Indians 2016 Draft Results Day 3

After taking three players on day one and ten on day two, the Indians chose players for the final thirty rounds of the draft on Saturday. While no team is forced to choose forty players, all thirty teams did so this year and it is a continuation on the Indians part of drafting and signing as many players as possible. This strategy makes sense as it’s almost impossible to predict who among the drafted will be future Major Leaguers, so it is best to take as many chances as possible. It’s also almost impossible to evaluate 30 players in a single article, so what follows will mostly be a simple listing of names.

Round 11: Andrew Calica LHH, CF from UC Santa Barbara

With 18 steals this year and 43 in his last three seasons, Calica is an interesting player, especially since he made it to his senior year. Also worth noting is that even though he isn’t a great hitter, he has excellent command of the strike zone so far in his development.

Round 12: Zach Plesac RHP from Ball State

Nephew of former NL All-Star, left handed pitcher Dan Plesac.

Round 13: Gavin Collins RHH C from Mississippi State

Round 14: Mitch Longo LHH LF from Ohio University

Fourth player ever drafted out of Ohio University by the Indians and the first since Tim Thomas in 1990.

Round 15: Zack Smith LHH C from Eastern Wayne High School

Could be hard to sign as he is expected to attend UNC Charlotte and was expected to be picked eight or nine rounds earlier in the draft.

Round 16: Ben Krauth LHP from University of Kansas

Round 17: Trenton Brooks LHP OF from University of Nevada Reno

Round 18: Raymond Burgos LHP from Pedro Falu Orellano High School

Round 19: Dakody Clemmer RHP from Central Arizona College

Round 20: Benjamin Baird RHH SS from Agoura High School

Round 21: Wil Crowe RHP from South Carolina

Is expected to miss all of 2016 after having Tommy John surgery.

Round 22: Mason Studstill RHP from Rockledge High School

Round 23: Michael Letkewicz RHP from Augustana College

Round 24: Skylar Arias LHP from Tallahassee Comunity College

Round 25: Jonathan Lauerno RHH 3B from Connors State College

Round 26: Tanner Tully LHP from Ohio State

First Buckeye drafted by the Indians since Scott Lewis in 2004, 12th in team history.

Round 27: Nelson Alvarez RHP from Braddock High School

Round 28: Jamal Rutledge RHH SS from Contra Costa College

Round 30: Ryder Ryan RHP from North Carolina

Round 29: Spencer Steer RHH 3B from Millikan High School

Round 31: Chris Farish RHP from Wake Forest

The only people who know what the Indians were thinking when drafting Farish and others like him, who had less than impressive college numbers, but we can postulate. There is little relevance from college dominance to Major League stardom. This is most likely a case where Indians scouts saw the pitcher in person and saw something they liked while believing they could improve upon those things that didn’t work so well. It’s obvious from his strike out rate that Farish can generate swings and misses, but control is a serious issue.

Round 32: Kramer Robertson RHH 2B from Louisiana State University

Round 33: Blake Sabol LHH C from Aliso Niguel High School

Round 34: Austin Shenton LHH 1B from Bellingham High School

Round 35: Armani Smith RHH OF from De La Salle High School

Round 36: Andrew Baker LHP from Ridge Community High School

Round 37: Mike Amditis RHH C from Boca Raton Community High School

Round 38: Jacob DeVries LHP from Air Force

Sixth player ever drafted out of the Air Force Academy and the first ever by the Indians. None have ever made it to the Majors.

Round 39: Pedro Alfonseca RHH CF from North Kansas City High School

Round 40: Dan Sinatro RHH SS from Skyline High School