PG National and the Draft

Perfect Game Staff

It’s pretty amazing

The draft is over and the first big National Showcase event (PG National) will be held next week at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Home of the Twins) The talent will once again be the very best of the best in high school baseball, just like it has always been.

The Perfect Game National Showcase has a long history of producing many early picks in the draft as well as loading up many of the top college programs in the country with highest level talent. The 2006 showcase was amazing, but 2007 did not disappoint at all when it came to this year’s draft.

117 players who attended last year’s Perfect Game National Showcase were selected by Major League organizations in the 2008 draft. This included 24 of the first 100 picks and 38 in the first 10 rounds.

Of course, the draft is all about signability and many top players were drafted well below their projected slot. Some excellent prospects went undrafted due to the fact they had told clubs they were definitely headed to college. It will be very interesting to look at the 2011 draft when we will see many of these players getting selected very early.

The 2005 Perfect Game National was also loaded with talent. Many went undrafted or were drafted much lower than their talent dictated. This year in the 2008 draft there were 97 College players drafted, many very early, who had attended the 2005 Perfect Game National Showcase.

That means the 2008 draft saw 214 players selected who had attended the Perfect Game National Showcase. There are approximately 225 players who attend that event each year. Counting players from both college and high school 39 PG National players were picked in the first two rounds.

Here is the roster from last year’s PG National listing the colleges the players signed with and there overall draft pick number. Out of the 1164 drafted players who attended PG events, close to 20% of them came out of this single event.

