Complete Draft Update

Here we are, folks- the list of every Valley League player who was drafted this week! (Although, I'm sure I've missed a few. I've already received help about two players I missed on the first two days. Let me know if I've missed any more!

Round, Pick, Player, College, VLTeam, Major League team
 1  21 Alex Wimmers, Ohio State, Luray 08: Minnesota Twins
 3  96 Tyler Thornburg, Charleston Southern, Winchester 08: Milwaukee Brewers ($351,900)
 4 118 Trent Mummey, Auburn, Winchester 08: Baltimore Orioles ($252,000)
 4 121 Kevin Munson, JMU, Covington 08: Arizona Diamondbacks
 5 154 Rico Noel, Coastal Carolina, Covington 08: San Diego Padres
 6 200 Jared Simon, Tampa, Front Royal 09: Colorado Rockies ($125,000)
 7 222 Mickey Wiswall, Boston College, Winchester 08: Seattle Mariners
 7 224 Matt Suschak, Toledo, Haymarket 09: Atlanta Braves ($125,000)
 9 275 AJ Kirby-Jones, Tennessee Tech, Waynesboro 09: Oakland A's ($75,000)
11 329 Alex McClure, Middle Tennessee State, Waynesboro 09: Kansas City Royals
12 380 Matt Crocker, Texas-San Antonio, Front Royal 10: Colorado Rockies
14 431 Austin Hubbard, Auburn, Fauquier 08: Tampa Bay Rays
15 457 Stephen Hunt, South Florida, Woodstock 09: Cincinnati Reds
16 487 Rob Kral, College of Charleston, Waynesboro 09: Cincinnati Reds
16 495 Clint Dempster, Nicholls State, Harrisonburg 09: Minnesota Twins
16 504 Thomas Nichols, Georgia Tech, Harrisonburg 09: Los Angeles Angels
17 518 Mike Schwartz, Tampa, Harrisonburg 09: Chicago White Sox
18 536 Justin Miller, Middle Tennessee State, Staunton 10: Washington Nationals
18 547 Robert Maddox, Ohio U, Winchester 09: Cincinnati Reds
18 555 David Gutierrez, Miami, Luray 07: Minnesota Twins
19 589 Chad Oberacker, Tennessee Tech, Fauquier 09: St.Louis Cardinals
20 604 Paul Bingham, Indiana, Winchester 08: San Diego Padres
20 607 Chris Berset, Michigan, Winchester 08: Cincinnati Reds
20 620 Blake McDade, Middle Tennessee State, Staunton 08-09: Colorado Rockies
20 624 Kevin Johnson, West Florida, Haymarket 09: Los Angeles Angels
21 628 Scott Copeland, Southern Mississippi, Staunton 07: Baltimore Orioles
21 641 Adam Liberatore, Tennessee Tech, Waynesboro 07-08: Tampa Bay Rays
21 646 Joe Van Meter, VCU, Covington 08: Texas Rangers
22 657 Adalberto Santos, Oregon State, Woodstock 08: Pittsburgh Pirates
23 688 Chris Clinton, Eckerd, Staunton 09-10: Baltimore Orioles
23 692 Drew Martinez, Louisville, Luray 09: New York Mets
24 721 Stephen Cardullo, Florida State, Covington 07: Arizona Diamondbacks
24 729 Greg Hopkins, St. John's, Haymarket 09: Milwaukee Brewers
25 749 Buddy Sosnoskie, Virginia Tech, Front Royal 09: Kansas City Royals
26 785 Jacob Brown, Georgia Southern, Luray 09: Oakland A's
26 792 Robert Anston, Boston College, Rockbridge 09: Seattle Mariners
26 801 Chris Duffy, Central Florida, Staunton 09: Philadelphia Phillies
27 813 Jacke Healey, Youngstown State, Waynesboro 08: Houston Astros
27 819 Alex Jones, Jacksonville State, Covington 09: Milwaukee Brewers
28 839 Murray Watts, Arkansas State, New Market 08: Kansas City Royals
29 872 Hamilton Bennett, Tennessee Wesleyan, Winchester 10: New York Mets
30 900 Taylor Hill, Vanderbilt, Winchester 08: Cleveland Indians
30 902 Josh Edgin, Francis Marion, Winchester 07: New York Mets
30 906 Stephen McQuail, Canisius, Front Royal 09: Toronto Blue Jays
30 907 Brad Hendrix, Auburn, Winchester 08: Cincinnati Reds
30 914 Kenny Fleming, Shelton State CC, Waynesboro 10: Atlanta Braves
30 919 Iden Nazario, Miami, Rockbridge 09: St. Louis Cardinals
31 950 Russ Brewer, Vanderbilt, Waynesboro 07: Colorado Rockies
32 972 Andrew Giobbi, Vanderbilt, Haymarket 06: Seattle Mariners
33 989 Cole Lohden, Southern Arkansas, Covington 08: Kansas City Royals
33 994 Daniel Ottone, Western Carolina, Fauquier 07-08: San Diego Padres
33 1008 Jim Birmingham, Coastal Carolina, New Market 08: San Francisco Giants
33 1010 Jordan Ballard, VMI, Winchester 07-08: Colorado Rockies
34 1021 Victor Lara, Keystone, Luray 08: Arizona Diamondbacks
36 1093 Ryan Soares, George Mason, Haymarket 08: Detroit Tigers
36 1098 John Leonard, Boston College, Winchester 08: San Francisco Giants
37 1113 Brian Streilein, Villanova, Front Royal 07: Houston Astros
37 1115 Daniel Petitti, North Georgia College & State, Fauquier 08: Oakland A's
38 1150 Jeremy Fitzgerald, Patrick Henry CC, Waynesboro 10: Chicago Cubs
40 1203 Jeremiah Meiners, Frances Marion, Covington 08: Houston Astros
40 1214 Ian Marshall, Richmond, Woodstock 09: Atlanta Braves
42 1269 John Dishon, LSU, Staunton 09-10: Milwaukee Brewers
43 1302 Matt Browning, JMU, Staunton 08: Seattle Mariners
44 1324 Robert Sabo, Kent State, Waynesboro 09: San Diego Padres
44 1332 Tim Boyce, Rhode Island, New Market 07: Seattle Mariners
45 1352 Terrance Jackson, Oklahoma City, Harrisonburg 10: New York Mets
45 1371 Mike Francisco, Villanova, Front Royal 08: Philadelphia Phillies
49 1494 Alex Burkard, Georgia College & State, Woodstock 09: Los Angeles Angels
50 1519 Andrew Moye, Georgia Southern, Luray 09: St. Louis Cardinals

