More Illinois players picked in final day of MLB draft June 8, 2011
By Sean Duncan
Day 3 of the Major League Baseball Draft concluded Wednesday. Twenty Illinois players were selected in rounds 30 through 50, 11 of which were prep athletes.
In all, 46 Illinois-based players had their names called, a slightly below-average total from years past. On Tuesday, five prep players were selected, with New Trier outfielder Charlie Tilson being the highest draft in the state, a second-round pick by the Cardinals.
The first Illinois player picked on Wednesday was LHP Kyle Hunter, a former Galesburg HS standout who is now at Kansas State. Galesburg had another representative when Silver Streak senior RHP Tyler Farrell was selected in the 43rd round by the Yankees.
Other prep standouts who were picked on Wednesday include: Ottawa Marquette RHP Joe Ceja (38th round), Providence 3B Sam Travis (40th round), Hersey RHP Joe Perricone (40th round) and Harrisburg 3B Keelin Rasch (41st round), to name a few.
Below is a complete list of all the Illinois players selected in the draft:
Round Pick Name School Drafted By Position 2 79 Charlie Tilson New Trier STL OF 3 114 Anthony Cingrani Rice (Lincoln-Way Central HS) CIN LHP 4 129 Tony Zych Louisville (St. Rita HS) CHC RHP 6 203 Kyle Gaedele Valparaiso (Rolling Meadows HS) SD OF 7 228 Harold Riggins NC State (Normal West HS) COL 1B 7 230 Nick Martini Kansas State (Prairie Ridge HS) STL OF 7 245 John Ruettiger Arizona State (Joliet Catholic HS) BAL OF 8 261 Ian Gardeck Angelina College (Crystal Lake South) CHW RHP 8 269 Philip Wetherell Western Kent. (Stewardson-Strasburg) NYY RHP 8 271 Austin Wright Ole Miss (Conant HS) PHI LHP 9 279 Garrett Schlecht Waterloo HS CHC OF 9 293 Justin Hancock Lincoln Trail College SD RHP 11 335 Adam Davis Illinois (Driscoll Catholic HS) BAL C 11 354 Connor Sadzeck Howard JC (Crystal Lake Central HS) TEX RHP 12 365 Josh Parr Illinois (IVC HS) ARI MIF 12 377 Jeff Holm Michigan St. (St. Charles North HS) DET OF 15 472 Braden Kapteyn Kentucky (Illiana Christian HS) BOS 1B 18 568 Corey Kimes Illinois (Ottawa HS) MIN LHP 19 585 Ryan Crowley NW Florida State (Morton HS) LAA LHP 23 694 Ryan Court Illinois State (Dundee-Crown HS) ARI
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