Catchers – 2, Infielders – 5, Outfielders – 5 POST-DRAFT FREE AGENT SIGNINGS: The Yankees have also made the following post-draft free agent signings: 2B Cody Brown (Mississippi State University), C Pedro Diaz (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy), 2B David Metzgar (Cal State-Bakersfield), C Hemmanuel Rosario (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy). Four fun facts about the Yankees' 2017 Draft haul By Lou DiPietro June 19, 2017 The 2017 MLB Draft ran from June 12-14, and the Yankees added 40 new players to the potential mix of Baby Bombers. A few have already signed on the dotted line to join the organization, and those that join them will soon "officially" become professionals with the dawning of baseball's short-season leagues (beginning with the Staten Island Yankees and the New York-Penn League season kicking off on June 19). With that in mind, here are four fun facts about the Yankees' draft haul. 40 For 40 The Yankees' 40 draft picks came from 40 different schools, which is a bit of anomaly for the team. Yes, it has happened twice in the last three years (2015 and 2017) and three times this decade - although in 2011, at least, they did take two players from Weatherford, Texas, one from Weatherford High School and one from Weatherford College - but prior to that, it hadn't happened since at least 1975, when the Draft was much shorter and had multiple phases. Usually, the Yankees not only double up, but do so multiple times; 2016 is a prime example, as they selected two players each from South Carolina, Louisiana Tech, and Cal State Fullerton, and three from the University of Southern California. Right Makes Might Of the Yankees' 40 picks, 28 were pitchers, up from 24 in 2015 and 23 last year, and 23 of those 28 were right-handed. The 12 position players were more equally divided, with three lefties, five righties, and four switch-hitters in the lot, but the positions they were announced as indicate that to field a full team, the Yankees would have to move at least one player; they drafted five outfielders, three shortstops, two catchers, one first baseman and one second baseman, so someone would have to shift to the hot corner if they were a sandlot squad. California Love The Yankees had six first-round picks from 2013-16 and spent five of them on players from somewhere in California, with Notre Dame third baseman Eric Jagielo, the first of three late-first round picks in 2013, the lone exception. This year, South Carolina RHP Clarke Schmidt broke the mold again, as the Yankees' top pick is a Gamecock by choice and a Georgian by birth. New York "made up" for that by using their second-round pick on RHP Matt Sauer from Righetti HS in Santa Maria, Calif., making it six years in a row that one of their Day 1 or Day 2 picks was from the Golden State - and if you consider that 2011 ninth-round pick Zack Arneson had spent just one season at Lewis-Clark State in North Dakota after transferring from Cal State-Bakersfield, the clock is pushed all the way back to 2000…when the Yankees' top pick, catcher Dave Parrish, was a Michigan Wolverine but grew up in Anaheim. Let's just say the Yankees love players from the West Coast, shall we? No Real Baby Bombers As mentioned above, the Staten Island Yankees' season is underway as of June 19, and for the first time in a long time, not a single draft pick was among the team's initial 30-man roster. A handful of 2016 draftees who spent all of last season in Staten Island - including outfielders Timmy Robinson and Dom Thompson- Williams and first baseman Dalton Blaser - are on the roster once again, but as of Opening Day, no one from the Class of 2017 had been assigned to the outer borough. Whether that's more a function of timing (the Draft running June 12-14 means even the top picks have had less than a week to sign and be assigned) or design, it is something that is, at least in the recent past, unusual. RHP Clarke Schmidt, South Carolina, Round 1, (16th pick) CLARKE SCHMIDT – 6 AWARDS/HONORS/CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2017 Preseason All-America 1st Team (NCBWA) 2017 Preseason All-America 2nd Team (Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, Perfect Game) Rated No. 8 best prospect in the SEC for 2017 MLB Draft by Baseball America Rated No. 9 best prospect in the SEC for 2017 MLB Draft by D1Baseball Rated No. 10 best prospect in the SEC for 2017 MLB Draft by Perfect Game Rated No. 22 best overall junior in the nation by Perfect Game Rated No. 35 best overall prospect in the nation for 2017 MLB Draft by MLB.com Recognized as having the "Best Control" of all pitchers in the SEC by Baseball America Earned third-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA (2016) 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll Earned second-team All-SEC honors (2016) Named to USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List (2016) Named to College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List (2016) Rated No. 40 best college prospect in the nation for 2017 by D1Baseball Rated No. 15 best prospect in the SEC for 2017 by D1Baseball 2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll Fall 2014 Dean's List 2017 (JUNIOR) Went 4-2 with a 1.34 ERA in nine starts, allowed 15 runs, nine earned, on 41 hits with 18 walks to 70 strikeouts in 60.1 innings with opponents batting .194 against him Missed last half of the season after suffering a torn ulnar collateral ligament to his right elbow Named to USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List Started nine games and went 4-1 with a 1.34 ERA in 60.1 innings with 15 runs allowed, nine earned on 41 hits with 18 walks and 70 strikeouts, opponents hit .194 against him Allowed five runs, two earned, on five hits in eight innings with a walk and 11 strikeouts in 7-4 loss to Mississippi State (4/14) No-decision in 5-3 loss to Vanderbilt (4/7); allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and 11 strikeouts Eight scoreless innings with just five hits allowed, three walks and 10 strikeouts to earn win in 7-0 victory at Auburn (4/1) No-decision in 4-2 win vs.