CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa – The Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies selected
2011 and 2014 Perfect Game All-American shortstops Alex Bregman and
Brendan Rodgers second and third overall during the 2015 MLB Draft on
Monday night. Bregman and Rodgers were two of 17 former PG
All-Americans taken in the first round, and two of the 23 taken on
the first day (rounds 1-2), of the annual draft.
Rodgers
was one of 19 All-Americans taken on Monday that participated in last
year's event, the 12th edition of the Classic.
There
have now been 165 PG All-Americans taken in the first round of the
draft since the event's inception in 2003. Six of those players –
Matt Bush, Justin Upton, Tim Beckham, Bryce Harper, Gerrit Cole,
Carlos Correa and Brady Aiken – have gone with the first overall
pick.
Thirty-seven
of the 42 (88 percent) players taken in the first round had
previously attended a Perfect Game event, 21 of which attended the PG
National Showcase. Of all of the picks made on the first day, 64 of
75 (85 percent) had played in a PG event with 35 of those attending a
National Showcase.
Carlos
Correa was promoted by the Houston Astros on Sunday night making him
the 104th former All-American to be called up to the big leagues and
the fourth from the 2011 edition of the Classic, joining Addison
Russell (Cubs), Joey Gallo (Rangers) and teammate Lance McCullers.
This
year's Classic will be played once again at Petco Park, home of the
San Diego Padres, on Sunday, August 16 and will be televised on MLB
Network. The Selection Show will occur on Monday, July 13 from the
Major League Baseball All-Star Game festivities in Cincinnati and
will be televised live online at MLB.com.
Here
are all of the former PG All-Americans that were selected on the
first day of the 2015 MLB Draft:
Rd. |
Pick |
Player |
Team |
School |
Year* |
1 |
2 |
Alex Bregman |
Houston Astros |
Louisiana State |
2011 |
1 |
3 |
Brendan Rodgers |
Colorado Rockies |
Lake Mary (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
5 |
Kyle Tucker |
Houston Astros |
Plant (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
8 |
Carson Fulmer |
Chicago White Sox |
Vanderbilt |
2011 |
1 |
10 |
Cornelius Randolph |
Philadelphia Phillies |
Griffin (Ga.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
12 |
Josh Naylor |
Miami Marlins |
St. Joan of Arc Catholic (Ont.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
14 |
Kolby Allard |
Atlanta Braves |
San Clemente (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
15 |
Trenton Clark |
Milwaukee Brewers |
Richland (Texas) HS |
2014 |
1 |
17 |
Brady Aiken |
Cleveland Indians |
IMG Academy (Fla.) |
2013 |
1 |
21 |
Ashe Russell |
Kansas City Royals |
Cathedral (Ind.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
22 |
Beau Burrows |
Detroit Tigers |
Weatherford (Texas) HS |
2014 |
1 |
27 |
Mike Nikorak |
Colorado Rockies |
Stroudsburg (Pa.) HS |
2014 |
1 |
32 |
Ke'Bryan Hayes |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
Concordia Lutheran (Texas) HS |
2014 |
1 |
36 |
Ryan Mountcastle |
Baltimore Orioles |
Hagerty (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
1S |
37 |
Dazmon Cameron |
Houston Astros |
Eagles Landing (Ga.) HS |
2014 |
1S |
41 |
Austin Riley |
Atlanta Braves |
DeSoto Central (Miss.) HS |
2014 |
1S |
42 |
Triston McKenzie |
Cleveland Indians |
Royal Palm Beach (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
2 |
51 |
Austin Smith |
San Diego Padres |
Park Vista (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
2 |
52 |
Chris Betts |
Tampa Bay Rays |
Wilson (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
2 |
59 |
Juan Hillman |
Cleveland Indians |
Olympia (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
2 |
61 |
Andrew Suarez |
San Francisco Giants |
University of Miami |
2010 |
