The Major League Baseball draft is less than a month away. The draft doesn’t have a huge impact on the current Cape League season, but it does have some impact, thanks to players who are draft-eligible as sophomores. Some are in that position because they’ve taken a redshirt year and have been out of high school the required three years. Others are older than their classmates, with a 21st birthday that falls within 45 days of the draft.
I have yet to find a comprehensive list of all the draft-eligible sophomores who are likely to get picked, but I’ve been able to cobble together a list of 2010 Cape Leaguers who are eligible for the draft. I may have missed somebody, but this is a start at least.
A few of these guys are projected to go early, namely Zack Cox, who’s likely to go in the top 10 or 15 picks. I doubt Cox will make it to the Cape, but many of the others probably will, even if they get picked.
Rob Brantly – UC Riverside – Brewster
Garrett Buechele – Oklahoma – Hyannis
Zack Cox – Arkansas – Cotuit
Erik Goeddel – UCLA – Chatham
Tommy Kahnle – Lynn – Orleans
Dan Klein – UCLA – Chatham
Matt Koch – Loyola Marymount – Orleans
Drew Maggi – Arizona State – Orleans
Burny Mitchem – Dayton – Orleans
Michael Palazzone – Georgia – Brewster
Steve Selsky – Arizona – Orleans
Jordan Swagerty – Arizona State – Wareham
Aaron Westlake – Vanderbilt – Chatham
Also, two standouts from last summer are eligible for the draft as sophomores and aren’t currently on Cape League rosters: Wichita State’s Jordan Cooper and Tulane’s Rob Segedin.