The following players are Arizona connections to the 2014 Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft which began on Thursday night.
High School:
-Cole Tucker, SS, Mountain Pointe – Selected in first round, 24th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
-Ryan Castellani, RHP, Brophy – Selected in the second round, 48th overall by the Colorado Rockies
-Alex Verdugo, LHP, Sahuaro – Selected in the second round, 62nd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
-Jordan Kipper, RHP, Mountain Pointe/TCU – Selected in the ninth round, 269th overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
-Austin Byler, 1B, Sunrise Mountain/Nevada – Selected in the ninth round, 274th overall By the Washington Nationals.
-Spencer Moran, RHP, Mesa Mountain View – Selected in the 11th round, 337th overall by the Tampa Bay Rays.
-Luis Gamez, RHP, Cienega – Selected in the 11th round, 343rd overall by the Atlanta Braves.
-Austin Davis, RHP, Desert Mountain/Cal State Bakersfield – Selected in the 12th round, 352nd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies.
-Jordan Dunatov, RHP, Horizon/Nevada – Selected in the 12th round, 368th overall by the Cleveland Indians.
-Kevin Cron, 1B, Mountain Pointe/TCU – Selected in the 14th round, 420th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
-Scott Squier, LHP, Greenway/Hawaii – Selected in the 16th round, 467th overall by the Miami Marlins.
-Cole Plouck, LHP, Empire/Pima CC – Selected in the 16th round, 484th overall by the Washington Nationals.
-Gary Cornish, RHP, Arcadia/Polomar College – Selected in the 19th round, 579th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
-Gerard Hernandez, OF, Pinnacle – Selected in the 21st round, 630th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
-Alex Real, C, Boulder Creek/New Mexico – Selected in the 24th round, 710th overall by the Minnesota Twins.
-Nicco Blank, RHP, Catalina Magnet/Central Arizona College – Selected in the 25th round, 745th overall by the New York Mets.
-Spenser Watkins, RHP, Horizon/Western Oregon – Selected in the 30th round, 910th overall by the Detroit Tigers.
-Andre Jackson, RHP, Cienega – Selected in the 32nd round, 966th overall by the Texas Rangers.
-James Harrington, RHP, Mesquite – Selected in the 33rd round, 982nd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies.
-Hunter Bross, CF, Notre Dame Prep – Selected in the 34th round, 1029th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
-Zach Taylor, C, Horizon – Selected in the 36th round, 1078th overall by the San Francisco Giants.
-Kyler Kocher, RHP, Mesa Mountain View – Selected in the 36th round, 1089th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
-Payton Squire, 2B, Greenway – Selected in the 39th round, 1182nd overall by the Oakland A’s.
College:
-Brock Dykxhoorn, RHP, Central Arizona College – Selected in the sixth round, 166th overall by the Houston Astros
-James Farris RHP, Arizona/Highland – Selected in the ninth round, 259th overall by the Chicago Cubs
-Drew Stankiewicz, SS, Arizona State/Gilbert – Selected in the 11th round, 322nd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies.
-Trent Gilbert, 2B, Arizona – Selected in the 15th round, 462nd overall by the Oakland A’s.
-Nate Causey, 1B, Arizona State/Gilbert HS – Selected in the 19th round, 563rd overall by the Colorado Rockies.
-Tyler Parmenter, OF, Arizona/Cibola HS – Selected in the 21st round, 635th overall by the Cincinnati Reds.
-Brandon Bonilla, LHP, Grand Canyon – Selected in the 25th round, 751st overall by the Baltimore Orioles.
-Ryan Jones, 1B, Arizona Christian – Selected in the 27th round, 798th overall by the Chicago White Sox.
-Vance Vizcaino, 3B, Glendale CC – Selected in the 29th round 873rd overall by the Kansas City Royals.
-Jorge Perez, RHP, Grand Canyon – Selected in the 30th round, 902nd overall by the New York Yankees.
-David Graybill, RHP, Arizona State/Brophy – Selected in the 33rd round, 992nd overall by the New York Yankees.
-Jared Koenig, LHP, Central Arizona College – Selected in the 35th round, 1038th overall by the Chicago White Sox.
-David Petrino, C, Central Arizona College – Selected in the 39th round, 1159th overall by the Chicago Cubs.
-James Lynch, OF, Pima CC – Selected in the 39th round, 1164th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Jared Cohen
A born and bred Arizonan, Jared has had great passion for the hometown teams all his life. He now channel's that passion into covering the pro, college and high school teams around the state as a Multimedia Reporter for Sports360AZ.