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The first 🇨🇦 selected in the 2023 #MLBDraft is Junior National Team alum Myles Naylor!
He goes to the @Athletics in Competitive Balance Round A, 39th overall!
Congrats, Myles! pic.twitter.com/dCNlxLsAAY
— Baseball Canada 🇨🇦⚾️ (@baseballcanada) July 10, 2023
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There are details and figures aplenty to be gleaned by poring by means of the 20 rounds of the 2023 MLB Draft, from the variety of gamers drafted from a single college or program to the array of worldwide sensations who heard their names known as over the course of the three-day occasion. Here are among the most attention-grabbing numbers to come back out of this yr’s Draft:
A baker’s dozen on the Bayou
Not solely did Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews turn into the first teammates to go 1-2 in MLB Draft historical past, however 11 LSU teammates adopted behind them. The reigning Men’s College World Series champions topped the record for many gamers drafted by any college or program with 13. The earlier file for many Tigers drafted in a given yr was 9 in 2013.
- Round 1, No. 1 total: RHP Paul Skenes (PIT)
- Round 1, No. 2 total: OF Dylan Crews (WSH)
- CB-A, No. 38 total: RHP Ty Floyd (CIN)
- Round 2, No. 51 total: RHP Grant Taylor (CWS)
- Round 3, No. 88 total: 1B Tré Morgan III (TB)
- Round 6, No. 165 total: 2B Gavin Dugas (WSH)
- Round 11, No. 333 total: RHP Garrett Edwards (TB)
- Round 12, No. 361 total: RHP Blake Money (BAL)
- Round 12, No. 365 OF Brayden Jobert (STL)
- Round 13, No. 391 LHP Riley Cooper (BAL)
- Round 15, No. 460: SS Jordan Thompson (LAD)
- Round 16, No. 490: LHP Javen Coleman (LAD)
- Round 19, No. 576: RHP Christian Little (NYM)
Double-digit Demon Deacons
Wake Forest, this yr’s No. 1 seed within the MCWS, adopted intently behind LSU. With 10 picks, the Deacs reaped their greatest Draft so far. The program had 9 picks a number of occasions, most not too long ago in 2017.
- Round 1, No. 7 total: RHP Rhett Lowder (CIN)
- Round 1, No. 18 total: 3B Brock Wilken (MIL)
- Round 2, No. 46 total: LHP Sean Sullivan (COL)
- Round 3, No. 84 total: RHP Seth Keener (CWS)
- Round 3, No. 92 total: RHP Teddy McGraw (SEA)
- Round 6, No. 170 total: C Bennett Lee (DET)
- Round 6, No. 174 total: RP Camden Minacci (LAA)
- Round 6, No. 188 total: OF Tommy Hawke (CLE)
- Round 10, No. 289 total: SS Justin Johnson (KC)
- Round 20, No. 613 total: 2B Pierce Bennett (PHI)
Premier preps
The 30 Major League groups averaged 4.1 excessive schoolers throughout the 20 rounds of the Draft. The most profitable highschool program this yr was IMG Academy, a prep college in Bradenton, Fla., specializing in athletic efficiency. Three IMG excessive schoolers have been taken this yr — OF TayShaun Walton (Round 4, a hundred and thirtieth total) by the Phillies, C Stone Russell (Round 18, 529th total) by the Royals and LHP Cameron Johnson (Round 20, 605th total) by the Cardinals. In addition, three faculty gamers who beforehand attended IMG have been additionally chosen — OF Mac Horvath (UNC) to the Orioles in Round 2 (53rd total), 3B Jake Gelof (Virginia) to the Dodgers in Round 2 (sixtieth total) and SS Josh Rivera (Florida) to the Cubs in Round 3 (81st total).
Although the Brewers picked 10 excessive schoolers, the Phillies have been maybe essentially the most hungry on this regard. Each of the Phils’ first three picks have been prep stars. They selected a pair of shortstops in Aidan Miller (J.W. Mitchell HS, Fla.) in Round 1 with the twenty seventh total choose and Devin Saltiban (Hilo HS, Hawaii) in Round 3 with the 98th total choose along with Walton.
JUCO juggernaut
With 44 Draft picks coming from junior schools, three performed for Florida SouthWestern State College, a small college nestled in Fort Myers, Fla. All three gamers have been earmarked for the Keystone State. The Phillies chosen RHP Martin Gair (Round 13, No. 403 total) and OF Anthony Shaver Jr. (Round 17, No. 523 total) whereas the Pirates selected righty reliever Tyler Kennedy (Round 19, No. 557 total).
But Texas scored essentially the most JUCO gamers, with 5 of their 18 picks coming from two-year colleges: RHP Izack Tiger (Round 7, No. 201 total); OF Quincy Scott II (Round 9, No. 261 total); LHP Josh Trentadue (Round 14, No. 411 total); LHP Michael Trausch (Round 15, No. 441 total); RHP Brendan Morse (Round 18, No. 531 total).
