Baseball: Draft’s Round 7 begins with selection of yet another Dirtbag

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Right off the bat, Day 2 of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft starts with a player from the Southland being selected.

The surprising Tampa Bay Rays have selected Jason Corder of Cal State Long Beach, a right fielder by way of Capistrano Valley High, with the 203rd overall pick. Tampa Bay has had good luck drafting Dirtbags, just look at what they got with Evan Longoria.

Brett Hunter, a right-handed pitcher out of Pepperdine, was chosen 214th by the Oakland Athletics. Allen Cole St. Clair, a left-handed pitcher from Rice by way of Foothill High, was selected by the Dodgers with pick No. 217.

Eric Thames, a Pepperdine outfielder, was taken by the Toronto Blue Jays with pick No. 219, and Michael Herbert, a right-handed pitcher from Saugus High, was taken with the 224th pick by the New York Mets.

Kyle Higashioka, a catcher from Edison High, was selected by the New York Yankees with pick No. 230.

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

-- Jaime Cardenas