The Ranger Rundown by Scott Lucas

Texas Rangers Draft Picks: Status of players selected in first ten rounds, draftees still in Ranger organization, and draftees who reached the Majors

Updated 18 June 2009

Players in bold are currently in the organization.
Players with a "?" status haven't been assigned a team yet, or are injured, or I just can't find them.

Win Shares are through 2008 season.

Majors - Texas Rangers, American League
AAA - Oklahoma City Redhawks, Pacific Coast League
AA - Frisco (TX) Roughriders, Texas League
A+ (high A) - Bakersfield (CA) Blaze, California League
A- (low A) - Hickory (NC) Crawdads, South Atlantic League
As (short-season A) - Spokane (WA) Indians, Northwest League
R (Rookie)- Arizona Rangers, Arizona League
EST - Extended Spring Training

2009

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 14 Matthew Purke LHP 18/10 HS - - -
1a 44 Tanner Scheppers RHP 22/4 Coll - - -
2 63 Tommy Mendonca 3B 21/1 Coll - - -
3 92 Robbie Erlin LHP 18/8 HS - - -
4 124 Andrew Doyle RHP 21/6 Coll - - -
5 154 Nick McBride RHP 18/0 HS - - -
6 184 Ruben Sierra Jr. OF 18/3 HS ? - -
7 214 Braxton Lane OF 18/5 HS ? - -
8 244 Braden Tullis RHP 19/4 JuCo As - -
9 274 Jabari Blash OF 19/11 JuCo - - -
10 304 Tom Lemke RHP 18/7 HS - - -
11 334 Johnny Gunter RHP 21/3 JuCo - - -
12 364 Vincent DiFazio C 23/0 Coll As - -
13 394 Justin Jamison RHP 18/4 HS ? - -
14 424 Chad Bell LHP 20/3 JuCo - - -
15 454 Keith Campbell RHP 21/7 JuCo As - -
16 484 Michael Revell 3B 19/9 HS - - -
17 514 Paul Strong LHP 18/9 HS - - -
18 544 Michael Schaaf RHP 17/11 HS - - -
19 574 Jayce Boyd 3B 18/5 HS - - -
20 604 Jerome Werniuk RHP 17/8 HS - - -
21 634 Chris Matlock RHP 22/11 Coll As - -
22 664 Sam Brown RHP 22/0 Coll As - -
23 694 Danny Lima SS 22/3 Coll As - -
24 724 Shawn Blackwell RHP 18/6 HS - - -
25 754 Riley Cooper OF 21/9 Coll - - -
26 784 Kevin Castner RHP 21/10 Coll - - -
27 814 Aaron Barrett RHP 21/5 Coll - - -
28 844 Derek Law RHP 18/8 HS - - -
29 874 Charles Watson LHP 18/8 HS - - -
30 904 Bryan Fogle OF 21/4 Coll - - -
31 934 Shon Landry SS 23/3 Coll As - -
32 964 Reggie Williams OF 19/8 HS - - -
33 994 Kyle Rhoad OF 23/6 Coll As - -
34 1024 Jared Prince OF 23/0 Coll As - -
35 1054 Edward Butler RHP 18/2 HS - - -
36 1084 Matthew Carasiti RHP 17/10 HS - - -
37 1114 Chad Nading RHP 21/11 Coll - - -
38 1144 Anthony Hutting OF 18/2 HS - - -
39 1174 Jabari Henry OF 18/6 HS - - -
40 1204 Taylor Vail 3B 22/9 Coll ? - -
41 1234 Forrest Garrett LHP 18/8 HS - - -
42 1264 Shane Zagarac LHP 23/9 Coll As - -
43 1294 Joe Bonadonna OF 23/9 Coll ? - -
44 1324 Tyler Christman RHP 19/9 Coll - - -
45 1354 Dale Anderson C 19/1 JuCo - - -
46 1384 Jerad Grundy LHP 18/8 HS - - -
47 1414 Tyler Higgins RHP 18/1 HS - - -
48 1444 Cole Frenzel 3B 19/2 HS - - -
49 1474 Catlan Kendrick RHP 17/11 HS - - -
50 1504 Ronald Melendez OF 19/8 JuCo - - -