Free Agent Signings

Marcus Nidiffer, Kentucky, Covington 08-09: Houston Astros
Aaron Dudley, Toledo, Winchester 08-09: Florida Marlins
Andy Altemus, West Virginia, Waynesboro 08-09: San Francisco Giants
Chris Enourato, West Virginia, Waynesboro 07-08-09: Toronto Blue Jays
Dan Gentzler, Maryland, New Market 08: Detroit Tigers
Robbie Andrews, VCU, Covington 07-08: Arizona Diamondbacks

By Team

1. Winchester- 12 (Winchester had an astonishing NINE players drafted from their 2008 team. I've never seen anything like it!)

2. Waynesboro- 9 (Waynesboro had four from 2009 go, and two from 2010!)

3. Covington- 8 (Covington had five players from 2008 drafted)

4. Staunton- 7 (Staunton had four from '09, and three from their current 2010 team!)

5. Tie: Luray and Front Royal- 6

7. Haymarket- 5

8. Tie- Fauquier, Harrisonburg and Woodstock- 4

10. New Market- 3

12. Rockbridge- 2 (Quite good if you remember that they've only had one team!)

That's a total of 69 players drafted- the most of any year since before 2006. Congratulations to all!

From here, I will be keeping track of signings. So the next time you see this list, there will be bolded entries for those who have signed professional contracts.

Comments

[JB Carter]

Another incredible effort on your part Mr. Leonard! Congrats to the four young men from the 2009 Waynesboro Generals that will carry their dream of playing in the show to the next level!

[Mary McDermott]

John, I tried to find the results of rounds 30+ on my own and I have a whole new respect for the hard work you've done here! I don't know how you do it, but thankfully you do! Great job! It's wonderful that players throughout our league were chosen.

[JohnLL]

Thanks, Jerry and Mary! Mary, it really is exhausting- I look up player after player after player... and I still miss some. It's my favorite thing, though- to see these guys get a shot at pro ball is pretty great. I always feel bad for the misses, though- like Marcus Nidiffer. Why wasn't he drafted? How about Ricky Marshall? JLL