Here’s the press release from the Boston Red Sox detailing the signing of 12 of their 2011 MLB Draft picks so far.
BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox today announced that the club has signed 12 players selected in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, including left-handed pitcher Miguel Pena, the club’s sixth-round selection, and first baseman Travis Shaw, taken in the ninth round of this year’s draft.
Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Amiel Sawdaye made the announcement.
Pena was the Red Sox sixth-round pick, taken out of San Jacinto Junior (TX) College. The left-hander earned a National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honorable mention selection this year and was a unanimous All-Region XIV South Conference honoree after going 10-3 with a team-best 1.91 ERA (18 ER/85.0 IP) and 93 strikeouts in 14 starts.
Shaw, selected out of Kent State University in the ninth round, was a First-Team All-Mid-American Conference selection this year, leading the MAC with 14 home runs while batting .307 (75-for-244) with a .553 slugging percentage and 51 RBI in 62 games as the Flashes won both Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament championships. His father Jeff pitched parts of 12 seasons in the Majors from 1990-2001.
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Also among those who have signed is third baseman Matt Gedman out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who was Boston’s pick in the 45th round. Matt’s father Rich was a catcher for 13 Major League seasons, including 11 with the Red Sox, and is currently the hitting coach with Boston’s Short-A Lowell affiliate. Matt Gedman earned a First-Team All-Star selection by the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association, was named to the Atlantic 10 Baseball All-Conference First Team and was chosen as the 2011 National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America District I Player of the Year. He led the A-10 with a .402 average (76-for-189) in 45 games for the Minutemen this season and posted the second-highest hits total in school history for a single season.
The Red Sox have signed two other players with New England ties, right-handed pitcher Brenden Shepard out of Stonehill College in Easton, MA (28th round) and right-hander Corey Vogt (39th round) out of New Hampshire’s Keene State College. Shepard is a native of Boxford, MA and collected 10 saves while posting a 3.63 ERA (9 ER/22.1 IP) with 34 strikeouts in 20 relief appearances for the Skyhawks in 2011. Vogt, a two-time All-Little East Conference reliever, had 4 saves while posting a 2.82 ERA (7 ER/22.1 IP) and 30 strikeouts in 16 relief outings with Keene State this year.
Additional signings announced today include left-handed pitcher Kevin Brahney (11th round), right-hander Mike McCarthy (14th round), right-hander Andrew Jones (18th round), outfielder Drew Turocy (24th round), first baseman David Chester (33rd round), catcher Carlos Coste (35th round) and right-handed pitcher Jadd Schmeltzer (49th round).
