Cardinals Sign 27 Players from June Draft

The St. Louis Cardinals announced Monday they have signed 27 players from the 2011 June First-Year Player Draft, led by seventh-rounder, outfielder Nick Martini from Kansas State.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced Monday they have signed 27 players from the 2011 June First-Year Player Draft. All those signed will be reporting to either Batavia (low-A), Johnson City (R) or Jupiter, Fla., to play in the Gulf Coast League.

The top draftee signed is 7th-round selection Nick Martini out of Kansas State. Additionally, 11 of the next 13 picks following Martini have all agreed to contract terms (7-13 and 15-16, 18-19 rounds). McCluer High School alum, outfielder Lance Jeffries, selected in the 10th round by St. Louis, is one of those included in the early list of signed draft picks.

“It is always a great feeling to see these players that we wanted in our system to sign and begin their professional careers,” said Jeff Luhnow, Vice President of Scouting and Player Development. “Competition begins this Friday (June 17) at Batavia, and next Tuesday (June 21) at Johnson City & GCL Cardinals, so all of us - management, staff, scouts and players – are excited to see the new talent in action.”

Rd	Player	Ov.	Pos. B-T Ht. Wt.	Team
7	Nick Martini	230	CF L-L 5-11 193	Batavia
8	Danny Miranda	260	LHP L-L 6-0 190	Batavia
9	Tyler Mills	290	RHP R-R 6-3 205	Johnson City
10	Lance Jeffries	320	CF R-R 5-9 185	Gulf Coast
11	Seth Maness	350	RHP R-R 6-0 180	Batavia
12	Danny Stienstra	380	1B R-R 6-2 205	Batavia
13	Kolby Byrd	410	C L-R 6-1 215	Johnson City
15	Matt Williams	470	SS R-R 5-10 170	Johnson City
16	Travis Miller	500	RHP R-R 6-0 200	Batavia
18	Kyle Hald	560	LHP L-L 5-11 195	Johnson City
19	Nick Gillung	590	LHP R-L 6-1 180	Johnson City
23	Kyle Deese	710	RHP R-R 6-2 205	Johnson City
24	Jonathan Cornelius	740	LHP L-L 6-0 200	Batavia
25	Todd McInnis	770	RHP R-R 6-1 140	Batavia
27	Gary Apelian	830	OF R-R 6-4 205	Johnson City
28	Ryan Sherriff	860	LHP L-L 6-1 185	Johnson City
30	David Bergin	920	RHP R-R 6-2 235	Johnson City
32	Jonathan Keener	980	C R-R 6-0 195	Johnson City
33	Heath Wyatt	1010	RHP R-R 6-2 190	Johnson City
35	Drew Madrigal	1070	RHP R-R 6-2 200	Batavia
36	Casey Rasmus	1100	C L-R 5-10 175	Batavia
37	Brad Watson	1130	RHP R-R 6-4 185	Johnson City
38	Jeremy Patton	1160	3B R-R 5-11 195	Batavia
39	Tyler Melling	1190	LHP R-L 6-2 170	Gulf Coast
41	Michael Knox	1250	1B R-R 6-4 230	Johnson City
44	Brandon Creath	1340	RHP R-R 6-3 200	Gulf Coast
49	Corey Baker	1490	RHP R-R 6-1 170	Batavia

To learn more about these players, check out our earlier 2011 draft-related articles

Day one: Cardinals Draft Kolten Wong in First Round

Day two: IL HS OF Tilson Opens Cardinals Draft Day Two

Day two reaction: Jeff Luhnow on Cardinals Draft Day Two

Day three: Cardinals 2011 Draft Day Three Complete



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