Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on the A’s top 3 picks selected on Day 1 of the draft. Now that Day 2 is complete we wanted to take the chance to run down the A’s top 10 picks of the 2012 amateur player draft. The team evenly divided its top 10 picks by selecting 5 high school players and 5 college players, while selecting 6 hitters and 4 pitchers. We’ll be learning more about all of them in the coming days and will hopefully have the chance to see some of them playing for the Vermont Lake Monsters in the short-season New York-Penn League before the month is through. So stay tuned to A’s Farm for more…
#1 (11th Overall)
Addison Russell
Shortstop
Pace High School / Pace, Florida
Age: 18
6’1” / 210 lbs.
Bats: Right / Throws: Right
2012 High School Stats: .358 AVG / .532 OBP / .815 SLG
Let’s Go To The Video: Addison Russell
#2 (34th Overall)
Daniel Robertson
Shortstop
Upland High School / Upland, California
Age: 18
6’1” / 190 lbs.
Bats: Right / Throws: Right
2012 High School Stats: .560 AVG / .696 OBP / 1.000 SLG
Let’s Go To The Video: Daniel Robertson
#3 (47th Overall)
Matt Olson
First Baseman
Parkview High School / Lilburn, Georgia
Age: 18
6’4” / 225 lbs.
Bats: Left / Throws: Right
2012 High School Stats: .353 AVG / .421 OBP / .765 SLG
Let’s Go To The Video: Matt Olson
#4 (62nd Overall)
Bruce Maxwell
Catcher
Birmingham-Southern College / Birmingham, Alabama
Age: 21
6’2” / 230 lbs.
Bats: Left / Throws: Right
2012 College Stats: .471 AVG / .619 OBP / .928 SLG
#5 (74th Overall)
Nolan Sanburn
Right-Handed Pitcher
University of Arkansas / Fayetteville, Arkansas
Age: 20
6’1” / 205 lbs.
Throws: Right / Bats: Right
2012 College Stats: 35 2/3 IP / 27 H / 11 ER / 19 BB / 43 K / 2.78 ERA
#6 (106th Overall)
Kyle Twomey
Left-Handed Pitcher
El Dorado High School / Placentia, California
Age: 18
6’3” / 180 lbs.
Throws: Left / Bats: Left
2012 High School Stats: 73 2/3 IP / 39 H / 8 ER / 25 BB / 77 K / 0.76 ERA
#7 (139th Overall)
B.J. Boyd
Outfielder
Palo Alto High School / Palo Alto, California
Age: 18
5’11” / 205 lbs.
Bats: Left / Throws: Right
2012 High School Stats: .507 AVG / .628 OBP / .704 SLG
#8 (169th Overall)
Max Muncy
First Baseman
Baylor University / Waco, Texas
Age: 21
6’1” / 205 lbs.
Bats: Left / Throws: Right
2012 College Stats: .317 AVG / .420 OBP / .484 SLG
#9 (199th Overall)
Seth Streich
Right-Handed Pitcher
Ohio University / Athens, Ohio
Age: 21
6’3” / 200 lbs.
Throws: Right / Bats: Left
2012 College Stats: 75 1/3 IP / 81 H / 37 ER / 36 BB / 62 K / 4.42 ERA
#10 (229th Overall)
Cody Kurz
Right-Handed Pitcher
Oxnard College / Oxnard, California
Age: 19
6’4” / 225 lbs.
Throws: Right / Bats: Right
2012 College Stats: 24 2/3 IP / 15 H / 4 ER / 11 BB / 21 K / 1.46 ERA
first two seasons are cbplaraome. Using these numbers, over at Marlin Maniac, Ehsan Kassim makes his case supporting Hanley Ramirez. While I have the utmost respect for Kassim, unfortunately I can’t