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    Mariners’ draft: 40 new players, 23 are pitchers

    SPNW StaffBy No Comments4 Mins Read

    The Mariners Wednesday selected 30 more players on the final day of the first-year amateur draft, bringing to 40 chosen over the past three days. Seattle selected 23 pitchers, three catchers, nine infielders (two first basemen, five shortstops, two third basemen) and five outfielders). Of the 40 choices, 32 were college players, only eight high school players.

    After selecting University of Kentucky first baseman/outfielder Evan White in the first round Monday (17th overall, first round), the Mariners wound up drafting 23 pitchers (15 right-handers, eight left lefthanders) and 17 position players, six of them right-handed hitters, nine left-handers and two switch hitters.

    Among the 40 players drafted by Seattle, five have ties to the Pacific Northwest: RHP Wyatt Mills (3rd round/93rd overall) from Gonzaga University; OF Jesse Franklin (37th round) out of Seattle Prep High School; SS Kolby Somers (38th round) out of Century High School in Hillsboro, OR.; SS Jack Smith (39th round) from Mercer Island High, and 3B Zach Needham (40th round) from Edmonds Community College.At 17, Smith is the youngest player taken by the Mariners.

    Mills went 2-2 with 12 saves and a 1.79 ERA with 58 strikeouts this past season. He is a Spokane native. Franklin was recently named Washington’s Gatorade Player of the Year. Somers was apreseason All-America for multiple positions, including outfield, pitcher and first base. He has committed to Oregon. Smith was a four-year starter at Mercer Island and helped lead his team to the 3A state playoffs. Needham, who recently completed his sophomore season at Edmonds CC, graduated from Puyallup High in 2015 and recently committed to the University of Houston.

    Mariners 2017 Draft Picks

    RD PICK PLAYER POS B-T HT WT DOB SCHOOL
    1 17 Evan White 1B R-L 6-3 205 04/26/96 University of Kentucky
    2 55 Sam Carlson RHP R-R 6-4 208 12/03/98 Burnsville High School
    3 93 Wyatt Mills RHP R-R 6-3 175 01/25/95 Gonzaga University
    4 123 Seth Elledge RHP R-R 6-2 238 05/20/96 Dallas Baptist University
    5 153 David Banuelos C R-R 6-0 205 10/01/96 Long Beach State University
    6 183 Oliver Jaskie LHP L-L 6-3 210 11/17/95 University of Michigan
    7 213 Max Roberts LHP L-L 6-5 160 07/23/97 Wabash Valley College
    8 243 Billy Cooke CF R-R 5-10 175 09/26/95 Coastal Carolina University
    9 273 Jorge Benitez LHP L-L 6-3 160 06/02/99 Leadership Christian Academy
    10 303 Randy Bell RHP R-R 5-10 190 02/11/95 University of South Alabama
    11 333 JP Sears LHP R-L 5-11 180 02/19/96 The Citadel
    12 363 Darren McCaughan RHP R-R 6-1 200 03/18/96 Cal State Long Beach
    13 393 Luis Alvarado RHP R-R 6-4 180 01/05/97 Nebraska
    14 423 Trevor Casanova C L-R 6-0 200 06/22/96 El Camino College
    15 453 Tommy Romero RHP L-R 6-2 225 07/08/97 Eastern Florida State College
    16 483 Orlando Razo LHP L-L 5-11 185 07/07/95 UC Davis
    17 513 Jamal Wade RHP R-R 6-0 205 02/08/96 Maryland
    18 543 Myles Christian CF L-R 6-2 180 02/26/98 Olive Branch High School
    19 573 Kevin Santa SS L-R 5-10 180 03/09/95 University of Tampa
    20 603 Troy Dixon C L-R 6-2 205 04/26/95 St. Johns University
    21 633 Connor Hoover SS L-R 5-10 185 07/18/96 University of North Georgia
    22 663 Johnny Adams SS R-R 6-0 198 09/02/94 Boston College
    23 693 Sam Delaplane RHP R-R 5-11 175 03/27/95 Eastern Michigan University
    24 723 Louis Boyd SS R-R 5-10 169 05/04/94 University of Arizona
    25 753 Bryan Pall RHP R-R 6-1 215 10/28/95 University of Michigan
    26 783 Austin Hutchison RHP R-R 6-1 205 04/09/95 University of Mount Olive
    27 813 Collin Kober RHP R-R 6-1 185 09/08/94 McNeese State University
    28 843 Johnny Slater CF L-L 6-1 185 08/09/95 University of Michigan
    29 873 David Gerber RHP R-R 6-1 200 09/24/94 Creighton University
    30 903 Scott Boches RHP R-R 6-5 205 10/17/94 Marist College
    31 933 Ryan Costello 3B L-R 6-2 200 06/13/96 Central Connecticut State University
    32 963 Ryan Garcia 1B L-L 6-2 205 07/08/95 Point Loma Nazarene University
    33 993 Chris Castellanos LHP L-L 5-10 185 05/08/95 Stanford University
    34 1023 David Hessslink LHP R-L 6-2 190 04/12/95 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    35 1053 Hunter Lonigro RHP R-R 6-3 190 10/29/98 Connellsville Area School Connellsville, PA
    36 1083 Heston Kjerstad CF S-R 6-3 180 02/12/99 Canyon Randall High School Amarillo, TX
    37 1113 Jesse Franklin CF L-L 6-2 207 12/01/98 Seattle Prep
    38 1143 Kolby Somers LHP L-L 6-1 195 06/03/99 Century High School
    39 1173 Jack Smith SS R-R 6-2 185 07/26/99 Mercer Island High School Mercer Island, WA
    40 1203 Zach Needham 3B S-R 6-2 205 06/07/97 Edmonds Community College

     

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