2007 Perfect Game National Showcase in Cincinnati June 11th, 2007

Name		Overall Pick #	Drafted By	Pos	City	State	Col. Commit
Top 10 Rounds
Tim	Beckham	1	Rays	SS	Griffin	GA	Southern Cal
Eric	Hosmer	3	Royals	1B	Cooper City	FL	Arizona State
Kyle	Skipworth	6	Marlins	C	Riverside	CA	Arizona State
Aaron	Hicks	14	Twins	OF	Long Beach	CA	Southern Cal
Ethan	Martin	15	Dodgers	3B/RHP	Toccoa	GA	Clemson
Gerrit	Cole	28	Yankees	RHP	Santa Ana	CA	UCLA
Jake	Odorizzi	32	Brewers	RHP	Highland	IL	Louisville
Brett	DeVall	40	Braves	LHP	Niceville	FL	Georgia
Xavier	Avery	50	Orioles	OF	Decatur	GA	Georgia
Anthony	Gose	51	Phillies	OF	Bellflower	CA	Arizona
Brad	Hand	52	Marlins	LHP	Chaska	MN	Arizona State
Cutter	Dykstra	54	Brewers	SS	Thousand Oaks	CA	UCLA
Destin	Hood	55	Nationals	OF	Eight Mile (Mobile)	AL	Alabama
Joseph (Jay)	Austin	56	Astros	OF	Atlanta	GA	Southern Cal
Robbie	Ross	57	Rangers	LHP	Nicholasville	KY	Kentucky
Ezekiel	Spruill	70	Braves	RHP	Marietta	GA	Georgia
Jason	Knapp	71	Phillies	RHP	Annandale	NJ	North Carolina
Tyler	Chatwood	74	Angels	RHP/OF	Yucaipa	CA	UCLA
Trey	Haley	76	Phillies	RHP	San Augustine	TX	Rice
Derrik	Gibson	77	Red Sox	SS	Seaford	DE	North Carolina
Tyler	Sample	80	Royals	RHP	Elizabeth	CO	Arkansas
LJ	Hoes	81	Orioles	OF	Mitchellville	MD	North Carolina
Chase	Davidson	88	Astros	1B	Alpharetta	GA	Georgia
Niko	Vasquez	91	Cardinals	SS	Las Vegas	NV	Oregon State
Kevin	Eichhorn	104	D'Backs	RHP	Aptos	CA	Santa Clara
Tim	Melville	115	Royals	RHP	Wentzville	MO	North Carolina
Curtis	Petersen	118	Marlins	RHP	Aubrey	TX	Nebraska
John	Lamb	145	Royals	LHP	Laguna Hills	CA
Clark	Murphy	153	Rangers	1B	Fallbrook	CA	UCLA
Tyler	Pastornicky	159	Blue Jays	MIF	Bradenton	FL	Florida State
Robbie	Grossman	174	Pirates	OF	Cypress	TX	Texas
BJ	Hermsen	186	Twins	RHP	Masonville	IA	Oregon State
Jason	Esposito	205	Royals	3B	Bethany	CT	Vanderbilt
Kyle	Higashioka	230	Yankees	C	Huntington Beach	CA	California
Bobby	Bundy	236	Orioles	RHP	Sperry	OK	Arkansas
Brad	Dydalewicz	242	Astros	LHP	Spicewood	TX	Arizona
Ryan	O'Sullivan	297	Giants	RHP	El Cajon	CA	San Diego State
Jean Carlos	Rodriguez	316	Phillies	C	Bronx	NY
Rounds 10 - 20
Rolando	Gomez	349	Angels	MIF	Pembroke Pines	FL	Miami
Steven	Upchurch	360	White Sox	RHP	Mobile	AL	Auburn
Ryan	Weber	376	Phillies	RHP	St. Petersburg	FL	Florida
Jason	Hanson	430	Braves	IF	Tucson	AZ	Oklahoma State
J P	Ramirez	451	Nationals	OF	New Braunfels	TX	Tulane
Jamie	Bruno	464	Mets	1B	Covington	LA	Tulane
Matt	Richardson	470	Yankees	SS	Lake Mary	FL	Central Florida
Wesley	Freeman	474	Pirates	OF	Lakeland	FL	Central Florida
Kolten	Wong	486	Twins	C	Hilo	HI	Hawaii
Stosh	Wawrzasek	488	Brewers	RHP	Langley	BC	Florida International
Mark	Pope	520	Braves	RHP	Marietta	GA	Georgia Tech
Jordan	Cooper	532	Red Sox	RHP	Berryton	KS	Wichita State
Michael	Palazzone	550	Braves	RHP	Marietta	GA	Georgia
Harold	Martinez	573	Rangers	SS	Miami	FL	Miami
David	Rollins	577	Dodgers	LHP	Carthage	TX	Missouri
Quinton	Miller	594	Pirates	RHP	Medford	NJ	North Carolina
