Virginians in the MLB Draft

who are some others to watch for? Tyler Wilson.Jackie Bradley.Jake Lowery...others?

Jackie just got taken by the Red Sox early in the supp. 1st round!

So far, two of Midlo Son's former travel mates. Congrats to those guys!

Though I'm not sure I would have wished the Mariners on Hultzen. They are known for being stingy to a fault. Hopefully they will follow the Pirates and the Royals in the trend towards ignoring the Commissioner and paying to land their top choices!

As for Jackie, the Red Sox are known as one of the best organizations for developing players, AND they will pay "over slot" in many cases. Jackie has to be ecstatic. I know it's killing him to have to sit out these NCAA tourney games with his injury but this has to make him feel a lot better!

Mark Lowery, JMU Catcher, pick 128 by Cleveland Indians.

John Hicks, UVA's catcher, was selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 123rd pick in the draft.

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Mark Lowery, JMU Catcher, pick 128 by Cleveland Indians.

Jake Lowery

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Originally posted by WB Reporter:
Mark Lowery, JMU Catcher, pick 128 by Cleveland Indians.

Jake Lowery

UVA's Will Roberts to Indians 5th round

Congrats to Will Lamb out of clemson, went to york high school i believe. second round pick to the rangers

Jake Cave, pick 209, Yankees.

Steven Proscia, UVA, pick 213, to Seattle Mariners. (Third UVA player picked by Seattle.)

Evan Beal, pick 246, South County HS, Kansas City Royals.

Tyler Wilson(Midlo 2007)UVA, 305 to Baltimore

Deshorn Lake, Menchville HS, 12th round to Boston Red Sox.

Really surprised that TJ Costen slid all the way down to the 22nd round for the Texas Rangers. The kid is incredibly fast and projects well. Thought for sure he would've gone higher. But still Congrats to him and his family!

The greatest reason for many of the High School guys slipping is signability.

You hate to spend a 3-5th round pick on a kid who winds up going to school but you might take a flier on him in the 20-30th and see if he will take 3-5th round money. If not then losing out on the 600th pick in the draft hurts less then the 100th.

Ocean Lakes Shawn Morimando 19th round to the Indians. 578th pick

Cody Cox, 49th round.

Patrick Corbett, Tabb HS, 47th Round (KC Royals)

Ronnie Shaban 49th to the Orioles

Good for Ronnie! As an O's fan we need him in the line up this weekend!

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Good for Ronnie! As an O's fan we need him in the line up this weekend!

Yeah he can really swing it, but it sounds like the O's plan on keeping him on the mound as a reliever. Either way he definitely gives us O's fans something to look forward to.

Pete Leveit from Cape Henry/Mount Olive was drafted in the 32nd Round by the Cubs.

Congrats to him and his family as he will be heading to the AZL shortly!

Hard to believe nobody picked Ronnie as a HITTER.

Liberty University had 7 taken in this draft. Congrats to all the young men on the team:
Garret Baker - L/P - Angels
Steven Evans - L/P - Twins
Matt Williams - S/S - Cardinals
Blake Forslund - R/P - Red Sox's
Casey Rasmus - Cather - Cardinals
Keegan Linza - R/P - White Sox
Tyler Bream - 3/B - Diamondbacks

I don't follow VT baseball too closely, but was there a reason Shaban was moved to 1B? Watching him I always thought his athleticism would allow him to play in the middle infield or at least at 3B. If, for some reason, he is now strictly a 1B then obviously the offensive requirements would be a bit tougher. Just wondering if he was a 1B b/c of team need or for some other reason.

stricly need, if you recall last year austin wates was at 1st base before moving him to the outfield. I think you will see Ronnie again at 1st unless the juco kids he brings in cannot handle the middle or 3rd when he is not pitching which he should be in the rotation next year

Isaac Ballou - 36th round to Pirates

Marshall University
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy class of 2009
Smithfield,VA

i think one reason Ronnie was at 1b is they got him imvolved in some more pitching this year. Maybe 1b isnt as demamding on ythe arm as third or short when you know you are coming in to throw a few innings. You probably want an every inning guy up the middle and it probably just worked better with him there

i think you are right on it

Matt Snyder (Westfield HS 2008; Ole Miss), 49th round to Nationals. He'll probably be back at Ole Miss for his senior year.

i am guessing Shaban stays at VT and tries to raise his stock

The rule of thumb is that juniors get more money than seniors because they have at least some negotiating leverage, since they can threaten to return to school. Unfortunately that's only good through about the 20th round maybe, unless you are actually more highly regarded and you slid down over "signability" in the first place. In the 49th round, they don't offer you any real bonus money. So I would think finishing your degree would be a better deal.

In fact, it represents a better paycheck than what you'd get in short season Low A ball.

I have to say I'm disappointed for Ronnie. He deserved better. I thought he had proved himself enough as a hitter to get drafted as a hitter, and a whole lot earlier too.

Fairfax native Austin Booker chosen by the Oakland A’s in 33rd round. He is a Robinson High School product, graduated from the University of California on May 4 after majoring in American studies with a concentration on architecture. His father, Rod Booker played for the St. Louis Cardinals and later with the Philadelphia Phillies. Rod played behind the great SS, Ozzie Smith while with the Cards.
We will have an opportunity to watch him pit his talents when his Golden Bears battle the Virginia Cavaliers in the CWS starting this Sunday.

Old Dominion University senior lefthander Kyle Hald (Springfield, VA.), the Colonial Athletic Association's Co-Pitcher of the Year has been selected in the 18th (560 overall) round by the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball draft today.
Kyle was a South County 2007 graduate.

Peter Verdin...Paul VI HS...UGA...drafted in the 39th round by the Nationals

FYI- the draft was not today.

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FYI- the draft was not today.

Thanks for sharing that heros...I believe people are posting when they hear the news on someone not already listed.

Most of the draft databases will let you sort draftees by state, but if they were college guys, they'll be listed not by their home states, but according to where they went to school.

So with someone like Verdin, who went to UGA, you have to check the other states' lists to see who all might be there that you might recognize.

Jake Lowery is 6-18 (.333) with 2 doubles and 5 RBI so far!

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Isaac Ballou - 36th round to Pirates

Marshall University
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy class of 2009
Smithfield,VA

If his HS class was 2009 and he attened Marshall how was he drafted? Wouldn't this make him a rising Junior at Marshall for the upcoming 2012 season?