Colorado Rockies agree to terms with 30 selections from 2015 Major League Draft
Club has agreed to terms with nine of its first 12 picks
DENVER - The Colorado Rockies announced Friday that the club has agreed to terms with 30 of their 42 selections from the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Per club policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Among the Rockies' top-10 drafted players who have agreed to terms are right-handers Javier Medina (third round) and Parker French (fifth round), left-hander Jack Wynkoop (sixth round), first baseman Brian Mundell (seventh round), right-hander Colin Welmon (eighth round) and outfielder Cole Anderson (10th round).
The club had already announced this week that it had agreed to terms with both first-round selections, shortstop Brendan Rodgers and right-handed pitcher Mike Nikorak. The Rockies also agreed to terms with third baseman Tyler Nevin, selected in Competitive Balance Round A.
The list of players who have agreed to terms with the Rockies is below:
Rd | Pick | Last | First | Pos. | B | T | HT | WT | School | Hometown | State |
1 | 3 | Rodgers | Brendan | SS | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | Lake Mary HS | Longwood | FL |
1 | 27 | Nikorak | Mike | RHS | R | R | 6'5" | 205 | Stroudsburg HS | Stroudsburg | PA |
CB-A | 38 | Nevin | Tyler | 3B | R | R | 6'4" | 200 | Poway HS | Poway | CA |
3 | 77 | Medina | Javier | RHS | R | R | 6'2" | 190 | Sahuaro HS | Tucson | AZ |
5 | 137 | French | Parker | RHS | L | R | 6'2" | 225 | Texas | Austin | TX |
6 | 167 | Wynkoop | Jack | LHR | L | L | 6'5" | 200 | South Carolina | Virginia Beach | VA |
7 | 197 | Mundell | Brian | 1B | R | R | 6'3" | 230 | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | Saugus | CA |
8 | 227 | Welmon | Colin | RHS | L | R | 6'3" | 190 | Loyola Marymount | Santa Ana | CA |
10 | 287 | Anderson | Cole | CF | R | R | 5'11" | 190 | Rocky Mountain HS | Wellington | CO |
11 | 317 | Zimmerman | Michael | LHS | L | L | 6'2" | 170 | Gulf Coast HS | Naples | FL |
12 | 347 | Lawrence | Justin | RHR | R | R | 6'4" | 220 | Daytona State College | Jacksonville | FL |
13 | 377 | Jones | Mylz | SS | R | R | 6'1" | 185 | Cal State Bakersfield | Palmdale | CA |
14 | 407 | Thoele | Sam | RHR | R | R | 6'3" | 205 | Arkansas-Little Rock | Montrose | IL |
15 | 437 | Hilliard | Sam | OF | L | L | 6'5" | 225 | Wichita State | Mansfield | TX |
16 | 467 | McCormick | Ryan | RHS | L | R | 6'2" | 205 | St. Johns | Massapequa | NY |
17 | 497 | Ferguson | Collin | 1B | L | L | 6'2" | 216 | Saint Mary's College | Santa Cruz | CA |
18 | 527 | Keck | Chris | 3B | L | R | 6'2" | 190 | UCLA | Pleasanton | CA |
19 | 557 | Koger | Daniel | LHS | R | L | 6'6" | 185 | Alabama-Huntsville | Owen Crossroads | AL |
20 | 587 | Stahel | Bobby | OF | R | R | 5'9" | 200 | USC | Palos Verdes | CA |
21 | 617 | Cozart | Logan | RHR | R | R | 6'2" | 215 | Ohio | New Philadelphia | OH |
22 | 647 | Toole | Eric | CF | L | R | 6'0" | 180 | Iowa | Council Bluffs | IA |
23 | 677 | Leonard | Steven | C | R | R | 5'10" | 185 | Campbell | Monument | CO |
24 | 707 | McMahon | James | RHS | R | R | 6'1" | 210 | Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg | MS |
25 | 737 | Burcham | Scott | SS | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | Sacramento State | La Quinta | CA |
26 | 767 | Johnson | Drasen | RHS | R | R | 6'3" | 200 | Illinois | Chillicothe | IL |
27 | 797 | Wear | Stephen | C | R | R | 6'3" | 205 | UC Santa Barbara | San Diego | CA |
28 | 827 | Follis | Tyler | SS | L | R | 6'2" | 200 | North Dakota | Bemidji | MN |
29 | 857 | Jones | William | RHR | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | Valdosta State | Valdosta | GA |
30 | 887 | Meier | Matt | RHR | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | Lindenwood | St. Charles | MO |
32 | 947 | Park | Jensen | CF | R | R | 5'10" | 168 | Northern Colorado | Kaneohe | HI |