We’ve reached the final day of the 2017 MLB Draft! The Oakland A’s selected 11 players over the first two days, and now they will add 30 more — though not all of today’s picks will end up signing with the team.
Here are the results of the first two days:
Day 1
Round 1 (6): Austin Beck | OF | High school
Comp A (33): Kevin Merrell | SS | USF
Round 2 (43): Greg Deichmann | OF | LSU
Day 2
Round 3 (81): Nick Allen | SS | High school
Round 4 (111): Will Toffey | 3B | Vanderbilt
Round 5 (141): Santi Sanchez | C | High school
Round 6 (171): Logan Salow | LHP | Kentucky
Round 7 (201): Parker Dunshee | RHP | Wake Forest
Round 8 (231): Brian Howard | RHP | TCU
Round 9 (261): Jared Poche’ | LHP | LSU
Round 10 (291): Jack Meggs | OF | Washington
Day 3
And that brings us to today! We’ll continue updating the picks as they come in.
Round 11 (321): Ryan Gridley | SS | Miss. St.
Round 12 (351): Aaron Arruda | 1B | Fresno St.
Round 13 (381): Wyatt Marks | RHP | UL-Lafayette
Round 14 (411): Garrett Mitchell | CF | High school
Round 15 (441): Josh Reagan | LHP | USC-Columbia
Round 16 (471): Payton Squier | OF | UNLV
Round 17 (501): Josh Falk | RHP | Pittsburgh
Round 18 (531): ???
Round 19 (561): Michael Danielak | RHP | Dartmouth
Round 20 (591):
Round 21 (621):
Round 22 (651):
Round 23 (681):
Round 24 (711):
Round 25 (741):
Round 26 (771):
Round 27 (801):
Round 28 (831):
Round 29 (861):
Round 30 (891):
Round 31 (921):
Round 32 (951):
Round 33 (411):
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Round 40 (411):
Again, not all of the above names will end up signing pro contracts with the A’s. But most of them will, and then we get to start guessing which ones (if any) will emerge as sleeper prospects over the next couple years!
The following hitters on the current A’s squad were drafted after the 10th round:
- Stephen Vogt (12th)
- Rajai Davis (38th)
- Matt Joyce (12th)
- Adam Rosales (12th)
- Jaycob Brugman (17th)
And pitchers:
- Jharel Cotton (20th)
- Andrew Triggs (19th)
- Ryan Dull (32nd)
- John Axford (42nd) (previously 7th but didn’t sign, then had TJS)
- Daniel Coulombe (25th)
- Zach Neal (17th)
- Josh Smith (21st)
These final bulk rounds of the draft are largely made up of filler, but as you can see there are plenty of success stories to be found.
