Draft, Day 2: Mariners load up on college players

The second day of baseball’s amateur draft has just finished, and 24 of the Mariners’ 27 picks are college players. The Mariners’ first 10 picks today, in fact, were collegians.

The Mariners also leaned toward the left, with seven left-handed pitchers, six left-handed hitters and two switch-hitters. Other breakdowns look like this: eight right-handed pitchers, three catchers, two first basemen, one middle infielder, three third basemen and four outfielders.

Here are today’s picks in Rounds 4-30 (Rounds 31-50 will be held Thursday on the final day of the draft):

113, James Jones, left-handed-hitting left fielder from Long Island University, 6-4, 193 pounds. Here’s a story on Jones from LIU.

143, Tyler Blandford, right-handed pitcher from Oklahoma State University, 6-2, 220.

Here’s a story from OSU’s site.

173, Shaver Hansen, switch-hitting third baseman from Baylor University, 6-0, 190. Here’s bio material on Hansen from Baylor.

203, Brian Moran, left-handed pitcher from North Carolina, 6-, 185. Here’s what the Carolina site says about Moran and other Heels taken today.

233, James Gillheeney, left-handed pitcher from North Carolina State University, 6-1 (no weight listed). NC State’s site has this story on the lefty.

263, Trevor Coleman, switch-hitting catcher from the University of Missouri, 6-1, 210.

293, Vincent Catricala, right-handed-hitting third baseman from the University of Hawaii, 6-2, 220.

323, Timothy Morris, left-handed-hitting first baseman from St. John’s University, 6-3, 225.

353, Andrew Carraway, right-handed pitcher from the University of Virginia, 6-2, 200.

383, Matthew Cerione, left-handed-hitting center fielder from the University of Georgia, 6-2, 192.

413, Adam Nelubowich, left-handed-hitting third baseman from Vauxhall High School, 6-2, 185.

443, Blake Keitzman, left-handed pitcher from Western Oregon State College, 5-11, 185.

473, Tillman Pugh, right-handed-hitting center fielder from Gateway (Calif.) CC, 5-11, 190.

503, Joseph Terry, left-handed-hitting second baseman from Cerritos (Calif.) College, 6-0, 200.

533, Anthony Vazquez, left-handed pitcher from Southern California, 6-0, 190.

563, Eric Thomas, right-handed pitcher from Bethune Cookman College, 5-11, 180.

593, John Hesketh, left-handed pitcher from the University of Mexico, 5-11, 195.

623, Daniel Cooper, right-handed pitcher from Southern California, 6-3, 205.

653, Andrew Hayes, right-handed pitcher from Vanderbilt University, 6-1, 205.

683, David Rollins, left-handed pitcher from San Jacinto (Calif.) College North, 6-1, 185.

713, Carlton Tanabe, catcher from Pearl City (Hawaii) High School, 6-0, 190.

743, Brandon Josselyn, right-handed pitcher from Yale University, 6-5, 200.

773, Chris Sorce, right-handed pitcher from Troy University, 6-1, 195.

803, Austin Hudson, right-handed pitcher from University of Central Florida, 6-4, 185

833, Regan Flaherty, left-handed-hitting first baseman from Deerling (Maine) High School, 6-2, 185.

863, Brandon Haveman, left-handed-hitting center fielder from Purdue University, 5-9, 165.

893, Brandon Bantz, catcher from Dallas Baptist University, 6-1, 210.

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