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Locals drafted in MLB draft:

By Kyle Bonagura
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 12:44 pm in Uncategorized.

List of guys with East Bay high school connections (chime in if we’ve missed anyone):

Brett Jackson, CF, (Miramonte/Cal). 1st Round — Chicago Cubs

Jeff Kobersnus, 2B, (Bishop O’Dowd/Cal). 2nd round — Washington

Adam Buschini, 2B, (Cal High/Cal Poly). 4th Round — Philadelphia

Erik Stavert, P, (Livermore/Oregon). 7th round — Colorado.

Charles Ruiz, P, (Arroyo/Chabot/Long Beach State). 10th Round — Colorado.

Mark Appel, P, (Monte Vista High). 15th round — Detroit

Tyler Gagnon, P, (Libert/Diablo Valley C). 15th round — Colorado

Anthony Allioti, 1B, (De La Salle/Saint Mary’s College.) 15th Round — Oakland

Tillman Pugh, CF, (De La Salle/Gateway CC) 16th Round — Seattle

Ryan Palsha, P, (San Ramon Valley/Diablo Valley CC). 16th round — Baltimore

Mario Hollands, P, (El Cerrito/UCSB). 24th round — Minnesota

Eric Massingham, P, (De La Salle/Cal Poly). 25th round — Philadelphia

Kevin Castner, P, (Acalanes/Cal Poly). 26th round — Texas

Derek Poppert, SS, (Acalanes/USF). 28th round — Cincinnati

Scott Griggs, P, (San Ramon Valley), 34th round — Seattle

David Hurlbut, P, (Concord/Diablo Valley College), 35th round — Minnesota

Dylan Tonneson, C, (Cal High/Cal), 36th round — San Diego

Trevon Prince, P, (University Prep-Oakland), 38th round — Arizona

Noah Perio, SS, (De La Salle). 39th round — Florida

Joe Lewis, 1B, (Pittsburg). 44th round — San Francisco

Stephen Piscotty, SS, (Amador Valley). 45th round — Los Angeles Dodgers video

Aaron Oates, 3B, (Skyline). 46th round — Tampa Bay.

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22 Responses to “Locals drafted in MLB draft:”

  1. BSALfan Says:

    Why are all these EBAL kids getting so much love?

    Don’t the major league scouts know that there are other teams in the area who have kids who try hard?

  2. billjohnson Says:

    seen da bsal please bsalfan tell me who was a major league prospect n dat league/

  3. BSALfan Says:

    comment was dripping in sarcasm.

    For all the people complaining that the EBAL gets so much love from the paper.

  4. Ballfan Says:

    Charlie Ruiz (RHP- LB State) – Arroyo High School/HAAL – 10th? Round Col Rockies

  5. Joel Shapiro Says:

    Tyler Gagnon in the 15 round b the Colorado Rockies (Liberty HS Diablo Valley College) Youmiss one in the drafted local players

  6. runslikethewind Says:

    Anyone notice that virtually all these guys are college players… the exception is Appel. So what do we learn from this?

  7. Tom Meyer Says:

    Ryan Griggs went in the 34th round to Seattle

  8. Tom Meyer Says:

    Noah Perio from DLS went in the 39th round to Florida

  9. Kyle Bonagura Says:

    I’ve been updating the post with the new picks…

  10. Tom Meyer Says:

    nice Kyle,I didn’t see that I was just looking at the comments

  11. guest Says:

    BSAL – Jordan Wilder, St. Mary’s and David Castillo-Salesian both draft eligible and plenty talented

  12. Seasondsalt Says:

    Hello all. What’s the story on Joe Lewis? Is he likely to sign with the Giants? Does he have a college comittment?

  13. Kyle Bonagura Says:

    It’s rare for anyone that low in the draft to sign, so I doubt he will.

    I’m not sure what his college plans are…

  14. Tom Meyer Says:

    congrats to all the high school players drafted. Pretty cool just to be drafted

  15. billjohnson Says:

    wilder doesnt hit enough nor is he fast enough. i see him playin j.c ball. too slow to keep playin football baseball is right 4 him

  16. Tom Meyer Says:

    when will the All East Bay baseball team be announced?

  17. Jimmy Durkin Says:

    We’re having our meeting to vote on the team next week and it’s expected to run in the paper the first couple of days of July.

  18. dlsfan Says:

    You forgot Derek Wiley in the 31st round. EX-DLS player.

  19. guest Says:

    what do you see about the future of St. Mary’s catcher,
    Sam Elliott who hit. .500 this year

  20. Bob Who? Says:

    Did I miss the All-HAAL team being named or is it still being decided on?

  21. Jon Says:

    Devon Zenn of Benicia was drafted by Anaheim in the 27th round.

  22. oboy510 Says:

    ALL east bay Team must have junior David Luna OAL MVP…Bat. AVG. .667 in 12 games…12 hits 6 doubles 2 home runs. 18 RBI. and 12 walks…

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