Thursday, Jun. 11, 2009

MLB draft: Players taken with S.C. ties

THURSDAY'S S.C. CONNECTIONS

•  USC first baseman Nick Ebert was picked in the 32nd round (No. 975) by the New York Yankees.

•  Walters State pitcher Zac Fuesser (a York High grad) was drafted in the 34th round (No. 1,015) by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

•  Fairfield Central High shortstop Justin Trapp was picked in the 34th round (No. 1,022) by the Kansas City Royals.

•  USC pitcher Alex Farotto was drafted in the 34th round (No. 1,033) by the Chicago White Sox.

•  USC Salkehatchie third baseman Oliver Santos was taken in the 35th round (No. 1,049) by the Cincinnati Reds.

•  The Citadel pitcher Wes Wrenn was chosen in the 35th round (No. 1,064) by the New York Mets.

•  Clemson second baseman Mike Freeman was picked in the 36th round (No. 1,086) by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

•  North Myrtle Beach High outfielder Tripp Faulk was drafted in the 38th round (No. 1,138) by the Atlanta Braves.

•  College of Charleston pitcher Jesse Simpson was chosen in the 40th round (No. 1,209) by the St. Louis Cardinals.

•  Clemson third baseman Matt Sanders was drafted in the 41st round (No. 1,231) by the Colorado Rockies.

•  Anderson pitcher Blair Carson was taken in the 42nd round (1,259) by the Cincinnati Reds.

•  USC Upstate pitcher Teddy Fallon was picked in the 43rd round (No. 1,285) by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

•  USC Sumter pitcher Tyler Christman was taken in the 44th round (No. 1,324) by the Texas Rangers.

•  South Carolina pitcher Parker Bangs was drafted in the 46th round (No. 1,375) by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

•  Conway High pitcher Colby Holmes, a USC signee, was drafted in the 47th round (No. 1,408) by the Atlanta Braves.

•  Greenwood High pitcher Christian Powell was taken in the 47th round (No. 1,415) by the Cleveland Indians.

•  USC Upstate pitcher Matt Branham was picked in the 47th round (No. 1,421) by the Houston Astros.

•  Clemson pitcher Clint McKinney was chosen in the 48th round (No. 1,441) by the Colorado Rockies.

•  Clemson outfielder Addison Johnson was picked in the 48th round (No. 1,443) by the Oakland Athletics.

•  Laurens High outfielder Travis Burnside was chosen in the 48th round (No. 1,447) by the L.A. Dodgers.

•  Limerick, Pa., third baseman Christian Walker, a USC signee, was drafted in the 49th round (No. 1,477) by the L.A. Dodgers.

•  Francis Marion pitcher Josh Edgin was taken in the 50th round (No. 1,498) by the Atlanta Braves.

•  Bamberg-Ehrhardt High pitcher Zach Godley was drafted in the 50th round (No. 1,514) by the N.Y. Mets.

Note: Santos is playing for the Columbia Blowfish this summer.

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WEDNESDAY'S S.C. CONNECTIONS

•  Clemson pitcher Chris Dwyer was picked in the fourth round (No. 122) by the Kansas City Royals.

•  USC-Sumter pitcher B.J. Hyatt was chosen in the fourth round (No. 131) by the Houston Astros.

•  T.L. Hanna pitcher Brooks Hall, a USC signee, was selected in the fourth round (No. 136) by the Milwaukee Brewers.

•  Newberry College pitcher Thomas Berryhill was picked in the fifth round (No. 148) by the Atlanta Braves.

•  USC catcher Justin Dalles was chosen in the sixth round (No. 176) by the Baltimore Orioles.

•  Mauldin pitcher Madison Younginer, a Clemson signee, was drafted in the seventh round (No. 228) by the Boston Red Sox.

•  Winthrop catcher John Murrian was drafted in the ninth round (No. 270) by the Detroit Tigers.

•  Coastal Carolina pitcher Nick McCully was taken in the ninth round (No. 279) by the St. Louis Cardinals.

•  Citadel catcher Richard Jones was taken in the ninth round (No. 290) by the Chicago Cubs.

•  Clemson pitcher Ryan Hinson was drafted in the 10th round (No. 294) by the San Diego Padres.

•  USC pitcher Sam Dyson was chosen in the 10th round (No. 303) by the Oakland A's.

•  Spartanburg Methodist outfielder Travis Witherspoon was taken in the 12th round (No. 381) by the L.A. Angels of Anaheim.

•  USC outfielder DeAngelo Mack, 13th round (No. 405), New York Yankees

•  The Citadel first baseman Chris McGuiness, 13th round (No. 408), Boston Red Sox

•  Newberry College shortstop Casio Grider, 14th round (No. 427), Los Angeles Dodgers

•  Clemson pitcher Graham Stoneburner, 14th round (No. 435), New York Yankees

•  Coastal Carolina second baseman Tyler Bortnick, 16th round (No. 499), Tampa Bay Rays

•  Winthrop shortstop Kevin Nolan, 20th round (No. 610), Toronto Blue Jays

•  The Citadel pitcher Matt Crim, 21st round (No. 628), Atlanta Braves

•  College of Charleston outfielder Matt Mansilla, 22nd round (No. 660), Detroit Tigers

•  College of Charleston second baseman Joey Bergman, 22nd round (No. 669), St. Louis Cardinals

•  Providence (N.C.) third baseman Richie Shaffer, Clemson signee, 25th round (No. 757), Los Angeles Dodgers

•  Dorman pitcher Stefan Del Pino, 27th round (No. 809), Cincinnati Reds

•  Wofford shortstop Michael Gilmartin, 27th round (No. 813), Oakland A’s

•  Clemson pitcher Trey Delk, 29th round (No. 883), Chicago White Sox

•  Erskine outfielder Bryan Fogle, 30th round (No. 904), Texas Rangers

•  College of Charleston infielder Brandon Sizemore, 30th round (No. 916), Milwaukee Brewers

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TUESDAY'S S.C. CONNECTIONS

•  Gilbert shortstop Chris Owins, a USC signee, was chosen in the first round (No. 41) by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

•  Clemson first baseman Ben Paulsen was taken in third round (No. 90) by the Colorado Rockies.

•  High Point, N.C., first baseman Will Myers, a USC signee, was drafted in the third round (No. 91) by the Kansas City Royals.

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