D-backs wrap up draft with 17 pitchers among 41 picks

D-backs wrap up draft with 17 pitchers among 41 picks

Published Jun. 15, 2017 1:29 p.m. ET

PHOENIX -- The Diamondbacks wrapped up the 2017 MLB Draft on Wednesday with 30 more selections, giving them 41 total picks for the three days.

The positional breakdown was: 17 pitchers (15 right-handed, two left-handed), 12 infielders, seven outfielders and five catchers. Thirty-one of the draftees were from college programs, and 10 were out of high school.

Their third-day selections included right-handed pitcher Boyd Vander Kooi of Skyline High School in Mesa in the 36th round. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Vander Kooi was the Gatorade Arizona Palyer of the Year after going 6-1 with a 1.49 ERA as a pitcher and hitting .512 with six home runs. He is an ASU commit.

Two other third-day picks have Arizona connections. Outfielder Ernie De La Trinidad (19th round) attended Mountain Pointe High School, the University of Arizona and Central Arizona College before transferring to UNLV. Left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal (29th round) is a native of Kingman who led Kingman Academy to two state titles before moving on to Seattle University.

Right-handed pitcher Cole Percival, taken in the 31st round out of Riverside Poly High School in California, is the son of former major league pitcher Troy Percival, now head coach at UC Riverside.

Shortstop Nathan Reynolds (39th round) is the nephew of former major league infielder Harold Reynolds and D-backs area scout Donnie Reynolds.

D-backs draft choices


1-(7) Pavin Smith, 1B, Virginia

2-(44) Drew Ellis, 3B, Louisville

CBB-(68) Daulton Varsho, C, Wisconsin-Milwaukee

3-(82) Matt Tabor, RHP, Milton Academy

4-(112) Harrison Francis, RHP, Lawton Chiles HS

5-(142) Buddy Kennedy, 3B, Millville, HS

6-(172) Brian Shaffer, RHP, 6-5, 200, Maryland

7-(202) Jose Caballero, SS, 5-11, 175, Chipola College

8-(232) Tim Susnara, C, Oregon

9-(262) Camden Duzenack, SS, Dallas Baptist

10-(292) Ryan Grotjohn, SS, Cal State Bakersfield

11-(322) Tra'Mayne Holmes, CF, Faulkner University

12-(352) Matt Brill, RHP, Appalachian State

13-(382) Riley Cabral, RHP, Chipola College

14-(412) Keshawn Lynch, 2B, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota

15-(442) Clayton Keyes, OF, Bishop Carroll HS

16-(472) Jeff Bain, RHP, Cal Poly Pomona

17-(502) Trent Autry, RHP, Florence-Darlington Tech

18-(532) Kevin Watson, OF, Beaverton HS

19-(562) Ernie De La Trinidad, OF, UNLV

20-(592) Dominic Miroglio, C, University of San Francisco

21-(622) Jacky Maynard, RHP, UNC Greensboro

22-(652) Cole Stapler, RHP, Nicholls State

23-(682) Matthew Peacock, RHP, South Alabama

24-(712) Jancarlos Cintron, 2B, Nova Southeastern University

25-(742) Cole Bartlett, RHP, Missouri

26-(772) Abraham Almonte, LHP, Philadelphia University

27-(802) Andrew Eyster, OF, Forest HS

28-(832) James Johnson, RHP, Lamar

29-(862) Tarik Skubal, LHP, Seattle University

30-(892) Ryan Dobson, IF, Fresno State

31-(922) Cole Percival, RHP, Riverside Poly HS

32-(952) William Gorman, OF, Rochester Institute of Technology

33-(982) Renae Martinez, C, Oklahoma

34-(1012) Dan Swain, OF, Siena

35-(1042) Zachary Almond, C, Catawba College

36-(1072) Boyd Vander Kooi, RHP, Skyline HS

37-(1102) David Vazquez, SS, Stoneman Douglas HS

38-(1132) Emerson Hancock, RHP, Cairo HS

39-(1162) Nathan Reynolds, SS, Louisiana Monroe

40-(1192) Terence Connelly, 3B, UNC Wilmington

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