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Top 100 College Seniors

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2014 Perfect Game MLB Draft preview content

Seniors in Demand

 
In the two drafts since a landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players Association introduced sweeping changes to the baseball’s first-year player draft, college seniors have had a surprising place of importance in the proceedings. In all, roughly 60 college seniors were factored into the top 10 rounds of both the 2012 and 2013 drafts. With major-league teams often needing flexibility to stay within their allowable bonus-pool limits, seniors, with their limited leverage, have played a key factor as budget-saving selections, and a significant number have been drafted much higher than their raw talent might otherwise warrant. No doubt, college seniors will be in demand again in this year’s proceedings, and Perfect Game has identified 100 of the most attractive players in that demographic.


RK Player POS. B-T HT WT College Hometown ST Last Drafted
1 Jake Stinnett RHP/3B R-R 6-4 200 Maryland Vista CA Pirates '13 (29)
2 A.J. Vanegas RHP R-R 6-3 215 Stanford Alameda CA Athletics '13 (19)
3 Ben Wetzler LHP L-L 6-1 205 Oregon State Clackamas OR Phillies '13 (5)
4 Dustin DeMuth 3B R-R 6-3 210 Indiana La Porte IN Twins '13 (8)
5 Mark Payton OF L-L 5-8 180 Texas Orland Park IL Indians '13 (16)
6 Dale Carey OF R-R 6-3 210 Miami (Fla.) Marietta GA Pirates '10 (21)
7 Javier Salas RHP R-R 6-4 225 Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables FL Twins '13 (38)
8 Seth Harrison OF R-R 6-0 200 Louisiana-Lafayette Houston TX Never drafted
9 Josh Prevost RHP R-R 6-8 220 Seton Hall Belle Mead NJ Never drafted
10 Zac Curtis LHP L-L 5-9 170 Middle Tennessee State Hendersonville TN Never drafted
11 Scott Schultz RHP R-R 6-3 210 Oregon State Gig Harbor WA Marlins '13 (17)
12 Corey Holmes RHP R-R 6-6 200 Concordia (Texas) Henrietta TX Never drafted
13 Drew Van Orden RHP R-R 6-4 200 Duke Manhattan Beach CA Never drafted
14 Julian Merryweather RHP R-R 6-3 190 Oklahoma Baptist Berkeley CA Never drafted
15 Daniel Ponce de Leon RHP R-R 6-4 195 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) La Mirada CA Cubs '13 (14)
16 Clint Freeman OF/LHP L-L 6-2 195 East Tennessee State Jonesboro TN Never drafted
17 David Trexler RHP/OF R-R 6-3 180 North Florida Lynn Haven FL Never drafted
18 Tyler Herb RHP R-R 6-4 185 Coastal Carolina Lykens PA Never drafted
19 Ryan Seiz 3B/1B B-R 6-3 230 Liberty Doylestown PA Never drafted
20 Corey Miller RHP R-R 6-3 200 Pepperdine Laguna Niguel CA Brewers '13 (16)
21 Andrew Morales RHP R-R 6-0 185 UC Irvine West Covina CA Never drafted
22 Nathan Thornhill RHP R-R 6-1 185 Texas Cedar Park TX Astros '13 (24)
23 Sean Godfrey OF R-R 6-2 185 Ball State New Albany IN Never drafted
