Two Day Draft Recap

It has been a busy past 24+ hours for the Indians, as they have added 30 new players into their Indians family and still have to add 20 more today with rounds 31-50. With all the new players picked, for most their time as an Indian will be short as more than half will not sign by the August 15th signing date and enter the draft again next year looking to improve their slot.

For information on the picks made so far, check out the individual posts for each pick made so far on each player. Big ups to Jeff Ellis for writing capsules for just about every player. Also, thanks to Andrew Zajac and Dennis Nosco for their input and massive help so far.

A quick FYI, the process will be streamlined a little more for the Day 3 picks since we are getting into the depths of the draft from 31-50. Instead of an individual thread for each pick we will likely have two running posts, one for 31-40 and one for 41-50, which will rundown the picks and give basic info as well as any capsule information if available.

We will also have some of the picks on our Smoke Signals radio show over the coming weeks, and for Thursday June 11th from 9:30-10:30pm EST we have 3rd rounder Joe Gardner set to come on at about 10:00pm EST. Another draft pick or two may appear on the show as well. To listen to the show, go here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheClevelandFan/2009/06/12/Smoke-Signals

With that, here is a quick recap of the picks and where we stand through the first 30 picks, courtesy of the Indians.

- Each of the Indians first 23 selections were from a college or university

- The Indians did not select a high school player until their 24th pick (RHP Michael Hamann)

- 28 of the Indians first 30 picks were from a college or university.

- Of the Indians first 30 selections, 20 have been pitchers.

- The Indians selected two local products so far in RHP Kyle Smith from Kent State (20th round) and RHP Michael Hamann from Danbury High School in Port Clinton, OH (24th round).

Here are the picks so far through three rounds:

ROUND 1 Alex White RHP; UNC Chapel Hill; 6’3; 195; R/R; Born 8/29/88 (20)
ROUND 2 Jason Kipnis OF; Arizona State U; 5’11; 180; L/R; Born 4/3/87 (22)
ROUND 3 Joe Gardner RHP; UC Santa Barbara; 6’5; 225; R/R; Born 3/18/88 (21)
ROUND 4 Kyle Bellows 3B; San Jose State U; 6’3; 200; R/R; Born 8/19/88 (20)
ROUND 5 Austin Adams RHP; Faulkner U; 5’11; 190; R/R; Born 8/19/86 (22)
ROUND 6 Ben Carlson 1B; Missouri State U; 6’3; 230; L/L; Born 10/8/87 (21)
ROUND 7 Jordan Henry OF; U Mississippi; 6’0; 170; L/R; Born 6/13/88 (20)
ROUND 8 Cory Burns RHP; U Arizona; 6’1; 195; R/R; Born 10/9/87 (21)
ROUND 9 Preston Guilmet RHP; U Arizona; 6’2; 190; R/R; Born 7/27/87 (21)
ROUND 10 Brett Brach RHP; Monmouth U; 6’3; 185; L/R; Born 3/29/88 (21)
ROUND 11 Kirk Wetmore LHP; Bellevue CC; 6’2; 205; L/L; Born 3/17/89 (20)
ROUND 12 Joseph Colon RHP; No School; 6’0; 167; R/R; Born 2/18/90 (19)
ROUND 13 Jeremy Johnson RHP; Washington State U; 5’11; 186; R/R; Born 1/7/87 (22)
ROUND 14 Kyle Smith SS; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; 6’1; 190; R/R; Born 12/25/87 (21)
ROUND 15 Mike Rayl LHP; Palm Beach CC; 6’3; 185; L/L; Born 11/1/88 (20)
ROUND 16 Dale Dickerson RHP; Nicholls State U; 6’2; 210; R/R; Born 9/11/86 (22)
ROUND 17 Casey Frawley SS; Stetson U; 5’11; 170; R/R; Born 9/17/87 (21)
ROUND 18 Dwight Childs C; U Arizona; 6’1; 170; R/R; Born 7/23/88 (20)
ROUND 19 Nick Kirk LHP; U Northern Iowa; 6’1; 200; L/L; Born 12/16/86 (22)
ROUND 20 Kyle Smith RHP; Kent State U; 6’6; 220; R/R; Born 9/5/87 (21)
ROUND 21 Jeff Rowland OF; Georgia Tech; 5’10; 185; L/L; Born 4/1/88 (21)
ROUND 22 Kenneth Kelly RHP; Yavapai Col; 6’1; 170; R/R; Born 10/14/88 (20)
ROUND 23 Daniel Jimenez LHP; John A. Logan Col; 6’3; 215; L/L; Born 9/23/89 (19)
ROUND 24 Michael Hamann RHP; Danbury HS; 6’2; 165; R/R; Born 1/1/91 (18)
ROUND 25 Blake Hauser RHP; Manchester HS; 6’2; 170; R/R; Born 4/4/91 (18)
ROUND 26 Antwone Hubbard RHP; U Oklahoma; 6’3; 250; R/R; Born 7/30/88 (20)
ROUND 27 Tyler Sturdevant RHP; New Mexico State U; 6’1; 170; L/R; Born 12/20/85 (23)
ROUND 28 Nick Sarianides RHP; Chattahoochee Valley CC; 6’1; 200; R/R; Born 8/29/89 (19)
ROUND 29 Xorge CarrilloC; Central Arizona Col; 6’1; 210; R/R; Born 4/12/89 (20)
ROUND 30 Bryson Smith 2B; Young Harris Col; 6’1; 195; R/R; Born 12/17/88 (20)

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