Zack	Cox	607	Dodgers	RHP	Louisville	KY	Arkansas
Alex	Meyer	622	Red Sox	RHP	Greensburg	IN	Kentucky
Rounds 20 - 30
Anthony	DeSclafani	682	Red Sox	RHP	Freehold	NJ	Florida
Austin	Wright	684	Pirates	LHP	Schaumburg	IL	Arkansas
Kyle	Long	690	White Sox	1B	Ivy	VA	Florida State
Brian	Litwin	714	Pirates	OF	Hickory	NC	Duke
Ricky	Oropesa	742	Red Sox	3B	Rancho Cucamonga	CA	Southern California
Andy	Burns	767	Rockies	SS	Ft. Collins	CO	Kentucky
Brent	Warren	814	A's	OF	Robins	IA	Oregon State
Sonny	Gray	821	Cubs	RHP	Smyrna	TN	Vanderbilt
Garrison	Lassiter	830	Yankees	SS	High Point	NC	North Carolina
Hunter	Cervenka	832	Red Sox	LHP	Baytown	TX	Texas
Matt	Marquis	862	Red Sox	OF	Annandale	NJ	Vanderbilt
Joseph	Loftus	876	Twins	3B	Savage	MN	Vanderbilt
Michael	Tonkin	906	Twins	RHP	Palmdale	CA	Southern Cal
Ben	McMahan	920	Yankees	C	Windermere	FL	Florida
Rounds 30 - 50
Lee	Ridenhour	936	Twins	RHP	Lenexa	KS	Kansas
Brandon	Loy	956	Orioles	MIF	Rowlett	TX	Texas
Scott	Silverstein	961	Nationals	LHP	Brookeville	MD	Virginia
Bryan	Vollmuth	962	Astros	SS	Biloxi	MS	Southern Miss
Colton	Farrar	968	Brewers	RHP	Royce City	TX	Texas Tech
Riccio	Torrez	978	D'Backs	2B	Phoenix	AZ	Arizona State
Taylor	Wrenn	989	Reds	MIF	Lakeland	FL	Manatee CC
Aaron	Gates	1007	Rockies	LHP	Villa Park	CA	Pepperdine
Brandon	Miller	1012	Red Sox	C	Tyrone	GA	Georgia Tech
Zak	Sinclair	1042	Red Sox	RHP	McDonald	PA	North Carolina State
John	Ruettiger	1053	Rangers	OF	Joliet	IL	Arizona State
Austin	Wood	1082	Astros	RHP	Niceville	FL	Florida State
Jack	Armstrong	1083	Rangers	RHP	Jupiter	FL	Vanderbilt
Will	Clinard	1117	Dodgers	RHP	Cross Plains	TN	Vanderbilt
David	Peterson	1119	Reds	C	Villa Park	CA	Rice
Joey	DeBernardis	1138	Marlins	IF	Lake Zurich	IL	Penn State
Bobby	Crocker	1144	A's	OF	Aromas	CA	Cal Poly
Jarred	Cosart	1156	Phillies	OF	League City	TX	Missouri
Matthew	Murray	1177	Dodgers	RHP	Spring City	PA	Georgia Southern
Beau	Didier	1194	Pirates	SS	Federal Way	WA	Louisiana State
Austin	Stadler	1197		1B	Midlothian	VA	Wake Forest
Taylor	Hightower	1277	Rockies	C	Cartersville	GA	Mississippi
Nick	Maronde	1294	A's	LHP	Lexington	KY	Florida
Philip	Pohl	1313	Rays	C	Cooperstown	NY	Clemson
Jimmy	Messer	1324	A's	RHP	Hudson	NC	North Carolina
Jordan	Swagerty	1336	Rockies	C	Sachse	TX	Arizona State
Raymond	Anderson	1344	Royals	OF	Marietta	GA
Royce	Bolinger	1346	Rays	3B	Scottsdale	AZ	Gonzaga
Grayson	Garvin	1351	Astros	LHP	Suwanee	GA	Vanderbilt
Joey	Hainsfurther	1374	Giants	SS	Dallas	TX	Baylor
Johnathan (J R)	Graham	1381	A's	SS	Livermore	CA	Santa Clara
Matthew	Harrison	1385	Braves	SS	Henderson	NV	North Carolina
Tony	Zych	1386	Cubs	2B	Monee	IL	Louisville
Matt	Ramsey	1395	Indians	C	Knoxville	TN	Tennessee
Christopher	Matulis	1397	Rays	LHP	Boynton Beach	FL	Louisiana State
Jordan	Craft	1398	Pirates	OF	Kennesaw	GA	Kennesaw State
Abraham	Ruiz	1401	Giants	3B	Pacific Grove	CA	Arizona State
Richard	O'Donald	1414	Mariners	RHP	Wilmington	DE	Delaware
