NEW YORK As Day 2 of the 2014 First Year Player Draft began with the third round on Friday teams found plenty of talent especially in the college ranks. Of the first 30 players selected on the second day 20 played in college.
The Astros began the day by selecting two way Cal State Fullerton star J.D. Davis with the 75th overall pick. Davis led the Titans in batting (.338) on base percentage (.419) and slugging percentage (.523) but he also picked up seven saves out of the bullpen. The Astros selected him as a third baseman.
The run on college players extended through the eighth pick of the round when the Rockies selected Georgia Southern left hander Sam Howard. The southpaw made the final start of his season last Friday in the Regionals round of the NCAA Tournament throwing a two hit shutout against No. 5 ranked Florida State.
Two high school players followed as the Blue Jays selected left hander Nick Wells from Battlefield High School in Virginia and the Mets grabbed shortstop Milton Ramos from American Heritage High School in Florida. Ramos was ranked No. 46 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 200 Draft Prospects list and entered the day as the third highest ranked player available.
The third round also saw the Orioles make their first pick of the Draft left hander Brian Gonzalez from Archbishop McCarthy High School in Florida with the 90th overall selection. Baltimore forfeited its first two picks with the signings of free agents Nelson Cruz and Ubaldo Jimenez during the offseason.
The Yankees stayed relatively local with their third round pick selecting right hander Austin DeCarr from Salisbury School in Connecticut. Team officials would have needed to travel only about 100 miles north of Yankee Stadium to see DeCarr play home games this spring.
With the 29th pick of the day the Red Sox selected Seminole State right hander Jake Cosart one of the many players in this year's Draft class with familial ties to baseball. Cosart's older brother Jarred is a member of the Astros' rotation.
Day 2 of the Draft continues with Rounds 3 10 streamed live on MLB.com. Rounds 11 40 will be streamed on MLB.com on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. ET.
MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central the Top 200 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft eligible players. Every selection will be tweeted live from MLBDraftTracker and you can also keep up to date by following MLBDraft. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with mlbdraft.
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