Valley Players Drafted
The following is a list of the players from the Valley League drafted this week by Major League Baseball. Please submit additional names as they become known.
Fauquier Gators: Brent Greer, SS from Western Carolina-14th; Ryan Dennick-LHP, Tenn Tech-22nd; Shawn Griffith, RHP-George Mason-37th
Front Royal Cardinals: Round 16: Pick #499 (Overall), Tampa Bay Rays, Tyler Bortnick, INF, Coastal Carolina, (2006); Round 31: Pick #941, Houston Astros, Travis Smink, LHP, Virginia Military Institute, (2006); Round 41: Pick #1244, New York Mets, Travis Ozga, INF, Florida Atlantic, (2007); Round 42: Pick # 1279, Tampa Bay Rays, Bennett Davis, INF, Elon, (2007-08).
Harrisonburg Turks: Ashur Tolliver LHP - 4th round 146 pick - Baltimore Orioles - Oklahoma City U.- 2007; Ryan Wood RHP - 11th round 332 pick - Kansas City Royals - East Carolina U. - 2006; Michael Pericht - 16th round 487 pick - LA Dodgers - St. Joseph's - 2007-2008; Eric Thomas RP - 19th round 563 pick - Seattle Mariners - Bethune Cookman - 2008; Jimmy Marshall RHP -23rd round 697 pick - LA Dodgers - Florida State - 2006; Chris Sorce RHP - 26th round 773 pick - Seattle Mariners - Troy U.- 2009; Clint Dempster LHP 31st round 923 pick - Seattle Mariners - Mississippi Gulf Coast CC -2009;Kyle Spraker SS - 34th round 1039 pick - Tampa Bay Rays - Loyla Marymount 2006
Haymarket Senators: Scott Krieger '08 LF, George Mason, 19th, Milwaukee Brewers; Mike Modica ('07) LHP George Mason, Houston Astros, 25th;
Staunton Braves: Josh Squatrito, Cardinals (25th) (2008); Bobby Hernandez, Dodgers (28th) (2007); Justin Dignelli, Dodgers (34th) (2008); John Housey, Mariners (35,36) (2007/ also Woodstock 2007); Jamie Hayes, Braves (48th) (2007)
Waynesboro Generals: Pat Irvine, 33rd round, Pittsburgh; Jacob Cowan, 10th round, Baltimor; Brandon Sizemore, 30th round, Milwaukee; Danny Wiltz, 35th round, Chicago White Sox
Winchester Royals: Tyler Townsend (2008) (Florida International) - 3rd Rd - Baltimore; Joe Sanders (2007) (Auburn) - 5th Rd - Colorado; Justin Collop (2008) (Toledo) - 6th Rd - Chicago White Sox; Scott Shuman (2007) (Auburn) - 19th Rd - Tampa Bay; Robert Poutier (2006) (Virginia) - 29th Rd - San Diego; Bobby Rauh (2009) (Daytona State) - 29th Rd - Atlanta; Paul Burnside ( 2006) (Auburn) - 39th Rd - Chicago White Sox; Josh Edgin (2007) (Francis Marion) - 50th Rd - Atlanta
Woodstock River Bandits: Steven Bumbry 12th Round 356 pick to Baltimore; D.J. Fitzgerald 22nd round 680 pick to Chicago Cubs; Ty Wright 25th Round 744 pick To San Diego; Adalberto Santos 35th Round 1044 pick to San Diego; John Housey 36th Round 1073 pick to Seattle Mariners; Greg Waddell 39th round 1163 pick to Seattle Mariners
