Here is a look at some Beaver ballplayers that are now in the professional ranks.
2002 Draft Class-
Brian Barden 3B -Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks -Now in the St. Louis Cardinal organization -With two Triple-A teams last season Barden hit .263 with four homers -Short time in the Majors, .171 AVG.
Mark McLemore P -Fourth round pick of the Houston Astros -Split time between Triple-A, Round Rock Express and the Astros -Round Rock: 0-1, 2.77 ERA, 52 SO, 52 IP -Houston: 3-0, 3.86 ERA, 35 SO, 35 IP
2004 Draft Class-
Andrew Baldwin P -Fifth round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies ($170,000 signing bonus) -Now in the Mariners organization -Double-A, West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx -26 starts, 1 complete game, 5-12, 4.23 ERA, 115 SO, 166 IP
Kyle Aselton P -Eleventh round pick of the Minnesota Twins -Class-A Advanced, Fort Myers Miracle -0-3, 4 GS, 3.79 ERA, 71.1 IP, 81 SO
Aaron Mathews OF -Nineteenth round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays -Double-A, New Hampshire Fisher Cats -.293 AVG, 8 HR, 48 RBI
Nathan Pendley P -Nineteenth round pick of the San Francisco Giants -Class-A Advanced, San Jose Giants -0-1, 10.24 ERA, 9 Games, 9.2 IP, 7 SO
2005 Draft Class-
Jacoby Ellsbury OF -First round pick of the Boston Red Sox (1.4 million dollar bonus) -Split time between Double-A, Portland Sea Dogs, Triple-A, Pawtucket Red Sox and Boston Red Sox -In minors, .323 AVG, 2 HR, 41 RBI, 41 SB -With the Bo’ Sox, .353, 3 HR, 18 RBI, 9 SB (regular season) -World Series starter and champion
Andy Jenkins C/1B -Eleventh round pick of the Florida Marlins -Class-A Advanced, Jupiter Hammerheads -.289, 4 HR, 54 RBI
Nate Fogle P -Eleventh round pick of the Texas Rangers -Released by the team in April 2007 -3 Games, 6.75 ERA, 3 SO, 4 IP
2006 Draft Class-
Dallas Buck P -Third round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks ($250,000) -Class-A Advanced, Visalia Oaks -Had elbow surgery -4-4, 3.41 ERA, 16 GS, 88 SO
Cole Gillespie LF -Third round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers ($417,500) -Class-A Advanced, Brevard County Manatees -.267, 12 HR, 16 SB, 62 RBI -Baseball America No. 5 Prospect in Brewers organization
Kevin Gunderson P -Fifth pick of the Atlanta Braves ($162,000) -Split time with Class-A, Myrtle Beach Pelicans and Double-A Mississippi Braves -Last season, 4-5, 3.02 ERA, 47 SO, 7 Saves, 56.2 IP -Threw in Spring Training game for the Braves against the New York Mets
Jonah Nickerson P -Seventh round pick of the Detroit Tigers ($150,000) -Class-A, West Michigan Whitecaps -11-7, 4.24 ERA, 2 CG, 1 Shutout, 116 SO -Took a perfect game into the sixth inning
Tyler Graham OF -Nineteenth round pick San Francisco Giants -Class-A, Augusta GreenJackets -.290, 2 HR, 30 RBI, 29 SB
Chris Kunda 2B -Nineteenth round pick New York Yankees -Split time between Class-A and Class-A Advanced, Tampa Yankees -.198, 19 RBI, 7 SB
Shea McFeely 3B -Twenty-eighth round pick Arizona Diamondbacks -Class-A, South Bend Silver Hawks -Injured most of season -.234, 4 HR, 19 RBI
2007 Draft Class-
Eddie Kunz P -First Supplemental round, New York Mets ($720,000) -Brooklyn Cyclones: 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 5 Saves, 9 SO, 12 IP -Arizona Fall League (Scottsdale Scorpions), 0-1, 10.13 ERA, 9 G, 10.2 IP, 11 SO -Baseball America No. 5 Mets prospect, Projected as 2011 Closer
Mitch Canham C -First Supplemental round, San Diego Padres ($552,500) -Started with Short Season Class-A, Eugene Emeralds -.293, 2 HR, 5 SB, 18 RBI -Suffered injury which required surgery -Class-A Advanced, Lake Elsinore Storm -2 G, 1 RBI
Darwin Barney SS -Fourth round pick Chicago Cubs ($222,750) -Began in rookie league -.444, 2 RBI, 5 games -Class-A, Peoria Chiefs -.273, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 5 SB
Daniel Turpen P -Eighth round San Francisco Giants ($77,000) -Arizona League -4 G, 1 Save, 9.1 IP -Short Season Class-A, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes -10 G, 1.86 ERA, 18 SO, 19.1 IP
Joe Paterson P -Tenth round Giants ($60,000) -Arizona League -1-0, 4 G, 5 IP -Salem-Keizer Volcanoes -1-0, 5.58 ERA, 9.2 IP
Anton Maxwell P -Thirty-first round pick Texas Rangers -Class-A and Short Season Class-A Spokane Indians -1-0, 4.15 ERA, 1 Save, 21.2 IP
Mike Lissman OF -Un-drafted Oakland Athletics -Arizona League -.295, 3 HR, 1 SB, 26 RBI, 36 Games
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