A T H L E T I C S OTHER LEHIGH PLAYERS IN THE MLB DRAFT DRAFTING SUCCESS 2021 Mason Black 3RD ROUND Since Major League Baseball held its initial San Francisco Giants First-Year Player Draft in 1965, the Lehigh baseball program has had success with its players being 2021 Matt Svanson 13TH ROUND selected. The frequency in which players from Toronto Blue Jays Lehigh are chosen by MLB clubs, however, has greatly increased the past two decades. This past 2019 Jason Reynolds 32ND ROUND summer, two more Lehigh players were selected, San Diego Padres making Adam Retzbach (14th round, Baltimore Orioles) and Carlos Torres (20th round, Colorado Rockies) the 17th and 18th 2017 Mark Washington draft selections in Lehigh history. It’s the third time in the last four years 25TH ROUND Los Angeles Dodgers that Lehigh has had multiple players selected in the same draft. 2016 Mike Garzillo 25TH ROUND Miami Marlins BY THE NUMBERS Matt McBride 2019 Levi Stoudt 3RD ROUND Seattle Mariners 2022 Carlos Torres 20TH ROUND Colorado Rockies 13 Number of franchises that have drafted a player out of Lehigh 2022 Adam Retzbach 14TH ROUND Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Indians 1977 Joe Carroll 20TH ROUND Texas Rangers 2ND ROUND Round in which Matt McBride, Lehigh’s highest drafted player, was selected for the Cleveland Indians in 2006 1975 Paul Hartzell 10TH ROUND California Angels 2015 Justin Pacchioli 10TH ROUND San Diego Padres 1973 Frank Zawatski 19TH ROUND San Francisco Giants 1971 Rich Revta 26TH ROUND Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers) *Drafted in high school prior to attending Lehigh 6 Number of former Lehigh players drafted who are currently in a MLB franchise’s minor league system 2015 38TH ROUND New York Yankees 2002 Jack Lyons* 34TH ROUND Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals) 1997 Ben Talbott 32ND ROUND AnaheimAngels 1989 Dave Norwood 40TH ROUND FA L L 2 0 2 2 | 1 9
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