24 Ross Kivett 2B/OF R-R 6-1 190 Kansas State Cincinnati OH Indians '13 (10)
25 Dusty Isaacs RHP R-R 6-1 205 Georgia Tech Lebanon OH Pirates '10 (50)
26 Jeff Gardner OF/C L-R 6-2 220 Louisville Louisville KY Never drafted
27 Chase Harris OF R-R 6-1 210 New Mexico Boise ID Never drafted
28 Taylor Zeutenhorst OF/RHP L-R 6-4 220 Iowa Sheldon IA Phillies '10 (41)
29 Jimmy Allen 2B/3B R-R 5-11 195 Cal Poly Vista CA Red Sox '13 (23)
30 Kody Kerski RHP R-R 5-10 170 Sacred Heart Waterbury CT Never drafted
31 Mike Hollenbeck C L-R 6-2 220 Illinois State Plainfield IL Red Sox '10 (14)
32 Michael Fagan LHP L-L 6-0 175 Princeton San Diego CA Padres '09 (45)
33 Danny Diekroeger 1B/2B L-R 6-1 190 Stanford Menlo CA Never drafted
34 Louie Lechich OF/LHP L-L 6-3 205 San Diego Stockton CA Athletics '10 (42)
35 James Farris RHP R-R 6-2 220 Arizona Gilbert AZ Astros '13 (15)
36 Brandon Thomasson 1B/OF R-R 6-4 220 Tennessee Tech Royal Palm Beach FL Never drafted
37 Joey Epperson OF R-R 6-2 210 UC Santa Barbara Orinda CA Never drafted
38 Cole Sturgeon OF/LHP L-L 6-1 175 Louisville Owensboro KY Never drafted
39 Michael Hill 3B/OF L-R 6-2 190 Long Beach State Orange CA Never drafted
40 Frank Duncan RHP R-R 6-4 210 Kansas San Francisco CA Indians '13 (39)
41 Josh Michalec RHP R-R 6-2 180 Baylor Houston TX Never drafted
42 Ryan Yarbrough LHP L-L 6-6 210 Old Dominion Lakeland FL Brewers '13 (20)
43 Forrest Smith 1B L-L 6-5 225 Oklahoma City Bakersfield CA Never drafted
44 Steve Wilkerson 2B/SS B-R 6-2 195 Clemson Marietta GA Red Sox '10 (15)
45 Matt Cooper RHP R-R 6-0 190 Hawaii Marysville WA Never drafted
46 Seth Varner LHP L-L 6-3 225 Miami (Ohio) Batavia OH Never drafted
47 Jason Jester RHP R-R 5-11 195 Texas A&M Hallsville TX Padres '13 (30)
48 Tyler Badamo RHP R-R 6-2 185 Dowling (N.Y.) Mt. Sinai NY Never drafted
49 Parker Ray RHP R-R 6-1 180 Texas A&M Katy TX Never drafted
50 J.P. Sportman OF/IF R-R 5-11 180 Central Connecticut State Schenectady NY Never drafted
51 Luke Tendler OF/3B L-R 6-1 190 North Carolina A&T Wilmington NC Never drafted
52 Alec Crawford RHP R-R 6-2 210 Minnesota Wilton IA Never drafted
53 Robert Huber RHP R-R 6-2 190 Duke Plano TX Never drafted
54 Jonathan Roberts RHP R-R 6-3 205 Georgia Tech Fayetteville GA Never drafted
55 James Lomangino RHP R-R 6-0 205 St. John's Farmingville NY Athletics '13 (14)
56 Cody Lavalli OF/RHP R-R 6-4 205 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Apple Valley CA Rangers '13 (37)
57 Conor Fisk RHP R-R 6-2 210 Southern Mississippi Brown Deer WI Brewers '10 (34)
58 Anthony Azar C R-R 5-11 185 Sam Houston State The Woodlands TX Never drafted
59 Mott Hyde SS R-R 5-11 180 Georgia Tech Calhoun GA Blue Jays '10 (44)
60 Will Allen C R-R 6-3 215 Mississippi Gainesville FL Pirates '10 (37)
61 Zach Adams RHP R-R 6-4 200 Utah Salt Lake City UT Never drafted
62 Ryan Tella OF L-L 6-0 185 Auburn Fremont CA Giants '12 (11)
