Baseball: Draft is winding down, here are results of Rounds 39-44

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It’s almost the end. Here are the results from Friday’s Rounds 39-44 of Major League Baseball’s first-year player draft.

In Round 39: Charles Hinojosa, catcher from Chino Don Lugo High, was taken 1,184th by the New York Mets, and Kyle Hendricks, right-handed pitcher from Capistrano Valley High, was selected by the Angels with pick No. 1,189.

In Round 40: Kirk Singer, shortstop from Los Alamitos High, was selected 1,196th by the Baltimore Orioles.

In Round 41: Peter Birdwell, right-handed pitcher from Riverside Community College who’s from Spokane, Wash., was chosen 1,226th by the Baltimore Orioles, and Mason Radeke, a right-handed pitcher from Santa Barbara High, was selected by the Chicago White Sox with pick No. 1,230.

Tony McClendon, outfielder from Damien High, was taken by the Houston Astros with pick No. 1,232.

-- Jaime Cardenas

In Round 42: Marc Oslund, right-handed pitcher from West Torrance High, was drafted 1,255th by the Kansas City Royals. Randy Molina, first baseman from Stanford by way of South Gate, 1,272nd by the Seattle Marines.

In Round 43: Robert Ross, left-handed pitcher from Saddleback College by way of Northwood High, was taken 1283rd by the Tampa Bay Ray. Zach Thornton, right-handed pitcher from Ventura College by way of Oak Park High, 1,287th by the San Francisco Giants. Gregory Zebrack, outfielder from Capmbell Hall, 1,297th by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In Round 44: Patrick Johnson, outfielder from Colony High, was selected 1,315th by the Kansas City Royals. Aaron Lowenstein, catcher from UC Irvine by way of Calabasas High, 1,317th by the San Francisco Giants.

If I’ve missed any of our local players who have been drafted out of college, let me know!

-- Jaime Cardenas