2017 Draftees in the College World Series
The College World Series begins this weekend, with two games on both Saturday and Sunday. The eight participating teams include Oregon State, Texas A&M, Cal State Fullerton, Louisville, Florida State, TCU, LSU and Florida. A total of 57 players from these schools were drafted by Major League teams this week, including four who went in the first round.
The table below includes vital information about the players drafted who will be competing in this year’s College World Series, including Eric Longenhagen’s top-100 rank and FV grades (click through for individual tool grades and scouting reports) and my KATOH projections.
| Player | Position | School | Round | Pick | Team | KATOH | Longenhagen Rank | Longenhagen FV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan McKay | LHP/1B | Louisville | 1 | 4 | TBR | 8.0 | 4 | 55 |
| Alex Faedo | RHP | Florida | 1 | 18 | DET | 1.5 | 13 | 45 |
| Alex Lange | RHP | LSU | 1 | 30 | CHC | 2.1 | 39 | 40 |
| Drew Rasmussen | RHP | Oregon St. | 1 | 31 | TBR | NA | 78 | 40 |
| Greg Deichmann | 3B/OF | LSU | 2 | 43 | OAK | 1.0 | ||
| Drew Ellis | 3B | Louisville | 2 | 44 | ARI | 1.8 | ||
| Corbin Martin | RHP | Texas A&M | 2 | 56 | HOU | 0.1 | 53 | 40 |
| Taylor Walls | SS | Florida State | 3 | 79 | TBR | 0.9 | ||
| Connor Seabold | RHP | CSU Fullerton | 3 | 83 | PHI | 2.2 | 100 | 40 |
| KJ Harrison | 1B/C | Oregon St. | 3 | 84 | MIL | 1.9 | ||
| Dylan Busby | 3B | Florida State | 3 | 88 | PIT | 0.6 | ||
| Scott Hurst | CF | CSU Fullerton | 3 | 94 | STL | 0.1 | ||
| Lincoln Henzman | RHP | Louisville | 4 | 117 | CHW | 0.2 | ||
| Kramer Robertson | SS | LSU | 4 | 124 | STL | 0.1 | ||
| Jake Thompson | RHP | Oregon St. | 4 | 131 | BOS | 0.4 | ||
| Cole Freeman | 2B | LSU | 4 | 133 | WAS | 0.2 | ||
| Austen Wade | CF | TCU | 5 | 162 | CLE | 0.2 | ||
| Brigham Hill | RHP | Texas A&M | 5 | 163 | WAS | 0.7 | 97 | 40 |
| Dalton Guthrie | SS | Florida | 6 | 173 | PHI | 0.6 | ||
| Devin Hairston | SS | Louisville | 6 | 174 | MIL | 0.1 | ||
| Kade McClure | RHP | Louisville | 6 | 177 | CHW | 1.2 | ||
| Mike Rivera | C | Florida | 6 | 192 | CLE | 0.3 | ||
| Mike Kolozavary | C | Florida | 7 | 197 | CIN | 0.3 | ||
| Evan Skoug | C | TCU | 7 | 207 | CHW | 0.0 | ||
| Brian Howard | RHP | TCU | 8 | 231 | OAK | 2.5 | ||
| John Gavin | LHP | CSU Fullerton | 8 | 246 | SFG | 1.2 | ||
| Jared Poche | LHP | LSU | 9 | 261 | OAK | 0.0 | ||
| Mike Papierski | C | LSU | 9 | 271 | HOU | 0.8 | ||
| Colby Fitch | C | Louisville | 13 | 383 | PHI | 0.5 | ||
| Cason Sherrod | RHP | Texas A&M | 13 | 390 | KCR | 0.2 | ||
| Logan Taylor | CF | Louisville | 16 | 477 | CHW | 0.0 | ||
| Chris Hudgins | C | CSU Fullerton | 16 | 480 | KCR | 0.1 | ||
| Hunter Kiel | RHP | LSU | 18 | 537 | CHW | NA | ||
| Dillon Persinger | 2B | CSU Fullerton | 18 | 552 | CLE | 0.0 | ||
| Nick Choruby | OF | Texas A&M | 18 | 553 | WAS | 0.0 | ||
| Mitchell Traver | RHP | TCU | 20 | 595 | LAA | 0.3 | ||
| Turner Larkins | RHP | Texas A&M | 21 | 639 | TOR | 0.0 | ||
| Timmy Richards | SS | CSU Fullerton | 24 | 733 | WSH | 0.0 | ||
| Doug Norman | RHP | LSU | 25 | 737 | CIN | NA | ||
| Riley Thompson | RHP | Louisville | 25 | 752 | NYY | NA | ||
| Quincy Nieporte | 1B | Florida State | 26 | 773 | PHI | 0.0 | ||
| David Lee | RHP | Florida | 27 | 808 | PIT | NA | ||
| Cam Warner | 2B | TCU | 28 | 845 | DET | 0.0 | ||
| Cobi Johnson | RHP | Florida State | 29 | 865 | LAA | NA | ||
| Frank Rubio | RHP | Florida | 29 | 876 | SFG | 0.0 | ||
| Deacon Liput | 2B/SS | Florida | 29 | 880 | LAD | 1.4 | ||
| Elliott Barzilli | 3B | TCU | 32 | 959 | MIA | 0.2 | ||
| Drew Carlton | RHP | Florida State | 32 | 965 | DET | 0.0 | ||
| Kaylor Chafin | LHP | Texas A&M | 32 | 967 | NYM | 0.1 | ||
| Alec Byrd | LHP | Florida State | 33 | 986 | COL | 0.0 | ||
| Taylor Bryant | 2B | CSU Fullerton | 33 | 994 | STL | 0.0 | ||
| Andrew Karp | RHP | Florida State | 34 | 1035 | CHC | 0.1 | ||
| Tyler Holton | LHP | Florida State | 35 | 1049 | MIA | 1.6 | ||
| J.J. Schwarz | 1B/C | Florida | 38 | 1129 | TBR | 1.5 | ||
| Jim Voyles | RHP | Florida State | 38 | 1144 | STL | 0.0 | ||
| Mike Gretler | 3B | Oregon St. | 39 | 1168 | PIT | 0.9 | ||
| Max Engelbrekt | LHP | Oregon St. | 40 | 1213 | WSH | NA | ||
| Jared Janczak | RHP | TCU | Undrafted | 0.9 |
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