Cubs sign 24 players from first-year player draft |
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today announced they have signed a total of 24 players selected in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft in advance of today’s signing deadline.
Since the last update, the Cubs signed three players: RHP Michael Rucker (11th round), infielder Delvin Zinn (23rd round) and RHP Nathan Sweeney (33rd round). Here is a look at Chicago’s selections from the 2016 Draft, with the players that signed with the Cubs in bold: Rd. (Pick No.) Player Pos. School Birthday B T Ht. Wt. 3 (104) Thomas Hatch RHP Oklahoma State University 9/29/94 R R 6-1 200 4 (134) Tyson Miller RHP California Baptist University 7/29/95 R R 6-4 195 5 (164) Bailey Clark RHP Duke University (N.C.) 12/3/94 R R 6-4 220 6 (194) Chad Hockin RHP Cal State Fullerton 10/7/94 R R 6-2 210 7 (224) Michael Cruz C Bethune-Cookman University (Fla.) 1/13/96 L R 5-11 210 8 (254) Stephen Ridings RHP Haverford College (Pa.) 8/14/95 R R 6-8 220 9 (284) Duncan Robinson RHP Dartmouth College (N.H.) 12/5/93 R R 6-6 220 10 (314) Dakota Mekkes RHP Michigan State University 11/6/94 R R 6-7 250 11 (344) Michael Rucker RHP Brigham Young University (Utah) 4/27/94 R R 6-1 185 12 (374) Trey Cobb RHP Oklahoma State University 6/24/94 R R 6-1 190 13 (404) Wyatt Short LHP University of Mississippi 10/14/94 L L 5-8 180 14 (434) Parker Dunshee RHP Wake Forest University (N.C.) 2/12/95 R R 6-1 205 15 (464) Jed Carter RHP Auburn University-Mont. (Ala.) 1/26/95 R R 6-0 190 16 (494) Holden Cammack RHP Oral Roberts University (Okla.) 6/14/93 R R 6-0 195 17 (524) Zack Short SS Sacred Heart University (Conn.) 5/29/95 R R 5-10 175 18 (554) Marc Huberman LHP University of Southern California 1/10/94 L L 6-2 190 19 (584) Matt Swarmer RHP Kutztown University (Pa.) 9/25/93 R R 6-5 175 20 (614) Colton Freeman LHP University of Alabama 12/18/93 L L 6-1 210 21 (644) Sam Tidaback C University of North Georgia 10/6/93 R R 6-0 210 22 (674) Dante Biasi LHP Hazleton Area HS (Pa.) 12/4/97 L L 6-0 185 23 (704) Delvin Zinn SS Itawamba JC (Miss.) 5/29/97 R R 5-10 170 24 (734) Rey Rivera 1B Chipola College (Fla.) 6/14/97 L R 6-6 215 25 (764) Trent Giambrone 2B Delta State University (Miss.) 12/20/93 R R 5-9 175 26 (794) Austin Jones RHP University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 11/26/94 R R 6-1 195 27 (824) Connor Myers CF Old Dominion University (Va.) 2/3/94 R R 5-11 170 28 (854) Rian Bassett RHP Clark CC (Wash.) 3/26/95 R R 6-5 210 29 (884) Tyler Peyton RHP University of Iowa 3/31/94 R R 6-3 200 30 (914) Montana Parsons RHP San Jacinto College North (Texas) 4/20/95 R R 6-3 185 31 (944) Brenden Heiss RHP Jacobs HS (Ill.) 9/15/97 R R 6-1 190 32 (974) Zach Davis CF Texas Tech University 6/29/94 R R 5-10 170 33 (1004) Nathan Sweeney RHP Cherry Creek HS (Colo.) 8/21/97 R R 6-4 185 34 (1034) Davis Daniel RHP St. James School (Ala.) 6/11/97 R R 6-1 180 35 (1064) Ryan Kreidler 3B Davis Senior HS (Calif.) 11/12/97 R R 6-2 175 36 (1094) Jake Slaughter SS Ouachita Christian School (La.) 10/24/96 R R 6-3 200 37 (1124) Davis Moore RHP Los Osos HS (Calif.) 3/4/98 R R 6-4 190 38 (1154) Tolly Filotei CF Faulkner State CC (Ala.) 11/28/95 L R 5-7 160 39 (1184) Anthony Block LHP Newport HS (Wash.) 4/16/98 L L 6-5 190 40 (1214) D.J. Roberts RHP Atlantic Coast HS (Fla.) 6/26/98 R R 6-2 218