63 Daniel Miles 3B R-R 6-1 210 Tennessee Tech Pascagoula MS Never drafted
64 Dillon Newman RHP/3B R-R 6-2 200 Baylor Belton TX Astros '13 (16)
65 Brannon Easterling RHP B-R 6-5 235 St. Edward's (Texas) College Station TX Never drafted
66 Peter Miller RHP R-R 6-1 195 Florida State Lutz FL Dodgers '13 (16)
67 Chase Mallard RHP R-R 6-2 180 Alabama-Birmingham Cullman AL Never drafted
68 Shane Hoelscher 3B R-R 6-1 190 Rice Belton TX Never drafted
69 Pat Kaminska RHP R-R 6-3 215 Central Michigan Naperville IL Never drafted
70 Jeff Gold RHP L-R 6-0 165 Oregon Moraga CA Never drafted
71 Jack Fischer RHP R-R 6-1 175 Wake Forest Hinsdale IL Never drafted
72 Ty McFarland 3B/RHP L-R 6-3 185 James Madison Bridgewater VA Never drafted
73 Shay Maltese RHP R-R 6-2 200 Cal State Northridge Superior CO Never drafted
74 Brian Hunter RHP/3B R-R 6-3 210 Hartford Port Jefferson Station NY Never drafted
75 Joe Greenfield RHP R-R 6-4 215 Eastern Illinois Orland Park IL Twins '13 (36)
76 Tyler Moore RHP R-R 6-2 195 North Florida Daytona Beach FL Never drafted
77 Nick Williams RHP/1B R-R 6-2 230 Tennessee Knoxville TN Never drafted
78 Garrett Bayliff OF/LHP L-L 6-1 200 Wichita State Tuttle OK Never drafted
79 Kurt Schluter RHP R-R 6-3 185 Stetson Jupiter FL Red Sox '12 (39)
80 Hassan Evans OF/RHP R-R 6-3 210 Delaware State Brooklyn NY Cubs '12 (38)
81 Mike Theofanopoulos OF/LHP L-L 6-1 195 California Pleasanton CA Never drafted
82 Justin Gonzalez SS R-R 6-3 205 Florida State Miami FL Never drafted
83 Dave Roseboom LHP R-L 6-2 220 USC Upstate Troy NY Red Sox '10 (47)
84 Joey DeNato LHP L-L 5-10 180 Indiana San Diego CA Never drafted
85 Cale Elam RHP R-R 6-2 205 Wichita State Oktaha OK Never drafted
86 Michael Burke SS/RHP R-R 6-2 200 Buffalo Cleveland OH Never drafted
87 Mitch Elliott OF R-R 6-0 190 Xavier Wexford PA Never drafted
88 Josh Frye RHP R-R 6-7 210 Long Beach State Long Beach CA Never drafted
89 Donnie Hissa RHP R-R 6-6 230 Notre Dame Iron River WI Never drafted
90 Brendan McCurry 2B/RHP R-R 5-11 180 Oklahoma State Roff OK Never drafted
91 Tommy Lawrence RHP R-R 6-0 220 Maine West Haven CT Never drafted
92 John Sheehan RHP R-R 5-11 200 William & Mary Westwood MA Never drafted
93 Erik Lunde SS L-R 5-9 180 Lander (S.C.) Pompano Beach FL Never drafted
94 Collin Slaybaugh OF/C L-R 6-1 195 Washington State Puyallup WA Never drafted
95 Cade Gotta OF R-R 6-2 190 San Diego Christian Solano Beach CA Never drafted
96 Adam Martin C B-R 6-3 235 Western Carolina Marietta GA Never drafted
97 Jamil Moquete OF R-R 6-3 205 Massachusetts-Boston Boston MA Never drafted
98 Eric Eck RHP R-R 6-4 195 Wofford Buford GA Never drafted
99 Michael Gerber OF L-R 5-11 185 Creighton Naperville IL Yankees '10 (40)
100 Josh Walker RHP R-R 6-2 175 New Mexico Rio Rancho NM Never drafted


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