La Crosse, Wis. – The La Crosse Loggers Baseball Club watched a team-high 22 former and/or current players be selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball first-year player draft over the past three days.  Former Logger backstop Korey Lee (Cal-Berkeley) led the group by being selected 32^nd overall in the first round by the Houston Astros.  The complete list of Logger draftees is listed below …

 

ROUND                         OVERALL PICK                       MLB TEAM                   PLAYER                       COLLEGE
1                                  32^nd                                          Houston                        Korey Lee                     California

1^st (Comp)                     38^th                                           New York (AL)               TJ Sikkema*                 Missouri

2^nd                                43^rd                                           Boston                         Cameron Cannon          Arizona

4^th                                133^rd                                         Milwaukee                     Nick Kahle                    Washington

5^th                                154^th                                         Pittsburgh                     Grant Ford                    Nevada

7^th                                206^th                                         San Francisco               Armani Smith                UCSB

7^th                                215^th                                         St. Louis                       Jack Ralston                 UCLA

8^th                                238^th                                         New York (NL)               Connor Wollersheim      Kent State

8^th                                243^rd                                         Washington                   Jeremy Ydens               UCLA

10^th                               306^th                                         Seattle                          Kyle Hill*                       Baylor

12^th                               375^th                                         New York (AL)               Ryan Anderson             Nevada

13^th                               386^th                                         San Francisco               Harrison Freed              Butler

14^th                               412^th                                         Detroit                          Ted Stuka                     UC-San Diego

14^th                               418^th                                         New York (NL)               Kennie Taylor                Duke

20^th                               602^nd                                        Arizona                         Jared Liebelt                 Mississippi St.

25^th                               760^th                                         Cleveland                      Eric Mock                     Penn State

28^th                               831^st                                         Miami                           Lorenzo Hampton          Florida International

28^th                               832^nd                                        Detroit                          Connor Perry                 Pittsburgh

35^th                               1060^th                                       Cleveland                      Randy Labaut                Arizona

37^th                               1111^th                                       Los Angeles (AL)           Levi Usher                     Kirkwood CC

39^th                               1169^th                                       Minnesota                     Jake Hirabayashi           UCLA

40^th                               1208^th                                       Tampa Bay                   Luis Trevino                  Abilene Christian

*Signed a contract with the Loggers/NWL but never played

 

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The La Crosse Loggers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.lacrosseloggers.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Loggers as your favorite team.