NATIONALS SELECT 44 PLAYERS ON DAY 2 OF DRAFT
The Washington Nationals today selected 44 players on the second day of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft. Nationals Senior Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden, Vice President of Baseball Operations and Assistant General Manager Mike Rizzo, and Director of Scouting Dana Brown made this joint announcement.
Over the two-day Draft, the Nationals selected eight right-handed pitchers, 13 left-handed pitchers, four catchers, 11 infielders and 14 outfielders. They selected four local players, who played prep baseball in the region: North Carolina State centerfielder Marcus Jones (11th round), a native of Washington DC who graduated from The Landon School for Boys in Bethesda (MD); shortstop Stephen Lombardozzi (19th round), a graduate of Atholton High School in Columbia (MD), who currently attends St. Petersburg Junior College (FL); left-handed pitcher Ronald Silverstein (32nd round) of Brookville (MD), who attended St. John's College High School in Washington DC; Lynchburg College (VA) third baseman Ronnie Labrie, who played prep baseball at Staunton River High School in Vinton (VA).
NATIONALS' SELECTIONS IN 2008 MLB FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
RD PICK PLAYER POS B/T HT WT DOB SCHOOL (HOME STATE)
1 9 AARON CROW RHP R/R 6-2 205 11/11/86 MISSOURI (KS)
2 55 DESTIN HOOD LF R/R 6-1 180 4/3/90 ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL HS (AL)
3 87 DANIEL ESPINOSA SS S/R 6-0 190 4/25/87 CAL STATE-LONG BEACH (CA)
4 121 GRAHAM HICKS LHP L/L 6-5 170 2/9/90 GEORGE JENKINS HS (FL)
5 151 ADRIAN NIETO C S/R 6-0 205 11/12/89 AMERICAN HERITAGE HS (FL)
6 181 PAUL DEMNY RHP R/R 6-3 220 8/3/89 BLINN COLLEGE (TX)
7 211 DANIEL KILLIAN C L/R 6-4 195 1/14/89 KELLOGG CC (MI)
8 241 RICARDO PECINA LHP L/L 6-0 215 7/1/87 SAN DIEGO (CA)
9 271 JOHN HIGLEY LF R/R 6-3 200 6/21/88 SACRAMENTO CC (CA)
10 301 TOM MILONE LHP L/L 6-1 205 2/16/87 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (CA)
11 331 MARCUS JONES CF R/R 6-3 195 9/9/86 NORTH CAROLINA STATE (DC)
12 361 WILLIAM ATWOOD LHP L/L 6-2 190 1/13/87 SOUTH CAROLINA (SC)
13 391 BLAKE STOUFFER 2B S/R 6-0 195 10/11/85 TEXAS A&M (TX)
14 421 HAROLD COLEMAN RHP R/R 6-3 190 4/4/86 LOUISIANA STATE (MS)
15 451 JOHNATHAN RAMIREZ CF L/L 5-10 185 9/29/89 CANYON HS (TX)
16 481 TYLER MOORE 1B R/R 6-2 210 1/30/87 MISSISSIPP STATE (MS)
17 511 JOSE LOZADA SS S/R 6-0 180 12/29/85 BETHUNE-COOKMAN (PR)
18 541 BOBBY HANSEN LHP L/L 6-5 220 12/17/89 LEWIS-PALMER HS (CO)
19 571 STEPHEN LOMBARDOZZI SS S/R 6-0 170 9/20/88 ST. PETERSBURG JC (MD)
20 601 NICHOLAS AKINS LF R/R 6-1 205 12/25/87 RIVERSIDE CC (CA)
21 631 MICHAEL GUERRERO RF R/R 6-0 190 10/16/86 MISSISSIPPI (MS)
22 661 CHRIS CURRAN 2B L/R 5-9 170 12/21/87 MIAMI DADE CC (MA)
23 691 DERRICK PHILLIPS OF R/R 6-3 220 9/21/90 WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (MO)
24 721 CHRISTOPHER KELLEY RHP R/R 6-1 200 8/8/85 RICE (TX)
25 751 JOSEPH GARRETT LHP L/L 6-0 190 3/26/87 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (FL)
26 781 CORY MAZZONI RHP R/R 6-1 170 10/19/89 SENECA VALLEY HS (PA)
27 811 CHRIS SOLIS C R/R 6-2 215 1/22/86 INCARNATE WORD (TX)
28 841 NICHOLAS ARATA SS R/R 5-10 175 10/13/86 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (FL)
29 871 CHRISTOPHER HESTON RHP R/R 6-4 185 4/10/88 SEMINOLE CC (FL)
30 901 CASEY WHITMER RHP R/R 6-2 200 3/19/87 TEXAS (TX)
31 931 BRYAN HARPER LHP L/L 6-4 180 12/29/89 LAS VEGAS HS (MD)
32 961 RONALD SILVERSTEIN LHP L/L 6-5 205 5/27/90 ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE HS (MD)
33 991 WILLIAMS CATHER OF L/R 6-1 180 10/4/86 MAINE ORONO (MA)
34 1021 BRIAN PRUITT OF R/R 6-1 175 12/8/86 STETSON (FL)
35 1051 CLAYTON DILL LHP R/L 5-11 190 1/3/86 MISSOURI BAPTIST (AR)
36 1081 JOHN LAMBERT LHP L/L 6-7 210 10/11/87 SANTA FE CC (IN)
37 1111 CASEY SELSOR LHP L/L 6-2 175 2/23/90 RONALD REGAN HS (TX)
38 1141 RONNIE LABRIE 3B R/R 6-3 205 10/22/86 LYNCHBURG COLLEGE (VA)
39 1171 JAMES KEITHLEY SS R/R 6-1 185 2/18/87 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (TX)
40 1201 AVERY BARNES OF L/R 5-10 165 9/17/86 FLORIDA (FL)
41 1231 MIKE RAYL LHP L/L 6-3 180 11/1/88 PALM BEACH CC (FL)
42 1261 NAOYA WASHIYA OF L/R 5-11 175 10/3/88 COLLEGE OF THE DESERT (CA)
43 1291 ANTHONY MEO RHP R/R 6-2 190 2/19/90 CRANSTON HS WEST (RI)
44 1321 JUAN PADRON 1B R/R 6-1 220 2/14/86 RICE (TX)
45 1350 COLIN ROONEY SS R/R 5-11 175 4/12/88 SADDLEBACK CC (CA)
46 1378 ROBERT BRANTLY C L/R 6-2 190 7/14/89 CHAPARRAL HS (CA)
47 1405 ANTHONY COLETTI LHP L/L 6-2 180 9/8/89 SOUTH BROWARD HS (FL)
48 1432 ALEX DICKERSON OF L/L 6-3 200 5/26/90 POWAY HS (CA)
49 1459 ROBERT ZIMMERMAN RF L/R 6-0 195 1/5/90 OSCEOLA SENIOR HS (FL)
50 1489 FERNANDO FRIAS RF R/R 6-2 185 9/15/89 GEORGE WASHINGTON HS (NY)
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