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Draft, Day 3: Mariners hope for a gem in the late rounds
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by By Kirby Arnold
The third and final day of baseball's amateur draft is complete, and the Mariners grabbed 20 more players in rounds 31-50. This is the part of the draft where a familiar name often pops up, as do players whose draft clout was hammered by injury.
The Mariners added a name known fairly well around these parts, taking lanky right-handed pitcher David Holman in the 47th round. He's a tall drink of water at 6-4 and 170 pounds, and also a kid with pedigree, being the son of former Mariner Brian Holman.
One that intrigues me? Try the Mariners' 38th-round pick.
They took University of Minnesota outfielder Matt Nohelty, a two-time All-Big 10 outfielder who was the Twins' 18th-round pick last year. He's a speedster, with 26 steals this year for the Gophers but spent the entire season at DH because of an arm injury. The Mariners have leaned strongly toward athleticism in this draft, and they apparently like Nohelty's legs enough to see how his arm comes around this summer.
There's also the 50th-round pick -- Evan Sharpley, a left-handed-hitting third baseman who’s better known for what he did on the football field at Notre Dame. He was Jimmy Clausen’s backup last fall and, in 2007-08, became the first athlete in Notre Dame history to throw multiple touchdown passes and hit multiple home runs in the same academic year.
Here are the Mariners' 20 picks today from rounds 31-50 (overall draft number in parentheses):
(923) Clint Dempster, left-handed pitcher from Mississippi Gulf Coast College, 6-1, 185. Struck out 113 in 69 2/3 innings, going 6-3, 2.84.
(953) Bennett Whitmore, left-handed pitcher from the University of Oregon, 6-3, 230. Drafted last year by the Red Sox in the 44th round after going 11-2, 1.35 with Fresno CC. Went 1-6, 6.17 this year for Oregon.
(983) Hawkins Gebbers, second baseman from Biola University, 6-2, 200. Gebbers, from Brewster, batted .344 with 15 homers and 53 RBI, and struck out only 10 times in 212 at-bats.
(1013) Scott Griggs, right-handed pitcher, San Ramon Valley High School in San Diego, 6-3, 185. Committed to play at UCLA, scouts believe Griggs could develop with work on his delivery.
(1043) Eric Valdez, right-handed pitcher from Indiana State University, 6-1, 195.
(1073) John Housey, right-handed pitcher from the University of Miami, 6-3, 180. He had a 9.33 ERA in 10 games, nine in relief, for the Hurricanes. The Reds drafted him in the 42nd round in 2006. His father, Joe, is a scout for the Cubs.
(1103) Chris Kessinger, right-handed pitcher from Nebraska-Omaha, 6-0, 195. He went 9-4, 3.02 in 14 starts and struck out 82 in 86 1/3 innings.
(1133) Matt Nohelty, left-handed-hitting center fielder from the University of Minnesota, 6-1, 185. Speedster batted .331 and stole 26 bases in 31 attempts for the Gophers, but was the DH all season because of an arm injury. He’s a two-time All-Big 10 outfielder who returned to Minnesota for his senior year after being drafted in the 18th round by the Twins last year.
(1163) Greg Waddell, left-handed-hitting outfielder from Florida International University, 6-1, 210. Limited to 66 at-bats because of injury, he batted .414 with four homers and 20 RBI. He tied the school record this year by hitting safely in eight straight at-bats.
(1193) Jorden Merry, right-handed pitcher from the University of Washington, 6-1, 190. The Pasco native struck out 41 in 38 innings and went 1-2, 5.98 in 10 games, eight of them starts.
(1223) Kyle Witten, right-handed pitcher from Cal State Fullerton, 6-4, 195. He went 4-3, 6.14 in 16 games, including 10 starts. The Twins drafted him in the 26th round last year.
(1253) Stephen Hagen, third baseman from Eastern Oklahoma State College, 6-2, 225. The redshirt freshman from Peninsula High School batted .315 with 29 home runs and 89 RBI.
(1283) Cameron Perkins, outfielder from Southport (Ind.) High School. 6-5, 195. He batted .531 and was named Indiana’s Gatorade player of the year. He set a state record last year with a .723 batting average.
(1313) Mark Angelo, left-handed-hitting outfielder from East Stroudsburg University, 6-2, 195. Angelo, the second player in Stroudsburg history to be drafted, batted .421 with 12 homers, 21 doubles and 58 RBI.
(1343) Kevin Mailoux, second baseman from Canisius College, 5-11, 195. Mailoux batted .381 with 16 home runs and 56 RBI, and was held hitless in consecutive games only once in his two years at Canisius.
(1373) Clay Cederquist, left-handed-hitting first baseman from Fowler (Calif.) High School. He has committed to Fresno State.
(1403) David Holman, right-handed pitcher from Hutchinson (Kan.) CC, 6-4, 170. The son of former Mariners pitcher Brian Holman went 0-3, 6.75 at Hutchinson.
(1433) Sean Nolin, left-handed pitcher from San Jacinto College North, 6-4, 240. He was 4-1, 2.91 and struck out 61 in 43 1/3 innings. He’s the teammate of left-handed pitcher David Rollins, who the Mariners drafted Wednesday in the 23rd round.
(1463) Dane Phillips, left-handed-hitting catcher from Central Heights (Texas) High School, 6-1, 195.
(1493) Evan Sharpley, left-handed-hitting third baseman from Notre Dame University, 6-2, 210. Known more for his time as a quarterback with the Fighting Irish, Sharpley is the only athlete in school history to throw multiple touchdown passes and hit multiple home runs in the same academic year in 2007-08. He batted .223 with five home runs and 15 RBI this spring. He was Jimmy Clausen’s backup at quarterback last fall, and played in eight Notre Dame football games in 2007, throwing five touchdown passes.
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