Baseball: Draft comes to an end ... here are Rounds 45-50

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The most interesting selection here at the end of the draft Friday, as far as the Southland is concerned, was that of pitcher Casey Fry in Round 46 of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Fry, who was an All-City pitcher his sophomore year at El Camino Real, skipped his senior year at Chatsworth High and enrolled at Los Angeles Pierce Community College.

Did his decision to leave Chatsworth hurt or help his draft stock? What do you think?

Here are the results for Rounds 45-50.

Round 45: Colin Rooney, shortstop from Saddleback College by way of Esperanza High, was drafted 1,350th by the Washington Nationals, and Jared Clark, first baseman from Cal State Fullerton by way of Valencia High, was taken by the Angels with pick No. 1,366.

Round 46: Michael Mudron, left-handed pitcher from Riverside King High, was taken 1,373rd by the Baltimore Orioles, and Fry, left-handed pitcher from Pierce College, was selected by the Florida Marlins with pick No. 1,375.

Robert Brantly, catcher from Chaparral High, was picked 1,378th by the Washington Nationals, and Erik Morrison, shortstop from Kansas by way of Arroyo Grande High, was selected by the Texas Rangers with pick No. 1,380. Brian Gump, outfielder from UC Santa Barbara by way of Westminster High, was the 1,389th pick by the New York Mets.

Round 47: Tony Asaro, outfielder from UC Irvine by way of West Torrance High, was chosen 1,409th by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Round 48: Ricardo Alvarez, San Fernando High, was drafted 1,431st by the Chicago White Sox.

Round 49: Roy Uhl, outfielder from UC Riverside by way of Serrano High, was selected by the Colorado Rockies with pick No. 1,472.

Round 50: Landon Hernandez, a catcher from the University of Hawaii by way of Desert Chapel High, was taken 1,496th by the Detroit Tigers, and Nikolas Turley, a left-handed pitcher from Harvard-Westlake High, was selected by the New York Yankees with pick No. 1,502.

If I’ve missed any of our local players who have been drafted out of college, let me know!

Thanks for hanging with us through the 2008 draft.

-- Jaime Cardenas