A’s Select Eight Players on Day 2 of 2024 First-Year Player Draft
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s selected eight players on day two of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, the club announced today. The selections include shortstop Josh Kuroda-Grauer (3rd round, Rutgers), outfielder Rodney Green (4th round, UC Berkeley), right-handed pitcher Sam Stuhr (5th round, University of Portland), right-handed pitcher Josiah Romeo (6th round, Mayfield Secondary School), catcher Dylan Fien (7th round, Great Oak High School), infielder Davis Diaz (8th round, Vanderbilt), third baseman Jared Sprague-Lott (9th round, Arkansas), and outfielder Cameron Leary (10th round, Boston College).
Kuroda-Grauer, 21, was named the 2024 Big Ten Player of the Year after hitting .428 with 19 doubles, 45 RBI, 24 stolen bases, and 54 runs scored in 53 games for the Scarlet Knights. Across three collegiate seasons, he hit .343 with 42 doubles, 16 home runs, 70 walks, 77 strikeouts, and a .920 OPS in 162 games.
Green, 21, hit .267 with 14 doubles, 14 home runs, 15 stolen bases, and 56 runs scored in 55 games this season for the Golden Bears. The Richmond, Calif., native earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors and was named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
Stuhr, 21, went 3-2 with a 4.61 ERA across 16 starts with 100 strikeouts and 45 walks in 80.0 innings pitched for University of Portland. The 6’1” right-hander struck out a career-high 13 batters to go along with 7.0 scoreless innings on April 7 against the University of the Pacific.
Romeo, 18, is currently committed to Florida State University. He posted a 2.51 ERA with 16 strikeouts, 12 hits allowed, four earned runs, and just one walk across four appearances (three starts) for the Trenton Thunder of the MLB Draft League. Romeo was a member of the Baseball Canada Junior National Team.
Fien, 18, hit .433 with 15 doubles, two triples, two home runs, and 21 runs scored in 27 games for Great Oak High School in Temecula, Calif. He is ranked the No. 2 catcher in California by Perfect Game and is currently committed to UCLA.
Diaz, 21, hit .248 with 10 doubles, seven home runs, 39 RBI, and 30 walks in 61 games played for the Commodores this season. The Acalanes High School graduate finished his collegiate career with 158 hits, 140 runs scored, 116 RBI, and 105 walks across 182 games played for Vanderbilt.
Sprague-Lott, 22, earned SEC All-Defensive Team honors in his senior season. Offensively, he hit .290 with a .425 on-base percentage, seven doubles, nine home runs, 36 walks, and 37 strikeouts this season for the Razorbacks. He spent the first three years of his collegiate career at Richmond before transferring to Arkansas.
Leary, 22, hit .272 with a .441 on-base percentage, 15 home runs, 48 RBI, and 23 stolen bases this season fr Boston College. Across four seasons for the Eagles, Leary tallied 27 doubles, 43 home runs, 129 RBI, and a .913 OPS in 181 games played.
The A’s have selected 11 players over the first two days of the Draft, including nine college players and two high schoolers. The breakdown includes four infielders, three pitchers, two outfielders, and two catchers. The final day of the draft begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. with rounds 11 through 20.