2008

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1
11
Justin Smoak 1B 21/6 Coll AA
AA
-
2
57
Robert Ross LHP 18/11 HS As
As
-
3
89
Timothy Murphy LHP 21/0 Coll A+
A+
-
4
123
Joe Wieland RHP 18/4 HS A-
A-
-
5
153
Clark Murphy OF 18/5 HS As
A-
-
6
183
Richard Bleier LHP 21/1 Coll A+
A+
-
7
213
Matt Thompson RHP 18/3 HS As
As
-
8
243
Michael Bianucci OF 21/11 Coll A-
A-
-
9
273
Jared Bolden OF 21/2 Coll A-
A-
-
10
303
Kevin Castner RHP 20/10 Coll -
-
-
11
333
Cliff Springston LHP 21/6 Coll ?
A-
-
12
363
Corey Young LHP 21/5 Coll A+
A+
-
13
393
Edward Koncel SS 19/10 JuCo ?
As
-
14
423
Justin Gutsie RHP 21/4 Coll ?
As
-
15
453
Joey Butler CF 22/2 Coll A+
A+
-
16
483
Justin Miller RHP 20/11 Coll ?
As
-
18
543
Doug Hogan C 23/8 Coll A-
A-
-
20
603
Mike Hollander SS 22/7 Coll A-
A-
-
21
633
Dustin Brader RHP 22/6 Coll ?
As
-
22
663
Trevor Hurley RHP 20/10 Coll As
A-
-
24
723
Adam Cobb CF 22/8 Coll ?
A+
-
25
753
Tanner Roark RHP 21/8 --- AA
AA
-
26
783
Chris Dove CF 22/1 Coll As
As
-
30
903
Justin King RHP 21/7 Coll As
As
-
32
963
Tyler Tufts RHP 21/6 Coll A-
A+
-
38
1143
Jason Ogata 2B 21/7 Coll A-
A-
-
43
1293
Cody Eppley RHP 22/7 Coll A-
A-
-
45
1352
Kevin Torres C 18/3 HS ?
As
-
46
1380
Erik Morrison SS 22/7 Coll A-
AA
-

2007

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 17 BLAKE BEAVAN RHP 18/4 HS AA
AA
-
1 24 MICHAEL MAIN RHP 18/6 HS A+
A+
-
1a 35 JULIO BORBON OF 20/3 Coll AAA
AAA
-
1a 44 NEIL RAMIREZ RHP 18/0 HS A-
A-
-
1a 54 TOMMY HUNTER RHP 19/11 Coll AAA
MLB
0 / 0
2 80 MATT WEST 3B 18/6 HS A-
A-
-
3 110 EVAN REED RHP 21/5 Coll A+
AA
-
4 140 GARRETT NASH SS 19/9 HS did not sign, at Oregon St.
-
-
5 170 JOHN GAST LHP 18/4 HS did not sign, at Florida St.
-
-
6
200
ROBERT WILKINS RHP 17/9 HS ?
R
-
7
230
TIMOTHY SMITH RF 20/11 Coll AA
AA
-
8
260
JONATHAN GREENE C 21/8 Coll A+
A+
-
9
290
DAVIS STONEBURNER SS 22/4 Coll A+
A+
-
10
320
ANDREW LAUGHTER RHP 22/3 Coll AA
AA
-
13
410
KYLE OCAMPO RHP 18/8 HS As
As
-
14
440
MATTHEW LAWSON 2B 21/6 Coll A+
A+
-
15
470
HECTOR NELO RHP 20/7 Coll A+
A+
-
17
530
MITCHELL MORELAND 1B 21/9 Coll AA
AA
-
18
560
RYAN TATUSKO RHP 22/2 Coll A+
A+
-
23
710
JACOB KAASE SS 21/1 Coll A-
A+
-
24
740
CHRIS GRADOVILLE C 22/10 Coll AA
AA
-
28
860
MICHAEL ORTIZ 1B 18/1 HS ?
As
-
29
890
RYAN FALCON LHP 22/9 Coll A+
A+
-
30
920
BENJAMIN HENRY RHP 18/1 HS As
A-
-
33
1008
JARED HYATT RHP 23/0 Coll AA
AAA
-

