Detroit Tigers select eighteen players on first day
June 6, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release
DETROIT --- The Detroit Tigers today announced the selection of 18 players during the first day of the 2006 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft will continue on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
The list of the players selected today follows:
Rd Player Position Ht. Wt. B/T Age School Hometown 1 Andrew Miller LHP 6-6 210 L/L 21 U. of North Carolina Gainesville, FL 2 Ronnie Bourquin 3B 6-3 210 L/R 21 Ohio State U. Canton, OH 3 Brennan Boesch CF 6-6 210 L/L 21 UC-Berkeley Santa Monica, CA 4 Ryan Strieby 1B 6-5 235 R/R 20 U. of Kentucky Seattle, WA 5 Scott Sizemore SS 6-0 185 R/R 21 Virginia Commonwealth Chesepeake, VA 6 Jordan Newton C 5-10 195 R/R 20 Western Kentucky U. Elizabethtown, KY 7 Jonah Nickerson RHP 6-1 200 R/R 21 Oregon State U. Casper, WY 8 Chris Cody LHP 6-1 195 L/L 22 Manhattan College Brewster, NY 9 Zach Piccola LHP 6-4 240 R/L 21 U. of South Alabama Nashua, NH 10 Lauren Gagnier RHP 6-2 215 R/R 22 Cal St. Fullerton Santa Cruz, CA 11 Russell Parrott 2B 6-1 195 R/R 18 Desert Mountain HS West Bloomfield, MI 12 Joseph Bowen C 6-1 190 S/R 18 Vanguard HS Ocala, FL 13 Angel Castro RHP 5-11 200 R/R 23 Western Oklahoma St. Dominican Republic 14 Brett Jensen RHP 6-7 190 R/R 22 U. of Nebraska Eagle Grove, IA 15 Franco Valdes C 5-10 200 S/R 17 Monsignor Edward Pace HS Miami, FL 16 Jeffrey Gerbe RHP 6-3 200 R/R 21 Michigan State U. Detroit, MI 17 Ben Petralli C 6-2 175 S/R 20 Sacramento CC Weatherford, TX 18 Deik Scram CF 6-0 170 L/R 20 Oklahoma State U. Arkansas City, KS
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