First Look: Full list of 2017 Cubs draft picks |
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today completed the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The club made 41 selections during the three-day event.
The Cubs selected a couple of Illinois natives on the third day of the Draft. In the 12th round, the Cubs selected Effingham, Illinois native Ben Hecht out of Wichita State University. Hecht attended St. Anthony High School in Effingham. In the 33rd round, the Cubs selected catcher Joe Donovan out of Westmont High School in nearby Westmont, Illinois. After drafting just three college position players in the first 14 rounds of the Draft, the Cubs selected three college hitters in rounds 15-19. The Cubs selected 2B Jared Young (Old Dominion) in the 15th round, CF Brandon Hughes (Michigan State) in the 16th round and CF Chris Singleton (Charleston Southern) in the 19th round. In the 21st round, the Cubs selected right-handed pitcher Sean Barry from the University of San Diego, the same college as Cubs infielder Kris Bryant. Overall, the Cubs selected 25 pitchers (21 right-handed and four left-handed), one catcher, six outfielders and nine infielders. Additionally, the Cubs selected 29 college players and 12 high school players. Here is a look at Chicago’s 41 selections from the 2017 First-Year Player Draft: Rd. (Pick) Player Pos. School Birthday B T Ht. Wt. 1 (27) Brendon Little LHP State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota 8/11/96 L L 6-2 195 1 (30) Alex Lange RHP Louisiana State University 10/2/95 R R 6-4 200 2 (67) Cory Abbott RHP Loyola Marymount University (Calif.) 9/20/95 R R 6-1 210 3 (105) Keegan Thompson RHP Auburn University (Ala.) 3/13/95 R R 6-2 210 4 (135) Erich Uelmen RHP Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo 5/19/96 R R 6-3 195 5 (165) Nelson Velazquez OF PJ Education School (P.R.) 12/26/98 R R 6-0 190 6 (195) Jeremy Estrada RHP Palm Desert High School (Calif.) 11/1/98 S R 6-1 180 7 (225) Ricky Tyler Thomas LHP Fresno State University (Calif.) 12/22/95 R L 6-1 175 8 (255) Austin Filiere 3B Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9/1/95 R R 6-1 190 9 (285) Chris Carrier OF University of Memphis (Tenn.) 4/18/95 R R 6-2 225 10 (315) Brian Glowicki RHP University of Minnesota 10/19/94 R R 5-11 190 11 (345) Rollie Lacy RHP Creighton University (Neb.) 7/17/95 R R 6-4 195 12 (375) Ben Hecht RHP Wichita State University (Kansas) 5/31/95 R R 6-2 185 13 (405) Austin Upshaw INF Kennesaw State University (Ga.) 7/28/96 L R 6-0 180 14 (435) Luis Vazquez SS Alberto Melendez Torres School (P.R.) 10/10/99 R R 6-1 165 15 (465) Jared Young 2B Old Dominion University (Va.) 7/9/95 L R 6-2 185 16 (495) Brandon Hughes CF Michigan State University 12/1/95 S L 6-2 215 17 (525) Peyton Remy RHP Central Arizona College 8/20/96 L R 6-2 170 18 (555) Casey Ryan RHP University of Hawaii 5/20/94 R R 6-4 200 19 (585) Chris Singleton CF Charleston Southern University (S.C.) 7/5/96 R R 6-0 175 20 (615) Brendan King RHP College of the Holy Cross (Mass.) 7/8/94 R R 6-1 200 21 (645) Sean Barry RHP University of San Diego 5/22/95 R R 6-2 190 22 (675) Skyler Messinger SS Niwot High School (Colo.) 11/1/98 R R 6-3 295 23 (705) Brady Miller RHP Western Oregon University 4/4/96 R R 6-2 185 24 (735) Braxton Light RHP Wallace State CC (Ala.) 10/13/95 R R 5-9 185 25 (765) Mitch Stophel RHP King University (Tenn.) 11/9/94 R R 6-3 205 26 (795) Bryce Bonnin RHP Barbers Hill High School (Texas) 10/11/98 R R 6-0 180 27 (825) Darius Vines RHP Oxnard College (Calif.) 4/30/98 R R 6-1 180 28 (855) Kier Meredith CF Robert B Glenn High School (N.C.) 9/12/99 L L 5-9 165 29 (885) Jake Steffens RHP Santa Clara University (Calif.) 6/24/94 R R 6-4 215 30 (915) Cam Balego INF Mercyhurst College (Pa.) 6/12/95 R R 5-11 205 31 (945) Ramsey Romano INF California State University, Long Beach 5/10/95 R R 6-2 205 32 (975) Hunter Ruth RHP Buchholz High School (Fla.) 5/25/99 R R 6-2 185 33 (1005) Joe Donovan C Westmont High School (Ill.) 1/20/99 R R 5-11 177 34 (1035) Andrew Karp RHP Florida State University 9/30/95 R R 6-1 204 35 (1065) Ben Ramirez SS Eastlake High School (Calif.) 12/2/98 L R 6-3 180 36 (1095) Tanner Allen CF UMS Wright Prep School (Ala.) 6/5/98 L R 5-11 180 37 (1125) Alex Cornwell LHP Maranatha High School (Calif.) 5/9/99 L L 6-1 175 38 (1155) Russell Smith LHP Midlothian High School (Texas) 9/10/98 L L 6-9 230 39 (1185) Cooper Coldiron INF University of Houston 9/9/94 R R 6-1 190 40 (1215) Jeffrey Passantino RHP Lipscomb University (Tenn.) 9/25/95 R R 5-9 225
