Scouting the Baseball Draft

The annual major league amateur draft begins today. The 28 teams will, via conference call, select players for about 15 rounds today and about 30 rounds each on Friday and Saturday. Here is an alphabetical list of hopefuls from the Valley and Ventura County:

Top Prospects Jacob Cruz OF Arizona State, Channel Islands HS Keith Smith OF Newbury Park HS Roger Worley RHP Quartz Hill HS They’ll Go Sometime Jason Adamson OF Moorpark HS Chris Beck RHP The Master’s Kirk Hagge IF Crescenta Valley HS Mike Mitchell 1B UCLA, Rio Mesa HS Rob Neal DH Cal Poly SLO, Westlake HS Jim Parque LHP Crescenta Valley HS J.P. Roberge 1B USC, St. Francis HS Randy Vickers SS Glendale College Bryan Warner OF Glendale College Randy Wolf LHP El Camino Real HS Joel Zamudio RHP Monroe HS On the Bubble Ozzie Areu OF Valley College, Burbank HS Jeff Bennett C Newbury Park HS Phil Derryman OF Royal HS Lance Evans OF Glendale College, Glendale HS Mike Glendenning 3B Crespi HS David Glick LHP Palmdale HS Ryan Hankins 3B Simi Valley HS Rich Igou LHP Notre Dame HS Bryan LaCour SS Chatsworth HS Garrett Lee RHP Crescenta Valley HS Jeff Naster RHP Moorpark College, Thousand Oaks HS Kevin Nykoluk C Moorpark College, Simi Valley HS Dereck Ornelas OF Mission College, Sylmar HS Jon Schaeffer C Harvard-Westlake HS Will Skett OF Valley College, Reseda HS Dave Stevenson 1B Valley College, Chatsworth HS Carlos Velazco RHP Sylmar HS Adam West LHP Pierce College, Thousand Oaks HS