Mark	Ginther	1444	Phillies	SS	Tulsa	OK	Oklahoma State
Walker	Kelly	1495	Mariners	LHP	Fort Worth	TX	TCU
Joey	Belviso	1501	Angels	OF	Pembroke Pines	FL	Jacksonville
Kyle	Stroup	1504	Red Sox	RHP	Ingleside	IL	Northern Illinois
Daurys	De La Cruz	FA		RHP	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
Edward	Salcedo	FA		SS	La Vega	Dominican Republic
Kelvin	Duran	FA		OF	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
Carlos	Mercedes	FA		OF	San Pedro de Macoris	Dominican Republic
Danny	Meltzer	FA		OF	Vienna	Austria
Not Drafted, watch future drafts
Brian	Alben			LHP	Hilo	HI
Raiko	Alfonso			MIF	Key West	FL	Florida International
Chris	Amezquita			SS	La Mirada	CA	UCLA
Austin	Atwell			OF	Sachse	TX
Tanner	Bailey			3B	Little Rock	AR	Texarkana
Pablo	Bermudez			OF	Miami Shores	FL	Florida International
Kyle	Beverley			3B	Midvale	UT	Oregon State
Gary	Bishop			RHP	Semmes	AL	Pearl River CC
Alex	Blodgett			RHP	Lexington	KY	Louisville
Drew	Bowen			RHP	Tulsa	OK	Oral Roberts
Tyler	Bremer			RHP	Berkeley	CA	UC Davis
Billy (Trey)	Brown			RHP	Lake Charles	LA	McNeese St.
Nick	Brown			RHP	Warrenville	IL	Iowa
Kyle	Buchanan			C	Auburn	WA	Washington State
Taylor	Buran			RHP	Richmond	VA	Maryland
Brian	Busick			RHP	Poway	CA	Stanford
Elliott	Byers			RHP	Moscow	PA	Stanford
Andrew	Carpenter			3B	Dayton	OH	Michigan State
Nicholas	Carrillo			3B	Glendale	AZ	Gonzaga
Joe	Church			RHP	Princeton	WV	Marshall
Gregory	Conver			RHP	Margate	FL	South Florida
Bryan	Conway			C	Hudson	OH	Richmond
Garrett	Cooper			RHP	Southington	CT	St. Louis
Hunter	Cross			3B	Grove Hill	AL
Earl	Daniels			2B	Valdosta	GA	Georgia
Jake	Davies			LHP	McDonough	GA	Georgia Tech
Dimitri	De La Fuente			SS	West Covina	CA	Pepperdine
Spencer	Dickinson			SS	Tequesta	FL	Florida State
Eric	Dorton			OF	Alamogordo	NM	New Mexico
Myles	DuVall			RHP	Missouri City	TX
Casey	Dykes			C	Franklin	TN	Western Kentucky
Grant	Edwards			RHP	Rogersville	AL
Brian	Ellington			RHP	Gainesville	FL	Florida State
Chris	Ellison			OF	Norman	OK	Oklahoma
Luke	Erickson			LHP	Richmond	VA	Virginia Tech
Gabriel	Feldman			RHP	Cabin John	MD	Wake Forest
Miguel	Ferrer			RHP	Gasquay Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
Sean	Flanagan			OF	Downers Grove	IL	Iowa
Roman	Fondon			LHP	Pembroke Pines	FL	Florida International
Chris	Forsten			C	Warrenton	VA	William & Mary
Aaron	Fujiki			C	Honolulu	HI	San Diego State
Connor	Gandossy			C	Redding	CT	St. Louis
Christian	Glisson			C	Hahira	GA	Georgia
Brad	Goldberg			RHP	Beachwood	OH	Coastal Carolina
Ryan	Gorton			RHP	Tigard	OR	Oregon State
Ben	Grisz			RHP	Dallas	TX	Duke
Steven	Gruver			LHP	Canfield	OH	Tennessee
Bryan	Haar			SS	San Diego	CA	San Diego
Tyler	Hanover			MIF	Kernersville	NC	Louisiana State
Ray	Hanson			RHP	Long Beach	CA	Arizona State
Lucas	Herbst			OF	Monterey	CA	Santa Clara
Jake	Hermsen			OF	New London	WI	Northern Illinois
Ryan	Hines			LHP	Daphne	AL	Auburn
Brad	Hook			1B	Franklin	IN	South Alabama
Brett	Huber			RHP	Belleville	IL	Mississippi
