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June 2012 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche
15th June 2012 (Off day)
First-Year Player Draft - Doubletree Fallsview Restort & Spa, Niagara Falls, Canada
(Stuff/Movement/Control OR Contact/Power/Eye Potential according to our scout)
1st Round - 3B Rob Heller (56/57/41) 23 years; Arlington, Texas
3rd Round - C Veríssimo Benrs (47/42/35) 17 years; Guatire, Venezuela
4th Round - SP Wynn Davis (43/96/55) 17 years; San Diego, California
5th Round - 3B Guillermo Mota (53/68/62) 19 years; San Miguelito, Panama
6th Round - 1B Gunner Brown (54/34/58) 18 years; Castroville, California
7th Round - MR Stu Nielsen (88/54/47) 17 years; Toronto, Ontario
8th Round - MR Luis Quinones (65/58/52) 21 years; St. Louis, Missouri
9th Round - 3B Ernesto Benuelos (46/59/52) 21 years; Boca del Río, Mexico
10th Round - 1B Cipriano Villareal (47/35/40) 21 years; Villa Bisonó, Dominican Republic
11th Round - CL Bill Mullally (55/55/45) 18 years; Brandon, Manitoba (a local hero is born?)
12th Round - 1B Júlio Reyes (56/44/50) 18 years; Austin, Texas
13th Round - 2B John Martin (47/19/45) 18 years; District Heights, Maryland
14th Round - SS Yue-rong Yang (47/16/42) 18 years; Qingdao, China
15th Round - 2B Jaime Moreno (39/9/41) 22 years; Omaha, Nebraska
16th Round - CL Chris Astall (51/44/45) 22 years; Livingston, New Jersey
17th Round - MR Ed Thornton (48/29/37) 18 years; Porterville, California
18th Round - SP Fernando Segura (42/37/39) 17 years; Mexico City, Mexico
19th Round - MR Ray Garrett (33/34/36) 17 years; Standish, Maine
20th Round - SS Rob Collins (41/2/24) 17 years; Troy, Michigan
21st Round - SS Perry Underwood (38/33/44) 20 years; Montpelier, Vermont
22nd Round - C Lorenzo López (44/47/34) 18 years; Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
23rd Round - LF José Miranda (42/23/18) 18 years; Ross Township, Pennsylvania
24th Round - RF Bill Berry (40/28/27) 21 years; Depew, New York
25th Round - C José Hernández (39/13/37) 21 years; Antofagasta, Chile
26th Round - LF Gary Heap (31/9/20) 18 years; Montreal, Quebec
27th Round - 1B Michizane Tomonaga (28/32/22) 17 years; Tokyo, Japan
28th Round - MR Fernando Martínez (51/48/36) 22 years; Bayamón, Puerto Rico
We got some decent infield prospects and with Davis a pitcher who "looks like a future no. 1 or no. 2 starter". This draft offered absolutely nothing in terms of outfielders.
Pitchers Martínez, Quinones and Astall look mature enough to help the woeful Iqaluit Moose. 1st round pick Heller, Villareal and Banuelos might also get a chance to see Lower A level baseball this year.
The Buffalo Blizzards still have the big leagues best minor league system (5 players in the top 100), after adding another monster catcher in the draft.
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