2 |
67 |
Mitchell Hansen |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
Plano (Texas) HS |
2014 |
2 |
70 |
Jahmai Jones |
Los Angeles Angels |
Wesleyan (Ga.) HS |
2014 |
Thirteen more PG All-Americans were selected on Day 2 (rounds 3-10) of the draft, pushing the total so far to 36:
Rd. |
Pick |
Player |
Team |
School |
Year* |
3 |
92 |
Drew Finley |
New York Yankees |
Racho Bernardo (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
3 |
101 |
Philip Pfeifer |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
Vanderbilt |
2010 |
3 |
103 |
Rhett Wiseman |
Washington Nationals |
Vanderbilt |
2011 |
4 |
116 |
Cody Poteet |
Miami Marlins |
UCLA |
2011 |
4 |
126 |
Mac Marshall |
San Francisco Giants |
Chipola (Fla.) College |
2013 |
5 |
136 |
Ryan Burr |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
Arizona State |
2011 |
5 |
149 |
Thomas Szapucki |
New York Mets |
William T. Dwyer (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
6 |
172 |
Corey Zangari |
Chicago White Sox |
Carl Albert (Okla.) HS |
2014 |
6 |
194 |
Matthew Crownover |
Washington Nationals |
Clemson |
2011 |
7 |
220 |
Nicholas Shumpert |
Detroit Tigers |
Highlands Ranch (Colo.) HS |
2014 |
8 |
234 |
Greg Pickett |
Philadelphia Phillies |
Legend (Colo.) HS |
2014 |
10 |
294 |
Josh Tobias |
Philadelphia Phillies |
University of Florida |
2010 |
10 |
311 |
Kep Brown |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Wando (S.C.) HS |
2014 |
And 24 more PG All-Americans were selected on Day 3 (rounds 11-40) of the draft, marking 60 total players that were selected in the 2015 MLB Draft:
Rd. |
Pick |
Player |
Team |
School |
Year* |
11 |
319 |
Patrick Sandoval |
Houston Astros |
Mission Viejo (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
11 |
336 |
C.J. Hinojosa |
San Francisco Giants |
University of Texas |
2011 |
17 |
522 |
Jason Goldstein |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
University of Illinois |
2011 |
20 |
603 |
Isiah Gilliam |
New York Yankees |
Chipola (Fla.) College |
2014 |
20 |
604 |
Luke Wakamatsu |
Cleveland Indians |
Keller (Texas) High School |
2014 |
21 |
641 |
Cadyn Grenier |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Bishop Gorman (Nev.) HS |
2014 |
23 |
687 |
Chris Chatfield |
San Diego Padres |
Spoto (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
25 |
751 |
Justin Hooper |
Milwaukee Brewers |
De La Salle (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
25 |
761 |
Kyle Molnar |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Aliso Niguel (Calif.) HS |
2014 |
26 |
781 |
John India |
Milwaukee Brewers |
American Heritage (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
28 |
851 |
Mitchell Traver |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Texas Christian |
2011 |
29 |
865 |
Elih Marrero |
Cincinnati Reds |
Coral Gables (Fla.) HS |
2014 |
29 |
871 |
Donny Everett |
Milwaukee Brewers |
Clarksville (Tenn.) HS |
2014 |
30 |
910 |
Cole McKay |
Detroit Tigers |
Smithson Valley (Texas) HS |
2014 |
32 |
951 |
Clate Schmidt |
Boston Red Sox |
Clemson |
2011 |
32 |
952 |
Taylore Cherry |
Chicago White Sox |
University of North Carolina |
2011 |
33 |
977 |
Wyatt Cross |
Colorado Rockies |
Legacy (Colo.) HS |
2014 |
34 |
1031 |
Parker Kelly |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Westview (Ore.) HS |
2014 |
35 |
1039 |
Kody Clemens |
Houston Astros |
Memorial (Texas) HS |
2014 |
36 |
1068 |
D.J. Peters |
Texas Rangers |
Western Nevada CC |
2013 |
36 |
1073 |
Alonzo Jones |
Chicago Cubs |
Columbus (Ga.) HS |
2014 |
37 |
1099 |
Luken Baker |
Houston Astros |
Oak Ridge (Texas) HS |
2014 |
39 |
1161 |
Daniel Reyes |
Boston Red Sox |
Mater Academy (Fla.) |
2014 |
39 |
1174 |
Tristin English |
Cleveland Indians |
Pike County (Ga.) HS |
2014 |
*Indicates
year player participated in the PG All-American Classic