2006

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 12 KASEY KIKER P 18/7 HS AA
AA
.
3 88 CHAD TRACY C 20/11 Coll AA
AA
.
4 118 MARCUS LEMON SS 18/0 HS AA
AA
.
5 148 CHRIS DAVIS 1B 20/3 JuCo Majors
MLB
9 / 9
6 178 JACOB BRIGHAM P 18/4 HS A-
A-
.
7 208 GRANT GERRARD OF 22/1 Coll released before '09
A+
.
8 238 JOSH BRADBURY OF 21/3 JuCo released during '07-'08 offseason
A+
.
9 268 BRENNAN GARR P 22/4 Coll AA
AA
.
10 298 CRAIG GENTRY OF 22/7 Coll AA
AAA
.
14 418 MICHAEL BALLARD P 22/4 Coll AA
AAA
.
16 478 CODY PODRAZA OF 18/7 HS A-
A+
.
25 748 DERRICK HOLLAND P 19/8 Coll Majors
Majors
-
33 988 ERIC FRY OF 18/10 JuCo A+
A+
-

2005

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 19 JOHN MAYBERRY 1B/OF 21/6 Coll traded to PHI in '08 for Greg Golson
AAA / MLB
.
2 67 JOHN WHITTLEMAN 3B 18/3 HS AA
AA / AA
.
3 99 TAYLOR TEAGARDEN C 21/6 Coll Majors
MLB / MLB
4 / 4
4 129 SHANE FUNK P 18/1 HS released before '07 ; out of baseball
R / R
.
5 159 MICHAEL KIRKMAN P 18/9 HS AA
AA / AA
.
6 189 GERMAN DURAN 2B 21/10 Coll AAA
MLB / MLB
1 / 1
7 219 JACOB RASNER P 18/6 HS traded to CHW in '06 for P Brandon McCarthy and others

A+ / AA

.
8 249 BRAD BARRAGAR P 19/7 Coll did not sign, at CS Fullerton
.
.
9 279 RONNIE ANDERSON CF 18/7 HS released before '08, out of baseball(?)
As
.
10 309 MATTHEW NEVAREZ P 18/4 HS A-
A- / A-
.
13 399 DOUGLAS MATHIS P 22/0 Coll Majors
MLB / MLB
0 / 0
14 429 STEVEN MURPHY OF 21/2 Coll AA
AA/ AA
.
32 979 RENNY OSUNA 2B 20/2 JuCo AA
AA / AA
.
37 1129 TIM RODRIGUEZ OF 18/5 HS A-
A+ / A+
.
49 1489 GLENN SWANSON P 22/1 Coll A+
A+ / A+
.

2004

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 10 THOMAS DIAMOND P 21 / 3 Coll AA
AAA / AAA
.
1a 30 ERIC HURLEY P 18 / 10 HS Majors (injured)
MLB / MLB
1 / 1
2 51 K.C. HERREN OF 18 / 9 HS released before '09, in indy ball
A+ / A+
.
3 81 MICHAEL SCHLACT P 18 / 6 HS AA
AA / AA
.
4 111 BRANDON BOGGS OF 22 / 5 Coll MLB
MLB / MLB
6 / 6
5 141 MIKE NICKEAS C 22 / 4 Coll traded to NYM for OF Victor DIAZ in '06
AA / AAA
.
6 171 BILL SUSDORF OF 22 / 1 Coll released before '06, then with SDG, out of baseball(?)
A- / A+
.
7 201 BEN HARRISON OF 22 / 9 Coll released during '09
AAA / AAA
.
8 231 MARK ROBERTS P 22 / 0 Coll released before '06 , then with SDG, in Indy league in '07
AA / AA
.
9 261 JIM FASANO 1B 21 / 0 Coll released before '08
AA / AA
.
10 291 JUSTIN MAXWELL OF 20/7 Coll did not sign, drafted by WAS in '05
- / MLB
0 / 1
11 321 TRAVIS METCALF 3B 21 / 10 Coll waived; claimed by KAN
MLB / MLB
4 / 4
23 681 ZACHARY PHILLIPS P 17 / 9 JuCo A+
A+ / A+
.

