The St. Louis Cardinals announced today the signing of seven additional players from the 2017 First-Year Player draft, a day following an announcement that they had agreed to terms on minor league contracts with 13 picks. Five pitchers, two catchers and an infielder are among those announced today having signed.
Fifth round selection INF Zach Kirtley becomes the highest 2017 draft pick signed by St. Louis. Other draft selections joining Kirtley in today’s signing round include LHP Jacob Patterson (13th Round), RHP Kevin Hamann (22nd Round), RHP Kodi Whitley (27th Round), RHP Cameron “CJ” Saylor (28th Round), C Cameron Knight (32nd Round) and RHP Christopher Hunt (39th Round).
The team also announced they have agreed to terms with non-drafted, free-agent catcher Joe Gomez, a senior out of the University of Miami (Fla.).
A complete list of all 2017 St. Louis draft picks and the 21 players signed can be found below. The Cardinals have until July 7 at 4:00 p.m. CT, to sign players from the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
2017 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT – RECAP (BOLD = Signed)
Rd., Player (overall pick) Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. School Hometown
- Scott Hurst (94) CF L-R 5-10 175 Cal State University, Fullerton Glendora, Calif.
- Kramer Robertson (124) SS R-R 5-10 166 Louisiana State University McGregor, Texas
- Zach Kirtley (154) 2B R-R 6-1 190 St. Mary’s (Calif.) College Highland, Calif.
- Zach Jackson (184) C L-R 6-3 215 Winter Haven (Fla.) HS Haines City, Fla.
- Chase Pinder (214) CF R-R 6-1 190 Clemson University Poquoson, Va.
- Wilberto Rivera (244) RHP R-R 6-3 207 Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy Naranjito, Puerto Rico
- Evan Kruczynski (274) LHP L-L 6-5 215 East Carolina University Franklin, Wis.
- Brett Seeburger (304) LHP L-L 6-2 225 San Diego State University Oceanside, Calif.
- Evan Mendoza (334) 3B R-R 6-2 200 North Carolina State University Sarasota, Fla.
- Andrew Summerville (364) LHP L-L 6-3 195 Stanford University Seattle, Wash.
- Jacob Patterson (394) LHP R-L 6-2 190 Texas Tech University Garland, Texas
- Donivan Williams (424) 3B R-R 6-0 190 Harold L. Richards HS Oak Lawn, Ill.
- Terriez “Terry” Fuller (454) LF L-R 6-4 240 Griffin HS Griffin, Ga.
- Jake Walsh (484) RHP R-R 6-1 192 Florida Southern College Indialantic, Fla.
- Will Latcham (514) RHP R-R 6-2 200 Coastal Carolina University Briarcliffe, Pa.
- Shane McCarthy (544) RHP R-R 6-2 190 Seton Hall University Fair Haven, N.J.
- Irving Lopez (574) 2B S-R 5-10 170 Florida International Univ. Yuma, Ariz.
- Brandon Benson (604) OF R-R 6-1 195 Georgia College & State Univ. Loganville, Ga.
- Jake Dahlberg (634) LHP L-L 6-0 205 University of Illinois-Chicago Vancouver, Wash.
- Kevin Hamann (664) RHP R-R 6-3 180 Lewis & Clark State (Idaho) College Bend, Ore.
- Evan Guillory (694) RHP R-R 6-3 205 University of Louisiana-Lafayette Jennings, La.
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Rd., Player (overall pick) Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. School Hometown
- Thomas St. Clair (724) RHP R-R 6-1 186 Lenoir-Rhyne University Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Patrick Dayton (754) LHP L-L 6-0 170 Kent State University La Jolla, Calif.
- Paul Balestrieri (784) RHP R-R 6-0 210 Cornell University West Windsor, N.J.
- Kodi Whitley (814) RHP R-R 6-3 215 University of Mount Olive (N.C.) Clayton, N.C.
- Cameron “C.J.” Saylor (844) RHP R-R 5-10 185 San Diego State University West Covina, Calif.
- Wood (John) Myers (874) 2B L-R 5-8 180 Coastal Carolina University Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Alex Fagalde (904) RHP R-R 6-3 225 University of California-Riverside El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- Saul Garza (934) C R-R 6-3 220 Edinburg North HS Edinburg, Texas
- Cameron Knight (964) C R-R 6-0 205 Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock Moore, Okla.
- Taylor Bryant (994) 2B R-R 5-11 200 Cal State University, Fullerton La Quinta, Calif.
- Cory Malcom (1,024) RHP R-R 6-0 190 University of Arkansas-Little Rock Elkhart, Ind.
- Alex Gallegos (1,054) RHP R-R 6-3 175 Torrance HS Torrance, Calif.
- Michael Brdar (1,084) SS R-R 5-10 180 University of Michigan Pleasanton, Calif.
- Adam Kerner (1,114) C R-R 5-11 175 Oaks Christian HS Agoura Hills, Calif.
- Jim Voyles (1,144) RHP R-R 6-7 205 Florida State University Atlanta, Ga.
- Chris Hunt (1,174) RHP R-R 6-3 210 Henderson State (Ark.) Univ. Greenwood, Ark.
- Austin Pollock (1,204) LHP L-L 6-3 183 Lincoln HS Tallahassee, Fla.
2017 NON-DRAFTED FREE AGENTS
Player Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. School Hometown
Joe Gomez C S-R 6-0 190 University of Miami (Fla.) Wellington, Fla.
