{"id":10845,"date":"2015-06-12T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T16:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10845"},"modified":"2015-06-15T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T13:14:03","slug":"2015-draft-results-local-player-interest-draft-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10845","title":{"rendered":"2015 Draft Results: local player interest draft results."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10859\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/KirbyNathan-via-collegebaseballcentral.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10859\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10859\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/KirbyNathan-via-collegebaseballcentral.com_-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Kirby is the highest drafted player with local ties.  Photo via collegebaseballcentral.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/KirbyNathan-via-collegebaseballcentral.com_-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/KirbyNathan-via-collegebaseballcentral.com_.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Kirby is the highest drafted player with local ties. Photo via collegebaseballcentral.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how some of the players of local interest fared in the 2015 draft.\u00a0 Per section, i&#8217;ve ordered these guys by the order they were taken chronologically, not by any pre-draft rankings.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the season, we profiled a ton of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9420\">local prep and college players<\/a>.\u00a0 And then we talked about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10461\">higher-profile local players<\/a> in our Pre-draft coverage.\u00a0 At the end of the day, almost none of the prep guys were drafted and those that were are almost certain to go to school.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>College<\/strong> <strong>Players with local ties<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nathan Kirby<\/strong> LHP from UVA: went #40 (Supp 1st round) to Seattle, a huge drop from where he was projected.\u00a0 His injury and the drop in his stuff this year really hurt his draft status.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Sborz, <\/strong>RHP closer for UVA: went #74 (Supp 2nd round) to the Dodgers, who had a fantastic draft picking big-name college arms who fell due to performance.\u00a0 Sborz can start (and did start both this year and last).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taylor Clarke<\/strong>, who hails from Ashburn (Broad Run HS) went #76, first pick of the 3rd round to Arizona.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Matuella<\/strong>, of Great Falls (Georgetown Prep) and Duke: went two picks later, #78, to Texas in the 3rd round.\u00a0 An amazing drop for Matuella, who was rumored as a top 5 pick earlier in the season but who dropped probably 3 full rounds thanks to the surgery and questions about his medicals.\u00a0 And there&#8217;s no reason for him to head back to school; thanks to the timing he isn&#8217;t even back on a mound until midway through his senior year.\u00a0 Maybe he does go back to school (he&#8217;s going to Duke after all; he may want to finish his degree) and try to get himself back into the 1st round.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brandon Lowe<\/strong>: UMD infielder: 3rd round #87 overall to Tampa Bay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Robinson<\/strong>: UMD&#8217;s ace Lefty went in the 5th round (#140 overall) to Minnesota.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe McCarthy<\/strong>, OF for UVA: 5th round, #148 overall to Tampa Bay.\u00a0 Man, Joe had a rough junior year.\u00a0 He went from a back-0f-the-first rounder to a 5th rounder.\u00a0 Will he hold out for above slot money as a result, possibly going back to school for his Senior year to regain value?\u00a0 I would.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brandon Waddell<\/strong> UVA Saturday\/Sunday starter: 5th round (#157) to Pittsburgh.\u00a0 Another guy who was supposed to be higher but who dropped.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jack Wynkoop<\/strong> of Virginia Beach (Cape Henry Collegiate HS), LHP starter for South Carolina: went in the 6th round to Colorado.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Boyle:<\/strong> Radford Ace.\u00a0 13th rounder to the Dodgers, who just *cleaned up* on high-profile college arms in this draft.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Mooney<\/strong>: UMD closer: 15th rounder by the Nats!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kenny Towns<\/strong>; 3B from UVA and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/recruiting-insider\/wp\/2015\/06\/10\/mlb-draft-angels-select-former-all-met-player-of-the-year-kenny-towns-chopticons-ljay-newsome-goes-to-mariners\/\">2011 All-Met player of the year<\/a> from Lake Braddock, went in the 20th to the Angels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Luke Willis<\/strong>, OF from George Mason and Oakton HS, in the 30th round to Kansas City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are quite a few other college players from the many baseball-playing colleges in the area drafted past the 10th round; search the MLB draft tracker and select the state of Virginia for many more local college players.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Local Prep players of note<\/span><\/strong>: nobody got drafted high enough to seriously consider changing their college frankly.<\/p>\n<p>Fyi: Washington Post announced their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/sports\/highschools\/2015\/spring-all-met\/baseball\/index.html\">All Met teams last night<\/a>.