2003

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 9 JOHN DANKS P 18/2 HS traded to CHW in '06 for P Brandon McCarthy and others
AAA / MLB
0 / 21
2 46 VINCE SINISI 1B 21/7 Coll traded to SDG in '06 for OF Freddy Guzman
AAA / AAA
.
3 76 JOHN HUDGINS P 21/10 Coll traded to SDG in '06 for OF Freddy Guzman
AAA / AAA
.
4 106 WES LITTLETON P 20/9 Coll traded to BOS after '08
MLB / MLB
8 / 8
5 136 MATT LORENZO P 21/0 Coll traded to ATL in '05, then with PIT
AA / AA
.
6 166 ADAM BOURASSA OF 22/3 Coll released during '05, then with SDG , in Indy league in '07
A+ / A+
.
7 196 MATT FARNUM P 22/0 Coll retired in '07
AA / AA
.
8 226 JEREMY CLEVELAND OF 21/9 Coll released after '05 , then with SDG, now KAN
AA / AA
.
9 256 TIM CUNNINGHAM P 22/8 Coll released after '04 , out of baseball
A- / A-
.
10 286 ADAM FOX 3B 19/7 Coll AA
AAA / AAA
.
13 376 EMERSON FROSTAD 3B 20/5 Coll AAA
AAA / AAA
.
17 496 IAN KINSLER SS 21/0 Coll Majors
MLB / MLB
55 / 55
26 766 IAN GAC 1B 17/10 HS A+
A+ / A+
.
30 886 SCOTT FELDMAN P 20/4 Coll Majors
MLB / MLB
9 / 9

2002

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 10 DREW MEYER SS 20/10 Coll released after '08
MLB / MLB
0 / 0
6 172 JOHN BARNETT P 21/5 Coll retired after '03
A+ / A+
.
7 202 ANDREW TISDALE P 21/0 Coll retired after '03
As / As
.
8 232 CHRIS O'RIORDAN 2B 22/5 Coll released in '05, then with SDG
A- / AA
.
9 262 STEVEN HERCE P 21/3 Coll did not sign; drafted by PIT in '04, out of baseball
- / As
.
10 292 NATE GOLD 1B 22/0 Coll AAA
AAA / AAA
.
15 442 SAM NARRON P 19/11 Coll Waived in '04, claimed by MIL
MLB / MLB
0 / 0
20 592 KAMERON LOE P 20/9 Coll Big in Japan
MLB / MLB
16 / 16
42 1252 JESSE CHAVEZ P 18/10 JuCo Majors with PIT
AAA / MLB
0 / 0

2001

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 5 MARK TEIXEIRA 3B 21/2 Coll traded to ATL in '07
MLB / MLB
102 / 146
4 111 JOSH BAKER P 18 Coll did not sign; drafted by MIL in '04
- / A-
.
5 141 C.J. WILSON P 20/7 Coll Majors
MLB / MLB
12 / 12
6 171 BEN KEITER P 21/2 Coll released before '05, out of baseball
A+ / A+
.
7 201 PATRICK BOYD OF 22/9 Coll released before '05, out of baseball
AA / AA
.
8 231 MASJID KHAIRY OF 20/4 JuCo out of baseball since '02
R / R
.
9 261 GERALD SMILEY P 18/9 HS released in '04, out of baseball
A- / A-
.
10 291 ROB MORAVEK P ? Coll out of baseball since '01
R / R
.
43 1277 JASON WINDSOR P 18/11 HS did not sign, MLB debut with OAK in '06
- / MLB
- / 0