The yr of the two-way participant
Eight two-way gamers have been drafted over the weekend. Yes, eight. That’s twice as many pitcher-hitters than within the earlier 4 Drafts mixed. Starting with first-rounder Bryce Eldridge going to the Giants with the sixteenth total choose, it appeared groups have been going all-in to seek out the subsequent Shohei Ohtani. More »
Skewed picks
There have been 129 infielders and 92 outfielders taken, averaging 4 and three picks respectively per group. There have been a couple of groups, although, who went with out. While the Rangers lacked an infielder of their Draft class, the Pirates and Brewers determined in opposition to selecting up an outfielder.
Southpaws made up 1 / 4 of drafted pitchers (90 of 355). Even nonetheless, the Phillies solely went with right-handers, eight of them to be actual: George Klassen (Round 6, No. 193 total); Jake Edington (Round 7, No. 223 total); Cam Brown (Round 10, No. 313 total); Brandon Beckel (Round 12, No. 373 total); Marty Gair (Round 13, No. 403 total); Luke Russo (Round 16, No. 493 total); Ethan Chenault (Round 18, No. 553 total); Casey Steward (Round 19, No. 583 total).
Meanwhile, the Red Sox went with two switch-hitters: SS Antonio Anderson (Round 3, No. 83 total) and SS Justin Riemer (Round 4C, No. 133 total).
Beasts of the Bay
The Giants introduced residence the highest-ranked prospects of the Draft. With eight ranked draftees, they racked up 1,281 Draft factors: Eldridge (Round 1, No. 16 total); SS Walker Martin (Round 2, No. 52 total), LHP Joseph Whiteman (Round 2C, No. 69 total); SS Cole Foster (Round 3, No. 85 total); SS Maui Ahuna II (Round 4, No. 117 total); C Luke Shliger (Round 6, No. 180 total), RHP Joshua Bostick (Round 8, No. 240 total); C Jack Payton (Round 11, No. 330 total).
Points are calculated by taking the inverse of the prospect rating: the No. 1 prospect is value 250, No. 2 is value 249, and so forth. San Francisco could have had extra in quantity, but it surely was the Orioles who nabbed essentially the most Top 250 prospects with 10: OF Enrique Bradfield Jr. (Round 1, No. 17 total); OF Mac Horvath (Round 2, No. 53 total); RHP Jackson Baumeister (Round CB-B, No. 63 total); RHP Kiefer Lord (Round 3, No. 86 total); OF Tavian Josenberger (Round 3, No. 100 total); RHP Levi Wells (Round 4, No. 118 total); OF Jake Cunningham (Round 5, No. 154 total); OF Matthew Etzel (Round 10, No. 301 total); RHP Tanner Witt (Round 18, No. 541 total); SS Kollin Ritchie (Round 19, No. 571 total).
International sensations
Among these tabbed through the Draft have been 10 Puerto Ricans: SS Sabin Ceballos (ATL, Round 3, No. 94 total); OF Quincy Scott (SD, Round 3, No. 96 total); SS Bryan Gonzalez (LAD, Round 6, No. 190 total); SS Yahil Melendez, SS (CHC, Round 7, No. 206 total); OF Jose Ortiz (SF, Round 13, No. 390 total); 2B Edrick Felix (CWS, Round 14, No. 419 total); C John Lopez (PIT, Round 15, No. 437 total); TWP JeanPierre Ortiz (CIN, Round 17, No. 498 total); OF Wilson Rodriguez (NYY, Round 17, No. 522 total); RHP Yanzel Correa (COL, Round 18, No. 532 total).
Nine Canadians heard their title known as, most notably 3B Myles Naylor, youthful brother of Josh and Bo, taken thirty ninth total by the A’s within the CB-A Round. He was adopted by RHP Matt Duffy (Round 4, No. 115 total), LHP Connor O’Halloran (Round 5, No. 157 total), OF Sam Shaw (Round 9, No. 274 total), OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu (Round 9, No. 283 total), LHP Matt Wilkinson (Round 10, No. 308 total), OF Pier-Olivier Boucher (Round 10, No. 309 total), C Brady Cerkownyk (Round 15, No. 440 total), LHP Jeremy Pilon (Round 18, No. 543).
Only residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible for the Draft, however there was nonetheless a global bent to the Draft. Although they weren’t born in America, they have been eligible as a result of they went to highschool or faculty within the States:
Republic of Korea: 3B Kevin Sim (AZ, Round 5, No. 148 total); 1B Wooyeoul Shin (TB, Round 16, No. 483 total); SS B.Y. Choi (SD, Round 20, No. 611 total)
Dominican Republic: RHP Jatnk Diaz (DET, Round 8, No. 230 total); OF Raudi Rodriguez (LAA Round 19, No. 564 total)
Japan: 2B Rikuu Nishida (CWS, Round 11, No. 329 total)
Venezuela: OF Nehomar Ochoa Jr. (HOU, Round 11, No. 344 total)
France: RHP Mathias LaCombe (CWS, Round 12, No. 359 total)
Cuba: RHP John Valle (NYM, Round 14, No. 426 total)
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