2017 Draftees in the College World Series

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June 17, 2017

The College World Series begins this weekend, with two games on both Saturday and Sunday. The eight participating teams include Oregon State, Texas A&M, Cal State Fullerton, Louisville, Florida State, TCU, LSU and Florida. A total of 57 players from these schools were drafted by Major League teams this week, including four who went in the first round.

The table below includes vital information about the players drafted who will be competing in this year’s College World Series, including Eric Longenhagen’s top-100 rank and FV grades (click through for individual tool grades and scouting reports) and my KATOH projections.

Drafted Players Playing in the 2017 College World Series
Player Position School Round Pick Team KATOH Longenhagen Rank Longenhagen FV
Brendan McKay LHP/1B Louisville 1 4 TBR 8.0 4 55
Alex Faedo RHP Florida 1 18 DET 1.5 13 45
Alex Lange RHP LSU 1 30 CHC 2.1 39 40
Drew Rasmussen RHP Oregon St. 1 31 TBR NA 78 40
Greg Deichmann 3B/OF LSU 2 43 OAK 1.0
Drew Ellis 3B Louisville 2 44 ARI 1.8
Corbin Martin RHP Texas A&M 2 56 HOU 0.1 53 40
Taylor Walls SS Florida State 3 79 TBR 0.9
Connor Seabold RHP CSU Fullerton 3 83 PHI 2.2 100 40
KJ Harrison 1B/C Oregon St. 3 84 MIL 1.9
Dylan Busby 3B Florida State 3 88 PIT 0.6
Scott Hurst CF CSU Fullerton 3 94 STL 0.1
Lincoln Henzman RHP Louisville 4 117 CHW 0.2
Kramer Robertson SS LSU 4 124 STL 0.1
Jake Thompson RHP Oregon St. 4 131 BOS 0.4
Cole Freeman 2B LSU 4 133 WAS 0.2
Austen Wade CF TCU 5 162 CLE 0.2
Brigham Hill RHP Texas A&M 5 163 WAS 0.7 97 40
Dalton Guthrie SS Florida 6 173 PHI 0.6
Devin Hairston SS Louisville 6 174 MIL 0.1
Kade McClure RHP Louisville 6 177 CHW 1.2
Mike Rivera C Florida 6 192 CLE 0.3
Mike Kolozavary C Florida 7 197 CIN 0.3
Evan Skoug C TCU 7 207 CHW 0.0
Brian Howard RHP TCU 8 231 OAK 2.5
John Gavin LHP CSU Fullerton 8 246 SFG 1.2
Jared Poche LHP LSU 9 261 OAK 0.0
Mike Papierski C LSU 9 271 HOU 0.8
Colby Fitch C Louisville 13 383 PHI 0.5
Cason Sherrod RHP Texas A&M 13 390 KCR 0.2
Logan Taylor CF Louisville 16 477 CHW 0.0
Chris Hudgins C CSU Fullerton 16 480 KCR 0.1
Hunter Kiel RHP LSU 18 537 CHW NA
Dillon Persinger 2B CSU Fullerton 18 552 CLE 0.0
Nick Choruby OF Texas A&M 18 553 WAS 0.0
Mitchell Traver RHP TCU 20 595 LAA 0.3
Turner Larkins RHP Texas A&M 21 639 TOR 0.0
Timmy Richards SS CSU Fullerton 24 733 WSH 0.0
Doug Norman RHP LSU 25 737 CIN NA
Riley Thompson RHP Louisville 25 752 NYY NA
Quincy Nieporte 1B Florida State 26 773 PHI 0.0
David Lee RHP Florida 27 808 PIT NA
Cam Warner 2B TCU 28 845 DET 0.0
Cobi Johnson RHP Florida State 29 865 LAA NA
Frank Rubio RHP Florida 29 876 SFG 0.0
Deacon Liput 2B/SS Florida 29 880 LAD 1.4
Elliott Barzilli 3B TCU 32 959 MIA 0.2
Drew Carlton RHP Florida State 32 965 DET 0.0
Kaylor Chafin LHP Texas A&M 32 967 NYM 0.1
Alec Byrd LHP Florida State 33 986 COL 0.0
Taylor Bryant 2B CSU Fullerton 33 994 STL 0.0
Andrew Karp RHP Florida State 34 1035 CHC 0.1
Tyler Holton LHP Florida State 35 1049 MIA 1.6
J.J. Schwarz 1B/C Florida 38 1129 TBR 1.5
Jim Voyles RHP Florida State 38 1144 STL 0.0
Mike Gretler 3B Oregon St. 39 1168 PIT 0.9
Max Engelbrekt LHP Oregon St. 40 1213 WSH NA
Jared Janczak RHP TCU Undrafted 0.9





 

Chris works in economic development by day, but spends most of his nights thinking about baseball. He writes for Pinstripe Pundits, FanGraphs and The Hardball Times. He's also on the twitter machine: @_chris_mitchell None of the views expressed in his articles reflect those of his daytime employer.

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jkaflagg
6 years ago

Mike Papierski LSU catcher, drafted in round 9 by Houston……

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