2000

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1 25 SCOTT HEARD C 18/9 HS retired after '03
A+ / A+
.
1a 35 TYRELL GODWIN CF 20/11 Coll did not sign, reached MLB with WAS in '05
- / MLB
- / 0
1a 39 CHAD HAWKINS P 21/11 Coll retired after '02
A+ / A+
.
2 56 JAY BOURGEOIS 2B 18/7 HS Waived in '05, claimed by ATL , then with SEA , then CHW
AA / AAA
.
2 64 RANDY TRUSELO P 19/5 JuCo released in '05, out of baseball
A- / A-
.
3 94 CHRISTOPHER RUSS P 21/3 Coll released in '05, out of baseball
A+ / AA
.
4 124 LAYNCE NIX OF 19/8 HS Traded to MIL in '06
MLB / MLB
17 / 17
5 154 GREGORY RUNSER P ? Coll released in '03, out of baseball
AA / AA
.
6 184 MATT MEISENHEIMER P 18/8 HS out of baseball since '02
A- / A-
.
7 214 VIRGIL VASQUEZ P 18/0 HS did not sign; signed with DET in '05
- / MLB
0 / 0
8 244 NICK MASSET P 18/1 HS traded to CHW in '06 for P Brandon McCarthy and others
MLB / MLB
0 / 2
9 274 EDWIN ENCARNACION IF 17/7 HS traded to CIN in '02, MLB debut in '05
A- / MLB
- / 50
10 304 BILL MONTGOMERY ? ? Coll out of baseball since '00
R / R
.
19 574 A.J. MURRAY P 20/3 JuCo AAA
MLB / MLB
1 / 1

1999

Round Overall Player Pos. Age (Yr/Mo) Exp. Current Status
Peak Level:
Texas / All Clubs
Career Win Shares:
Texas / MLB
1b 38 COLBY LEWIS P 19/10 JuCo Waived in '04, claimed by DET, in Korea
MLB / MLB
1 / 2
1b 47 DAVID MEAD P ? HS Released in '04
A- / A-
.
2 72 NICK REGILIO P 20/9 Coll Released in '06
MLB / MLB
1 / 1
3 105 HANK BLALOCK 3B 18/7 HS Majors
MLB / MLB
85 / 85
4 118 KEVIN MENCH OF 21/5 Coll Traded to MIL in '06, resigned with TEX, then traded to TOR
MLB / MLB
50 / 60
4 135 CHRISTOPHER JAILE C (P) 18/4 HS Six-year free agent, signed with SEA, then BOS
A+ / A+
.
5 157 ANDY CAVAZOS P 18/5 HS Selected by STL in '03 minor-league Rule 5 draft, MLB debut in '07
A+ / MLB
0 / 0
5 165 VICTOR HILLAERT P 21 Coll Injured in '02, out of baseball
A- / A-
.
6 195 AARON HARANG P 21/1 Coll Traded to OAK in '00, MLB debut in '02, with CIN in '07
A+ / MLB
- / 60
7 225 LUZ PORTOBANCO P 19/9 JuCo Did not sign; drafted in 36th round by NYM in '00 , out of baseball
- / AA
.
8 255 JOSHUA RAHRER P ? HS Released ca. '02, out of baseball
R / R
.
9 285 BRETT CADIENTE OF 22/0 Coll Out of baseball since '02
AAA / AAA
.
10 315 JASON BRYAN OF 18/7 HS Traded to BOS in '02, out of baseball
A+ / A+
.
13 405 JASON JONES 1B/OF 22/4 Coll Retired after 2004
MLB / MLB
1 / 1
15 465 DENNIS SARFATE P 18/2 HS Did not sign, MLB debut in '06 with MIL, now with BAL
- / MLB
- / 6
19 585 NOAH LOWRY P 18/8 HS Did not sign, MLB debut in '04 with SFO
- / MLB
- / 39
46 1375 JASON BOTTS OF 18/11 JuCo signed with Nippon Ham in '08
MLB / MLB
4 / 4

Sources:
Me
Jamey Newberg / Newberg Report
The Baseball Cube
Baseball America
MLB.com
MiLB.com
Various newspapers