Local Draft Picks

Baseball players with Orange County connections who were selected in Tuesday’s amateur draft:

First Round

* Seth Etherton (USC, Dana Hills HS), P, Angels

Supplemental Round

* Eric Valent (UCLA, Canyon), OF, Philadelphia

* Aaron Rowand (Cal State Fullerton), OF, Chicago White Sox

Second Round

* Gerald Laird (La Quinta HS), C, Oakland

Third Round

* Jason Saenz (USC, Mater Dei HS), P, New York Mets

Fourth Round

* Jeff Schultz (Cypress College), P, Oakland

* Luke Hudson (Tennessee, Fountain Valley HS), P, Colorado

Sixth Round

* David Matranga (Pepperdine, Orange HS), SS, Houston

Eighth Round

* Brad Ticehurst (USC, Mater Dei HS), OF, Texas

* Mike Penney (USC, Santa Margarita HS), P, Milwaukee

* Craig Kuzmic (Texas A&M;, Cypress College, La Quinta HS), C, Seattle

Ninth Round

* Paul Day (Long Beach State, Saddleback College, Capistrano Valley HS), 3B, Cleveland

11th Round

* Jeff Pickler (Tennessee, Foothill HS), 2B, Milwaukee

* Erasmo Ramirez (Cal State Fullerton), P, San Francisco

12th Round

* Justin Dunning (Stanford, University HS), P, Seattle

13th Round

* Greg Jacobs (Cal State Fullerton), P-OF, Angels

* Steve Smyth (Cypress College), P, Atlanta

15th Round

* Casey Grzecka (Santa Margarita HS), C, Chicago Cubs

16th Round

* Craig Jones (USC, La Quinta HS), P, Kansas City

17th Round

* William Nelson (Santa Ana College), SS, Detroit

* Josh Hochgesang (Stanford, Sunny Hills HS), 3B, Florida

* Benny Flores (Cal State Fullerton), P, Boston

19th Round

* Art Garland (Santa Ana College, Magnolia HS), OF, Tampa Bay

* Jeff Barndollar (Saddleback College, Pacifica HS), P, Arizona

20th Round

* James Hostetler (Fullerton College), P, Detroit

21st Round

* Nick Punto (Saddleback College, Trabuco Hills HS), SS, Philadelphia

* Ryan Poe (Saddleback College, Trabuco Hills HS), P, Milwaukee

22nd Round

* John Shelley (Santa Margarita HS), IF, Texas

23rd Round

* Michael Carey (Westminster HS), P, Chicago Cubs

25th Round

* Kevin Duck (Cal State Fullerton), 1B, Colorado