Cubs sign 32 selections from 2018 Draft |
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today announced they have signed 32 selections from the 2018 First-Year Player Draft ahead of today’s deadline, including each of their first 20 picks.
Overall, the Cubs have signed the following five new selections from the 2018 Draft since the club’s last announcement, bringing the final total to 32 signed players: infielder Andy Weber (fifth round), lefthander Josh Sawyer (16th round), righthander Jake Reindl (17th round), righthander Niels Stone (27th round) and outfielder Edmond Americaan (35th round). Here is a look at Chicago’s selections from the 2018 Draft, with the signed players in bold: Rd. (Pick) Player Pos. School Birthday B T Ht. Wt. 1 (24) Nico Hoerner SS Stanford University 5/13/97 R R 6-1 200 2 (62) Brennen Davis OF Basha High School (Ariz.) 11/2/99 R R 6-4 175 2C (77) Cole Roederer OF Hart High School (Calif.) 9/24/99 L L 6-0 175 2C (78) Paul Richan RHP University of San Diego 3/26/97 R R 6-2 200 3 (98) Jimmy Herron CF Duke University (N.C.) 7/27/96 R L 6-1 195 4 (128) Ethan Roberts RHP Tennessee Tech University 7/4/97 R R 5-11 170 5 (158) Andy Weber 2B University of Virginia 7/24/97 L R 6-1 190 6 (188) Kohl Franklin RHP Broken Arrow Senior High School (Okla.) 9/9/99 R R 6-4 190 7 (218) D.J. Artis CF Liberty University (Va.) 3/20/97 L L 5-9 165 8 (248) Zach Mort RHP George Mason University (Va.) 5/22/97 R R 6-1 205 9 (278) Derek Casey RHP University of Virginia 2/15/96 R R 6-2 190 10 (308) Luke Reynolds 3B University of Southern Mississippi 3/20/95 L R 6-1 215 11 (338) Riley Thompson RHP University of Louisville (Ky.) 7/9/96 L R 6-3 205 12 (368) Cameron Sanders RHP Louisiana State University 12/9/96 R R 6-2 175 13 (398) Ezequiel Pagan CF Pro Baseball High School & Academy (P.R.) 7/8/00 L R 6-1 163 14 (428) Riley McCauley RHP Michigan State University 12/5/96 R R 6-1 205 15 (458) Tyler Durna 1B UC San Diego 11/13/96 L L 6-0 205 16 (488) Josh Sawyer LHP University of Texas – Austin 10/24/94 R L 6-3 180 17 (518) Jake Reindl RHP University of Arkansas – Fayetteville 1/15/97 R R 6-1 190 18 (548) Jake Slaughter SS Louisiana State University 10/24/96 R R 6-3 200 19 (578) Layne Looney RHP University of Richmond (Va.) 7/26/96 R R 5-10 200 20 (608) Chris Allen LHP Marin Community College (Calif.) 6/13/98 L L 6-4 180 21 (638) Carlos Vega RHP Southeast Missouri State University 12/28/95 R R 6-2 220 22 (668) Jamie Galazin CF St. John’s University (N.Y.) 5/20/96 R R 6-4 200 23 (698) Hunter Taylor C University of South Carolina 6/8/96 R R 5-11 226 24 (728) Blake Whitney RHP University of South Carolina – Upstate 5/25/96 R R 6-3 185 25 (758) Dalton Hurd CF Seattle University (Wash.) 12/17/95 R R 5-9 180 26 (788) Julian Boyd OF St. John Bosco High School (Calif.) 9/21/99 L L 5-10 143 27 (818) Niels Stone RHP Indian River State College (Fla.) 2/10/99 L R 6-1 190 28 (848) Mitchell Parker LHP Manzano High School (N.M.) 9/27/99 L L 6-3 195 29 (878) Levi Jordan SS University of Washington 9/24/95 R R 5-8 170 30 (908) Drew Wharton OF Clemson University (S.C.) 11/28/95 R R 6-3 190 31 (938) Clayton Daniel 2B Jacksonville State University (Ala.) 5/10/95 R R 5-7 170 32 (968) Jack Patterson LHP Bryant University (R.I.) 8/3/95 L L 6-0 210 33 (998) Tyler Ras RHP Middletown North HS (N.J.) 11/9/99 S R 6-4 200 34 (1028) Miguel Pabon SS Leadership Christian Academy (Pa.) 8/30/00 R R 6-0 165 35 (1058) Edmond Americaan OF Chipola College (Fla.) 3/26/97 L L 6-1 170 36 (1088) Jacob Campbell C Craig High School (Wisc.) 5/21/00 R R 6-0 200 37 (1118) Henry Vilar SS Westminster Christian School (Fla.) 4/1/99 L R 5-11 170 38 (1148) Chase Hanson OF Edison High School (Calif.) 10/12/99 R R 6-3 170 39 (1178) Pierson Gibis C Wauconda High School (Ill.) 8/21/99 L R 6-0 175 40 (1208) Itamar Steiner INF Niles North High School (Ill.) 5/9/00 L L 5-10 160
