With all the noise Stonybrook is making about getting to the College World Series, it came to my attention that New York has a lot of young talent available for the Majors.
This was proven last week when 16 young players from schools in New York were picked up my major league ball clubs in the 2012 Draft.
Five of these players were drafted straight from high school.
Andrew Velasquez, short stop from Fordham Prep, was picked in the seventh round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Look at the gun on this kid.
He was then followed by George Washington's Nelson Rodriguez and Fernelys Sanchez.
Rodriguez is a catcher drafted by the Cleveland Indians, who also picked Manny Ramirez straight from this high school. Sanchez, an outfielder, went to the Atlanta Braves.
Josh Almonte, a right fielder, was taken in the 22nd round. He represents Long Island City.
Rounding up the list of high school players drafted is Jose Caus, who was picked in the 40th round of the draft. You know he was nervous. He is currently debating on whether to accept the minor league contract or attending Maryland, where he has a scholarship to play baseball.
The highest player drafted out of New York was 44th overall pick, Travis Jankowski an outfielder. He is the highest player to get drafted in the history of Stonybrook. Only Texas Ranger closer, Joe Nathan, has played professional baseball after being drafted from Stony.
In total, Stonybrook saw five players get drafted, including Jankowski. Fellow teammates Patrick Cantwell went to the Texas Rangers, Maxx Tissenbaum was picked up by San Diego Padres, William Carmona was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies and James Campbell landed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
St. John's also saw a flurry of players get picked up by major league teams.
Jeremy Baltz went in the second round, 68th overall to the San Diego Padres. He was followed by Mattew Wessinger and Matt Carasiti who both went to the Colorado Rockies. Kyle Hansen went to the Windy City to play for the Chicago White Sox.
They say you never know what you are going to get from a prospect. Hopefully these youngsters are developed in the minors and can one day represent New York in the Majors.
