ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The St. Louis Cardinals concluded the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft by selecting a total of 40 players; 32 collegiate players and eight from high schools/prep academies. The list includes 24 pitchers (6 LHP & 18 RHP), five catchers, five infielders and six outfielders.
And players were local ties.
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The Cardinals drafted three players with local ties from the state of Missouri, all from the St. Louis-Metro area. The local selections include RHP Cameron Dulle (30th round) from the University of Missouri who went to Oakville High School, RHP Anthony Green (33rd round) who played at Jefferson College and C Kurtis Byrne (38th round) from Christian Brothers College High School.
This is such surreal feeling. I am extremely excited to be apart of this great organization and can't wait to get going! https://t.co/my3Qo57hPw
— Cameron Dulle (@cam_dulle) June 5, 2019Could not be more thankful of the St. Louis Cardinals for taking a chance on a kid from St. Louis.. and to everyone who's been there for the ride, THANK YOU. Let's get this thing going!! ---- https://t.co/q31WnuCOVD
— Anthony Green (@anthonygreen00) June 5, 2019Congratulations to 2019 C @TCU_Baseball commit @KurtisByrne on being drafted in the 38th round by @DirkKinney24 and the @Cardinals He is the 13th player to wear a Sticks uniform to get drafted. We are very proud of him #Sticks pic.twitter.com/l253YgSENI
— Sticks Baseball (@AR_Sticks) June 5, 2019Players came from 17 different states, Canada and the U.S. Virgin Islands. California was the most represented state with (9) players selected, followed by Florida (6), Missouri (3), Texas (3) and Pennsylvania (3).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2019 MLB DRAFT
Rd., Player (overall pick) Pos. B-T Ht Wt. School Hometown1. Zack Thompson (19) LHP L-L 6-2 225 University of Kentucky Selma, Ind.
2. Trejyn Fletcher (58) OF R-R 6-2 200 Deering High School Portland, Maine
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3. Tony Locey (96) RHP R-R 6-3 239 University of Georgia Columbus, Ga.
4. Andre Pallante (125) RHP R-R 6-0 203 University of California-Irvine San Clemente, Calif.
5. Connor Thomas (155) LHP L-L 5-11 173 Georgia Institute of Technology Omega, Ga.
6. Pedro Pages (185) C R-R 6-1 234 Florida Atlantic University Doral, Fla.
7. Jack Ralston (215) RHP R-R 6-6 231 University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Newhall, Calif.
8. Logan Gragg (245) RHP R-R 6-5 200 Oklahoma State University Prairie Grove, Ark.
9. Todd Lott (275) OF R-R 6-4 235 University of Louisiana Jacksonville, Fla.
10. Jake Sommers (305) RHP R-R 6-2 190 University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin Hortonville, Wis.
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11. Connor Lunn (335) RHP R-R 6-3 215 University of Southern California Carlsbad, Calif.
12. Patrick Romeri (365) OF R-R 6-3 195 IMG Academy (FL) Sarasota, Fla.
13. Tommy Jew (395) OF R-R 6-1 185 University of California-Santa Barbara San Ramon, Calif.
14. Tyler Statler (425) RHP R-R 6-6 230 Hononegah High School (IL) Roscoe, Ill.
15. David Vinsky (455) OF R-L 6-0 198 Northwood University (MI) Farmington Hills, Mich.
16. Thomas Hart (485) RHP R-R 6-2 155 Wakeland High School (TX) Frisco, Texas
17. Michael YaSenka (515) RHP R-R 6-2 205 Eastern Illinois University Franklin, Pa.
18. Aaron Antonini (545) C L-R 6-0 200 Middle Tennessee State University Hollywood, Fla.
19. Zarion Sharpe (575) LHP R-L 6-5 205 University of North Carolina-Wilmington Greenville, N.C.
20. Adrian Mardueno (605) RHP R-R 5-10 180 San Diego State University Upland, Calif.
21. Jack Owen (635) LHP L-L 6-2 174 Auburn University Aliso Viejo, Calif.
22. Zade Richardson (665) C R-R 6-1 200 Wabash Valley College (IL) New Richmond, Ohio
23. Brylie Ware (695) INF R-R 6-0 220 Oklahoma University Sedgwick, Kan.
24. Will Guay (725) RHP R-R 6-4 220 Concord University (WV) West Palm Beach, Fla.
25. Alex McFarlane (755) RHP R-R 6-3 175 Habersham Central High School (GA) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
26. Jeremy Randolph (785) RHP R-R 5-11 200 University of Alabama Miamisburg, Ohio
27. Eric Lex (815) RHP R-R 6-2 205 Santa Clara University Redding, Calif.
28. Tyler Peck (845) RHP R-R 6-1 235 Chapman University (CA) Corte Madera, Calif.
29. Scott Politz (875) RHP R-R 6-2 205 Yale University Austin, Texas
30. Cameron Dulle (905) RHP R-R 6-3 208 University of Missouri St. Louis, Mo.
31. Dylan Pearce (935) LHP R-L 5-9 175 Oregon State University Central Pointe, Ore.
32. Chandler Redmond (965) INF L-R 6-3 230 Gardner-Webb University Middletown, Md.
33. Anthony Green (995) RHP R-R 6-4 210 Jefferson College (MO) St. Louis, Mo.
34. Ben Baird (1,025) INF R-R 6-3 190 University of Washington Agoura Hills, Calif.
35. Logan Hofmann (1,055) LHP R-L 5-9 160 Colby Community College (KS) Muenster, Saskatchewan (Canada)
36. Kyle Skeels (1,085) C R-R 6-2 250 Coastal Carolina University Langhorne, Pa.
37. Chris Newell (1,115) OF L-L 6-3 190 Malvern Prep School (PA) Malvern, Pa.
38. Kurtis Byrne (1,145) C R-R 5-11 210 Christian Brothers College High School (MO) Chesterfield, Mo.
39. T.J. McKenzie (1,175) INF R-R 6-2 170 The Benjamin School (FL) Loxahatchee, Fla.
40. Cash Rugely (1,205) INF R-R 6-0 185 Navarro College (TX) Round Rock, Texas
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