Michael	Hungaski			3B	Cedar Hill	TX
Hunter	Jennings			OF	Daphne	AL
Erik	Johnson			RHP	Los Altos	CA	California
Derek	Jones			OF	Snohomish	WA	Washington St.
Ryan	Kapp			OF	Toms River	NJ	Rutgers
Doug	Kincaid			OF	Portland	OR	Oregon State
Clay	Kollenbaum			RHP	Tarpon Springs	FL	Jacksonville
Shane	Kroker			3B	Westlake Village	CA	Wake Forest
Matt	Lackie			RHP	McKinney	TX	Louisiana-Lafayette
Greg	Larson			RHP	Longwood	FL	Florida
Nicholas	Lettas			RHP	St. James	NY	High Point
Jeramy	Matos			3B	Lake Worth	FL	Bethune Cookman
Jeff	May			C	Stem	NC	North Carolina
Jarrod	McKinney			OF	Hughes Springs	TX	Arkansas
Sam	Munson			SS	Fond du Lac	WI	Florida International
Mike	Nastold			RHP	Cincinnati	OH	Louisville
Blake	Newalu			MIF	McDonough	GA	San Diego
Adrian	Nieto			C	Hialeah	FL	South Florida
Ted	Nowell			LHP	Sunnyvale	TX	Oklahoma
Christopher	O'Brien			C	Tulsa	OK	Wichita State
Tyler	Ogle			C	San Antonio	TX	McLennan College
Danny	Oh			OF	Everett	WA	California
David	Olson			RHP	Auburn	WA	Washington State
Jonathan	Pace			SS	Terry	MS
Matt	Parish			RHP	Morristown	NJ	UNC-Greensboro
William	Piwnica-Worms			OF	St Louis	MO	Duke
Jordan	Pries			RHP	Alameda	CA	Stanford
David	Putman			RHP	Doylestown	PA	Duke
Mark	Radmacher			C	Rosemount	MN	DMACC
Nick	Ramirez			1B	Anaheim	CA	Cal State Fullerton
Vickash	Ramjit			3B	Miami	FL	Miami
Riley	Reynolds			MIF	Lee' Summit	MO	Vanderbilt
Nick	Rickles			C	Loxahatchee	FL	Stetson
Brance	Rivera			MIF	Muscatine	IA	TCU
Alexander	Robinson			OF	Dallas	TX	Notre Dame
Alfred	Rodriguez			MIF	Oak Hill	VA	Maryland
Jeremy	Rodriguez			C	Thousand Oaks	CA	Cal St. Bakersfield
Michael	Roth			1B	Greer	SC	South Carolina
Phil	Schreiber			RHP	Kaukauna	WI	Iowa
Jandy	Sena			RHP	Miami	FL
Matthew	Sisto			RHP	Anaheim	CA	Hawaii
Jordan	Sivertsen			RHP	Richmond	IL	Southern Illinois
Matthew	Skipper			RHP	Arvada	CO	San Diego State
Jacob	Stallings			C	Brentwood	TN	North Carolina
Landon	Steinhagen			C	Beaumont	TX	Howard
Jacob	Sylvester			C	Livermore	CA	Pacific
Jonathon	Taylor			OF	Acworth	GA	Georgia
Thomas	Taylor			RHP	Overland Park	KS	Kansas
Tom	Tesauro			RHP	Lawrenceville	NJ	Villanova
Jardian	Thomas			OF	Gainesville	FL	College of Charleston
Jake	Thompson			RHP	Cerritos	CA	Long Beach State
Charley	Thurber			OF	Elmira	NY	Tennessee
Jomel	Torres			1B	Chula Vista	CA	San Diego State
Brandon	Van Dam			RHP	Lancaster	CA	Cal-State Bakersfield
Clayton	VanderLaan			RHP	Houston	TX	Michigan State
Michael	Vargas			OF	Hawthorne	NJ	Florida International
Peter	Verdin			OF	Alexandria	VA	Georgia
Chris	Wakefield			RHP	Canton	GA	Northern Illinois
Ryan	Waltman			C	Semmes	AL
Thomas	White			C	Scottsdale	AZ
Corey	Williams			LHP	Huntsville	AL	Vanderbilt
Michael	Williams			C	Knoxville	TN	Kentucky
Mac	Williamson			RHP	Wake Forest	NC	Wake Forest
Gary	Wilson			SS	Marlton	NJ	Elon
Vance	Woodruff			RHP	Forney	TX	Grayson CC
Tyson	Workman			SS	Tallahassee	FL
David	Wright			C	Aledo	TX	TCU

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