UConn and 2017 MLB Draft

[dbmill]

Excellent! Always good to see baseball Huskies selected. Montgomerie adds to the collection of Huskies to get selected in the first 10 rounds the mlb draft.

 

[huskymedic]

Edit add: Wills Montgomerie Taken Sixth Round by LA Dodgers

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 1h1 hour ago
Montgomerie links up with former #UConn teammate Eric Yavarone (@EYavy, '15) a strength/performance coach with the @Dodgers! #HookC

 

[huskymedic]

MLB Draft Tracker: Connecticut Born Players
MLB Draft Tracker: New York Born Players

 

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#486 Overall:

 

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[Baseballguy]

Congrats Johnny.

 

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Thinking Yahn and Russell have some hard thinking to do... how much can they improve their stock/path with another year.

Nice position to be in but still need solid advice. There are arguments/examples for both sides of the dilemma.

 

[Baseballguy]

Congrats Willy.

 

[Baseballguy]

Good job Doug.

 

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[dbmill]

Draft day is a big thing for UConn baseball. But today, with ex Pointers John Russell and Doug Domnarski getting drafted, it is a huge day for Avery Point baseball. A really nice capper to what Roger Bidwell has built at Avery Point.

 

[dbmill]

The Day loves to do stories on baseball players with connections to southeastern Connecticut high schools, Avery Point, and the Mystic Schooners. With Russell playing one semester of baseball at Avery Point, this story is a natural for The Day.

Lots of good stuff in this article. For instance, Russell did not start pitching until his senior year of high school in Glastonbury. It also includes Russell transferring from UConn after his first semester so he could play one season with Avery Point, and then transferring back to UConn to play in Storrs. Russell is very effusive on the coaching he has received along the way, especially from Roger Bidwell and pitching coach Jeff Clark at Avery Point. Also, Russell came to UConn as a walk on, and never received any scholarship money. That is not really a surprise, but it is a bit stunning considering how he just blossomed this season.

 

[huskymedic]

Thinking Yahn and Russell have some hard thinking to do... how much can they improve their stock/path with another year.

Nice position to be in but still need solid advice. There are arguments/examples for both sides of the dilemma.

Guess this answers one question:

 

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Guess this answers one question:

Nothing is official until he signs. I saw Lee Mazz telling LJ to say go spend the time with his teammates when they won the Big East tournament tourney and then he ended up coming back for his senior year. Having said that, whatever Yahn decides, I'll be rooting like hell for him to succeed.

 

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Brian Hennessy‏ @Brian_ClemsonAC 2h 2 hours ago
Most 2017 @MLB draft picks by conference:
ACC - 75
SEC - 75
P12 - 47
B12 - 43
B10 - 36
Power Five Conferences - 276
Others - 378

Aaron Fitt‏ @aaronfitt 8m8 minutes ago
Aaron Fitt Retweeted Randy McClain
Another useful way to look at the conference-by-conference breakdown of #mlbdraft picks.

Randy McClain‏ @RandyMcClain9 8m 8 minutes ago
Replying to @aaronfitt
Ranking conferences by MLB draftees:
ACC, SEC: 5.35 draftees per team
Big 12: 4.78 per
Pac 12: 4.27 per
American Athlet: 3.375
Big 10: 2.77

 

[dbmill]

Thinking Yahn and Russell have some hard thinking to do... how much can they improve their stock/path with another year.

Nice position to be in but still need solid advice. There are arguments/examples for both sides of the dilemma.

It will be interesting to see what John Russell does. While I doubt a 16th round draft choice is likely to get a lot of money, I do expect him to go pro. However, in The Day article he also talks about getting his Civil Engineering degree from UConn. We'll see what happens.

 

[huskymedic]

>>Russell was home with his parents when the Giants called. Once terms are agreed upon, he will report to their training complex in Arizona.<<

 

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Brian Hennessy‏ @Brian_ClemsonAC 2h 2 hours ago
Most 2017 @MLB draft picks by conference:
ACC - 75
SEC - 75
P12 - 47
B12 - 43
B10 - 36
Power Five Conferences - 276
Others - 378

Aaron Fitt‏ @aaronfitt 8m8 minutes ago
Aaron Fitt Retweeted Randy McClain
Another useful way to look at the conference-by-conference breakdown of #mlbdraft picks.

Randy McClain‏ @RandyMcClain9 8m 8 minutes ago
Replying to @aaronfitt
Ranking conferences by MLB draftees:
ACC, SEC: 5.35 draftees per team
Big 12: 4.78 per
Pac 12: 4.27 per
American Athlet: 3.375
Big 10: 2.77

 

[dbmill]

New London Day story on Doug Domnarski getting picked in the mlb draft, and the role that Roger Bidwell played.

MLB Draft day dreams come true for Domnarski and his former teammates

 

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UConnBlog

 

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UConnBlog

That was pretty quick.

By the way, Aberdeen is the Baltimore affiliate in the New York Penn League. If Yahn gets assigned there right away, Aberdeen plays at Norwich next week, June 21-23.

Each organization is different. It always seems that every year Detroit (the Norwich parent club) doesn't get around to assigning the bulk of recent college draftees to Norwich until a few weeks into the season.

 

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Quick article on page 13/14 of NEBJ about Will M.

New England Baseball Journal - July 2017 - 28