| Issue
#103
by Wayne Ellis, Sports America
2007 MLB Draft Taps
13 AFLAC All-Americans
Rockville,
MD, June 8, 2007: On
Thursday, Major League Baseball
selected 13 AFLAC All American
players in its first (and
supplemental first) rounds –
the highest number of AFLAC players
ever selected in the first round.
Josh
Vitters, a hard-hitting
third baseman out of Anaheim, CA,
led the group, as the third selection
in the draft – taken by the
Chicago Cubs. Madison Baumgarner
followed him, as the 10th
selection – picked by the
San Francisco Giants. Here’s
the entire list of first round AFLAC
players:
|
No.
3 – |
Josh
Vitters, 3B, Anaheim,
Ca. – Chicago Cubs |
|
No.
10 – |
Madison
Bumgarner, LHP, Lenior,
N.C. – San Francisco
Giants |
|
No.
14 – |
Jason
Heyward, OF/1B, McDonough,
Ga. – Atlanta Braves |
|
No.
17 – |
Blake
Beavan, RHP, Irving,
Texas – Texas Rangers
|
|
No.
22 – |
Tim
Alderson, RHP, Phoenix
– San Francisco Giants |
|
No.
24 – |
Michael
Main, RHP/OF, Deltona,
Fla. – Texas Rangers |
|
No.
27 – |
Rick
Porcello, RHP, Chester,
N.J. – Detroit Tigers |
|
No.
31 – |
Josh
Smoker, LHP, Sugar
Valley, Ga. – Washington
Nationals (supplemental) |
|
No.
32 – |
Nick
Noonan, SS/2B, San
Diego – San Francisco
Giants (supplemental) |
|
No.
33 – |
Jon
Gilmore, 3B, Iowa
City, Iowa – Atlanta
Braves (supplemental) |
|
No.
44 – |
Neil
Ramirez, RHP, Virginia
Beach, Va. – Texas Rangers
(supplemental) |
|
No.
45 – |
Justin
Jackson, SS, Ashville,
N.C. – Toronto Blue
Jays (supplemental) |
|
No.
49 – |
Michael Burgess,
OF, Tampa – Washington
Nationals (supplemental) |
Since
the AFLAC All-American High
School Baseball Classic’s
inception in 2003, the game has
placed one out of every
four players in the first
round draft (and supplemental first
round draft). This year’s
mark of 13 player selected (from
the 38 possible), means that more
than 33% of the players selected
in 2006 became first round draft
choices. It’s not hard
to see why MLB and its Player’s
Association consider the AFLAC
All-American High School Baseball
Classic as the marquee event
of baseball all star games.
Each
year, the AFLAC All-American
High School Baseball Classic
features the nation’s top
high school players. AFLAC All-Americans
are chosen by Perfect Game USA,
the game’s official selection
partner and the world’s largest
prep baseball scouting service.
The
5th annual AFLAC All-American High
School Baseball Classic
will be played on Saturday,
August 11, at San Diego
State’s Tony Gwynn Stadium.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith
will serve as Honorary Chairman
for this year’s game, which
will be televised live on Fox Sports
Net (FSN) at 3 p.m. ET.
At
Sports America, Inc., we’re
proud of our association with the
AFLAC All-American High School
Baseball Classic, and Perfect
Game, USA.
For
more information about this year’s
AFLAC All-American High School
Baseball Classic, visit www.AFLAC
allamerican.com.
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