\u00a0 Nearly every local kid we&#8217;ve talked about this year is mentioned, including a number of these guys below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jimmy Barnes<\/strong>, Deep Creek HS in Chesapeake; 11th rounder to the Angels.\u00a0 Interesting selection; the 11th round is the first round where you can &#8220;get away&#8221; from the bonus structure of the first 10; Barnes hasn&#8217;t committed to a college and is a SS from the baseball hotbed of Chesapeake VA.\u00a0 Signable?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nic Enright<\/strong> of Steward HS in Richmond: 19th rounder to the Mets.\u00a0 Looks like he&#8217;s going to Virginia Tech.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ljay Newsome<\/strong> of Chopticon (south of Waldorf): 26th rounder by Seattle.\u00a0 Wonder what happens here: Newsome has not declared for a college yet.\u00a0 Is he signable as a 26th rounder?\u00a0 <strong>Post Publishing update<\/strong>: per his summer team&#8217;s twitter page, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeMariniNC\/status\/610080621151567872\">Newsome signed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nathan Trevillian<\/strong>, RHP from small Amherst County HS; committed to Liberty.\u00a0 22nd rounder to the Mets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stevie Mangrum<\/strong>, 3B from Western Albemarle HS in Charlottesville.\u00a0 Va Tech commit, 28th round pick by Boston.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cody Morris<\/strong>, of Reservoir with a South Carolina commit and a TJ surgery: got picked up in 32nd round by Baltimore, probably the team sending a message to a local kid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hunter Parsons<\/strong> of Parkside HS, picked up in the 40th round by Cleveland.\u00a0 Maryland commit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I only see one of these prep kids going signing (Barnes in the 11th).\u00a0 That means, reaching back to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9420\">pre-season coverage<\/a>, the following colleges are going to see their early commits come to school.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a list of all the Prep players profiled early on with verbal commits (link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/sports\/highschools\/all-met\/recruit-watch\/boys\/Baseball\/index.html\">allmetsports.com&#8217;s Recruit Watch<\/a>) Not all of these commits are set in stone, but here&#8217;s what some local schools signing classes could look like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UVA: <strong>Connor Eason<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Eikhoff, Evan Sperling, Grant Donahue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>U of Maryland: <strong>A.J. Lee, Hunter Parsons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Virginia Tech: <strong>Nic Enright, Stevie Mangrum, John DeFazio,<\/strong> <strong>Paul Hall<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>South Carolina: <strong>Cody Morris, Danny Blair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wake Forest: <strong>Harvey Logan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Liberty: <strong>Nathan Trevillian, Jack DeGroat<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>VCU: <strong>Brody Cook<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>UNC-Asheville: <strong>Jordan Carr<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Campbell: <strong>James Monaghan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Uncommitted thus far: <strong>Ljay Newsome, Jimmy Barnes, Kaleb Bowman, Hunter Byrnes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Nats re-draft\/previously drafted Players <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(i&#8217;ve noted our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1pZpAxtq3K6SxrHb6YSe3_NF6Cay0MkeYwW1Dc2_KHrE\/edit?hl=en#gid=0\">previous draft position<\/a> for each player)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrew Suarez<\/strong> , (2nd round pick 2014) LHP from Miami went in the 2nd round again, #61 overall this time to San Francisco.\u00a0 A few picks after he went last year; did he make a mistake spurning the Nats offer?\u00a0 (disclaimer: who knows what the Nats offered).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skye Bolt<\/strong>, OF from UNC, went in the 4th round (#128 overall) to Oakland.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cody Poteet<\/strong>, (27th rounder in 2012) went in the 4th round (#116 overall) to Miami.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Austin Byler<\/strong>, (9th rounder, 2014) OF from Nevada.\u00a0 Was the first pick on day 3; 11th rounder by Arizona.\u00a0 His decision to head back to school may have cost him (though, to be fair, we have no idea what he turned down from the Nats).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Salters<\/strong> (22nd rounder 2014) C from Dallas Baptist: 13th round pick to Cleveland in 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jake Jefferies<\/strong> (34th rounder in 2012): 2B from Cal State-Fullerton; Nats picked him up again, this time in the 39th round.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a junior now, clearly the Nats like him and probably just wanted to send a message, setting him up for next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s a couple more guys who were HS draftees in 2012 who should be draft eligible juniors now but who were not drafted.\u00a0 They may not even still be playing for all we know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Here&#8217;s how some of the players of local interest fared in the 2015 draft.\u00a0 Per section, i&#8217;ve ordered these guys by the order they were taken chronologically, not by any pre-draft rankings. 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