Arizona Diamondbacks Draft Picks

Arizona Diamondbacks

Players signed indicated in Bold

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School	State
1	3	Trevor Bauer	RHP	UCLA	Calif.
1	7	Archie Bradley	RHP	Broken Arrow (Okla.) HS	Okla.
1s	43	Andrew Chafin	LHP	Kent State	Ohio
2	63	Anthony Meo	RHP	Coastal Carolina	S.C.
3	93	Justin Bianco	OF	Peters Township HS, McMurray, Pa.	Pa.
4	124	Evan Marshall	RHP	Kansas State	Kan.
5	154	Michael Perez	C	Colegio Vocacional Para Adultos, San Juan, P.R.
6	184	Matt Price	RHP	South Carolina	S.C.
7	214	Ben Roberts	OF	Sentinel HS, Missoula, Mont.	Mont.
8	244	Jesse Darrah	RHP	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	Calif.
9	274	John Leonard	SS	Connellsville (Pa.) Area HS	Pa.
10	304	Kyle Winkler	RHP	Texas Christian	Texas
11	334	William Locante	LHP	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Tenn.
12	364	Josh Parr	SS	Illinois	Ill.
13	394	John Pedrotty	LHP	Holy Cross	Mass.
14	424	Cody Geyer	RHP	Walters State (Tenn.) JC	Tenn.
15	454	Steve Rodriguez	C	UCLA	Calif.
16	484	Michael Blake	LHP	Hawaii	Hawaii
17	514	Adam Choplick	LHP	Ryan HS, Denton, Texas	Texas
18	544	Taylor Siemens	LHP	California Baptist	Calif.
19	574	Danny Pulfer	2B	Oregon	Ore.
20	604	Tommy Williams	SS	Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) HS	Fla.
21	634	John Griffin	1B	Central Florida	Fla.
22	664	Garrett Weber	SS	Fresno State	Calif.
23	694	Ryan Court	3B	Illinois State	Ill.
24	724	Matt Ogden	RHP	Smoky Hill HS, Aurora, Colo.	Colo.
25	754	Brett Williams	OF	North Carolina State	N.C.
26	784	Austin Platt	RHP	Bradenton, Fla. (No school)	Fla.
27	814	Wyatt Strahan	RHP	Villa Park (Calif.) HS	Calif.
28	844	Matt Sample	RHP	Rogers State (Okla.)	Okla.
29	874	Carter Bell	3B	Oregon State	Ore.
30	904	Dexter Price	RHP	South Carolina-Beaufort	S.C.
31	934	Matt Jensen	2B	Cal Poly	Calif.
32	964	Alex Vetter	RHP	Feather River (Calif.) JC	Calif.
33	994	Anthony Banda	LHP	Sinton (Texas) HS	Texas
34	1024	Zach Jones	C	Stanford	Calif.
35	1054	Ross Gerdeman	RHP	Bowling Green State	Ohio
36	1084	Brian Henry	C	Keystone (Pa.)	Pa.
37	1114	Elroy Urbina	LHP	Incarnate Word (Texas)	Texas
38	1144	Freeman Jenkins	OF	San Jose State	Calif.
39	1174	Chris Ellison	OF	Oklahoma	Okla.
40	1204	Seth Simmons	RHP	East Carolina	N.C.
41	1234	Michael Cederoth	RHP	Steele Canyon HS, Spring Valley, Calif.	Calif.
42	1264	Tyler Bream	3B	Liberty	Va.
43	1294	Alex Capaul	RHP	Hawaii	Hawaii
44	1324	Derek Luciano	3B	Central Florida	Fla.
45	1354	James Lane	OF	Coral Shores HS, Tavernier, Fla.	Fla.
46	1384	Joe Loftus	OF	Vanderbilt	Tenn.
47	1414	Tucker Ward	RHP	UMS-Wright Prep, Mobile, Ala.	Ala.
48	1444	Raymond Hernandez	RHP	Cal State Fullerton	Calif.
49	1474	Jake Williams	1B	South Mountain (Ariz.) CC	Ariz.
50	1504	David Masters	SS	Timberland HS, Wentzville, Mo.	Mo.

Jay Bell Back in Baseball With Team USA

10/06/2010 1:18 AM ET By Jim Henry

FANHOUSE

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Jay Bell has returned to baseball after a four-year hiatus and couldn’t be happier.

Bell, a former first-round selection of the Cleveland Indians in 1984 and once the highest paid middle infielder in the game, is an assistant coach for Team USA.

Bell, 44, retired as bench coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks after the 2006 season to spend more time with his family. While his family remains a priority, Bell couldn’t refuse the offer to join Team USA, which is participating here in the Pan Am Qualifying Tournament.

In fact, Bell shortened a family trip to Ireland to report to Cary, N.C., late last month for a series of practices and exhibitions in preparation for the 12-team, two-week tournament.

“I jumped at the opportunity and actually left my wife in Ireland with friends,” Bell told FanHouse. “I can’t begin to tell you much fun this has been. I am so impressed with the entire organization.”

Team USA, currently second in the International Baseball Federation world rankings, is 4-0 in pool play following Tuesday’s 8-3 victory over the Dominican Republic and former Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon.

Colon, now 37, surrendered six runs on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Colon was a two-time All-Star, winning 153 games over a 13-year career that saw him pitch for five teams.

“I jumped at the opportunity and actually left my wife in Ireland with friends. I can’t begin to tell you much fun this has been. I am so impressed with the entire organization.”
–Jay Bell Bell is enjoying his initial experience with Team USA. The team features 24 minor league players not currently on their organizations’ 40-man rosters.

The top eight teams will qualify for next October’s Pan Am Games, to be held in Mexico. The top six also will qualify for the 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup, tentatively scheduled for next fall as well.

“I still believe we are the elite (program) but there are country’s out there that really put an emphasis on successful baseball as well,” Bell said.

“Look at Cuba and what it has done, look at the Dominican and what it has done and, shoot, even Colombia, it was a competitive baseball team. Do I think it (international baseball) is successful? Yes I do.

“If you look at the number of players in the major leagues right now, there’s a lot of different players from a lot of different nationalities; it’s awfully fun to watch.”

Bell, who was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues in 1986 with the Cleveland Indians — he hit the first pitch he saw for a home run off Bert Blyleven — currently resides in Phoenix, Ariz. However, he has family both in Tampa and Pensacola, Fla., and remains in contact with friends and former teammates, including Travis Fryman.

Fryman, a first-round selection of the Detroit Tigers in 1987, was Bell’s backup at shortstop at Tate High School in Pensacola.

Bell played 18 seasons for five different teams in the majors. He won a World Series title in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 to beat the New York Yankees.

More recently, Bell has served as a member of the advisory board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping former major league, minor league, and negro league players through financial and medical difficulties.

Bell is grateful to be back in baseball for the time being.

“It has been fun being around these guys,” said Bell, Team USA’s first base coach.

They are talented and working hard. You know, I feel 25 and there are days I want to get back out there, then I look in the mirror and see the face (of a 44-year-old).”