Cardinals Sign 33 from June Draft

The St. Louis Cardinals officially announced the signing of 33 of the 52 players selected in last week’s draft, including four from the top ten rounds.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced Tuesday they have signed 33 players from the 2010 June First-Year Player Draft. All those signed will be reporting to either the Gulf Coast League, Batavia (low-A) or Johnson City (R).

Highlighting the list is 3rd round selection, Sam Tuivailala from Aragon High School (Calif.). The shortstop was the Peninsula Athletic League Player of the Year, leading his team to a 26-6 record with his .429 average. In pitching duties this year for his high school team, he was 3-0 with two saves and an 0.84 ERA.

“We have successfully filled out our rosters for all three short season teams with players from the 2010 draft,” said Jeff Luhnow, Vice President of Scouting and Player Development. “Competition begins next Friday as Batavia opens up their season, with the GCL Cardinals and Johnson City following on the 21st and 22nd of June, respectively. All of us are excited to see the new Cardinals players in action.”

Cody Stanley (4th round), Nicholas Longmire (5th round) and Greg Garcia (7th round) have also signed with St. Louis. Stanley is a catcher from North Carolina-Wilmington who led the conference with 22 runners caught stealing and was named a First-Team All Colonial player. Longmire was an All-Conference outfielder for the University of the Pacific and was the top hitter in the Big West conference. Garcia, a shortstop from the University of Hawaii, led his team with a .358 average and earned First Team All-WAC honors in 2010. Andrew Benes, son of former Cardinals pitcher Andy Benes, inked with the club as well.

The team also announced that they have signed Ricky Martinez, an undrafted right-handed pitcher out of Nova Southeastern. Martinez is the son of Dennis Martinez, current pitching coach for the Springfield Cardinals.

Signed First-Year Draft Players, Cardinals 2010

Rd	Player	# Ov	Pos. B-T Ht. Wt	School
3	Samuel Tuivailala	106	SS R-R 6-3 195	Aragon (CA) HS
4	Cody Stanley	139	C L-R 5-10 190	North Carolina-Wilmington
5	Nicholas Longmire	169	OF R-R 6-2 210	University of the Pacific
7	Greg Garcia	229	SS L-R 6-0 175	University of Hawaii
11	Benjamin Freeman	349	LHP L-L 6-2 150	Lake Gibson (FL HS)
13	Colin Walsh	409	2B S-R 6-1 202	Stanford University
14	Cesar Aguilar	439	RHP R-R 6-3 250	AB Miller (CA) HS
15	Geoffrey Klein	469	C S-R 6-7 200	Santa Clara University
16	Anthony Bryant	499	OF L-F 6-3 215	Connally (TX) HS
18	Boone Whiting	559	RHP R-R 6-1 175	Centenary College
20	Trevor Martin	619	SS R-R 6-0 190	West Seattle (WA) HS
21	Joshua Lucas	649	RHP R-R 6-6 185	State Coll. of Fla.-Manatee
22	Steven Ramos	679	OF R-R 6-0 160	Ohlone College
24	Patrick Biserta	739	OF L-R 6-0 185	Rutgers Univ.
25	Richard Mendoza	769	RHP S-R 6-1 170	Isabel Flores (PR) HS
26	Victor Sanchez	799	1B R-R 6-2 200	University of San Diego
27	Aiden Lucas	829	RHP R-R 6-2 225	Denison University
29	Chris Patterson	889	RHP R-R 6-0 200	Appalachian State Univ.
31	Mike O’Neill	949	LF L-L 5-9 170	Univ. of Southern California
32	Ryan Copeland	979	LHP R-L 5-11 185	Illinois State University
33	Joseph Bergman	1009	2B L-R 5-10 190	College of Charleston
34	Matt Valaika	1039	2B R-R 5-10 180	Univ. of Cal.-Santa Barbara
35	Andrew Benes	1069	RHP R-R 6-2 190	Arkansas State
36	Dean Kiekhefer	1099	LHP L-L 6-0 175	University of Louisville
37	Patrick Elkins	1129	SS L-R 5-11 175	Belmont University
38	Jeff Nadeau	1159	LHP L-L 6-2 185	LA St. Univ.-Shreveport
39	Ian Parry	1189	RHP R-R 5-11 178	Furman University
40	Phillip Cerreto	1219	3B R-R 6-1 195	Longwood University
42	Larry Brand	1279	RHP R-R 6-2 225	Bradley Central (TN) HS
43	Chris Edmonson	1309	LF L-R 6-0 200	Le Moyne College
44	Adam Melker	1339	LF L-L 5-11 180	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
49	Robert Revesz	1489	LHP L-L 6-4 200	University of Louisville
50	Andrew Moye	1519	RHP R-R 6-5 180	Georgia Southern Univ.