2016 Baseball Team

[BrunswickDawg]

Players who saw action on the 2016 baseball team -

Luke Alexander - not drafted, coaching 1st base
Cody Brown - UDFA - played 2 seasons in Yankees org
Gavin Collins - drafted by Indians in '16 - high A now
Cole Gordon - drafted 32rd Colorado '19
Ryan Gridley - 11 round A's in '17 - A now
John Holland - not drafted, Indy ball '16-'18
Reid Humphreys - 11th round Rockies '16 - AA now
Jack Kruger - 20th round Angels '16 - AA now
Josh Lovelady - UDFA Royals '17 - not playing now
Nate Lowe - 13th round Rays '16 - MLB Rays last week, back in AAA now.
Jake Mangum - 4th round Mets '19
Elih Marrero - 8th round Red Sox '18, not playing now
Jacob Robson - 8th round Tigers '16 - AAA now
Brent Rooker - 1st round Twins '17 - AAA now
Michael Smith - not drafted, no post MSU career
Hunter Stovall - 21st round Rockies '18 - A now

Jacob Billingsley - 32nd round Astros '18 - high A now
Kale Breaux - not drafted
Daniel Brown - 7th round Brewers '16 - AA now
Ryan Cyr - finished at Kansas '19, undrafted
Zac Houston - 11 round Tigers '16 - AA now
Dakota Hudson - 1st round Cards '16 - MLB Cards now
Noah Hughes - has 1 season of eligibility left at SE Louisiana
Keegan James - 25th round Rockies '19
Jared Padgett - out of baseball
Konnor Pilkington - 3rd round White Sox '18 - A now
Ryan Rigby - out of baseball
Austin Sexton - 18th round Cards '16 - not on a roster
Ethan Small - 1st Round Brewers '19
Blake Smith - out of baseball
Vance Tatum - 18th round Royals '16 - not on a roster
Paul Young - UDFA Royals '16 - Yankees org 17-18, not on roster now

That's 20 players drafted off that squad. 3 more who played minor league ball as Undrafted Free Agents. 3 first rounders. 2 on MLB rosters (even if just for 2 days like Lowe)

Pretty impressive group. I'll be interested to see how the 2019 squad compares in 3-4 years.

[msstate7]

Nice. Lowe is back in AAA though

[confucius say]

Lot of work there. Good stuff.

[smootness]

Very cool.

We know this year's team already has 11 draftees and 1 1st rounder. It is very likely Ginn will be a 1st rounder next year, and I think it's possible Westburg becomes one with a big year next year. I think Cerantola could also get there in a couple years. So I think there's a decent chance of matching the number of 1st rounders. And I think matching the 20 drafted overall will be fairly easy:

Ginn
Westburg
Cerantola
Foscue
Hancock
Hayden Jones
Hatcher
MacLeod
Cumbest
Landon Jordan
Brandon Smith

I think that's a strong list of guys likely to be drafted at some point. And there are definitely other guys who could get there with a big year next year - Self, Price, Spring, Eagan, Rowdey - and the other freshmen who we haven't seen anything from yet.

[BrunswickDawg]

Nice. Lowe is back in AAA though
Dang it, missed they only kept him up for 2 days. Still, 2 guys have been in MLB rosters from that team.