The 2014 MLB Draft concluded this weekend with another strong year for Florida high school baseball. Florida’s strong presence in the 2014 MLB draft was evident as 161 players with Florida roots were selected, of which 48 were high school players.

On the first day of the draft, the Minnesota Twins selected Olympia High School SS Nick Gordon with the 5^th pick of the 1^st round. Two more Florida high school players were 1^st round selections that night, as the Diamondbacks selected Coral Springs Christian RHP Touki Toussaint with the 16^th pick and The First Academy LHP Foster Griffin was the 28^th pick of the Royals.

Here’s a rundown of this year’s MLB draft:

BY THE NUMBERS

By position, players selected:

RHP – 14     LHP – 5     SS – 8       2B – 4     OF – 8     1B – 3     C – 5

MLB Team selecting the most high school players:

New York Mets – 5

Minnesota Twins – 5

FAMILIAR NAMES

Sons of Former MLB Players:

Nick Gordon (1^st Round, Twins) - Son of former relief pitcher Tom “Flash Gordon”

Benito Santiago Jr. (38^th Round, Giants) - Son of former Catcher Benito Santiago

Magglio Ordonez Jr. (38^th Round, Tigers) - Son of former OF Magglio Ordonez

Dalton Guthrie (40^th Round, Twins) - Son of former LHP Mark Guthrie

Round	Pick #	MLB Organization	Name	High School	Position
1	5	Twins	Nick Gordon	Olympia	SS
1	16	Diamondbacks	Touki Toussaint	Coral Springs Christian	RHP
1	28	Royals	Foster Griffin	The First Academy	LHP
CB A	35	Rockies	Forest Wall	Orangewood Christian	2B
2	49	Blue Jays	Sean Reid-Foley	Sandalwood	RHP
2	68	Cardinals	Ronnie Williams	American Senior	RHP
3	84	Mets	Milton Ramos	American Heritage	SS
3	89	Diamondbacks	Matt Railey	North Florida Christian	CF
3	90	Orioles	Brian Gonzalez	Archbishop McCarthy	LHP
4	109	Cubs	Carson Sands	North Florida Christian	LHP
7	197	Marlins	Anfernee Symour	American Heritage	SS
8	235	Mets	Dash Winningham	Trinity Catholic	1B
11	321	Mariners	Jay Muhammad	Coral Springs Christian	RHP
11	334	Nationals	Weston Davis	Manatee	RHP
13	385	Mets	Erik Manoah	South Dade Senior	RHP
15	440	Twins	Roberto Gonzalez	University	RF
15	451	Orioles	Alejandro Juvier	Doral Academy	2B
17	506	Brewers	J.J. Schwarz	Palm Beach Gardens	C
17	512	Yankees	Garrett Cave	South Sumter	RHP
19	576	Rangers	Tramayne Holmes	Rickards	2B
20	596	Brewers	Tate Blackman	Lake Brantley	SS
21	617	Marlins	DJ King	Ft. Meade	SS
21	625	Mets	Luke Bonfield	The Pendleton School	OF
22	654	Blue Jays	Todd Isaacs	American Heritage	CF
23	685	Mets	Richard Moesker	Trinity Christian	RHP
25	748	Giants	Byron Murray	Trinity Christian	RF
26	776	Brewers	Cre Finfrock	Martin County	RHP
26	788	Indians	Reese Cooley	Fleming Island	OF
31	919	Cubs	Brad Deppermann	East Lake	RHP
31	928	Giants	Nick Nelson	Rutherford	RHP
32	953	Rockies	Pavin Smith	Palm Beach Gardens	1B
33	995	Reds	Jose Lopez	King	C
33	1002	Athletics	Michael Rivera	Venice	C
35	1047	Padres	Cobi Johnson	Mitchell	RHP
35	1055	Reds	Brandon Vicens	American Heritage	CF
35	1058	Indians	Joseph Dunand	Gulliver Prep	3B
36	1070	Twins	Kirvin Moesquit	Highlands Christian	SS
36	1085	Reds	Logan Browning	Lakeland Christian	LHP
38	1134	Blue Jays	Keith Weisenberg	Osceola	RHP
38	1136	Brewers	Carl Chester	Lake Brantley	CF
38	1138	Giants	Benito Santiago	Coral Springs Christian	C
38	1150	Tigers	Magglio Ordonez	American Heritage	1B
39	1160	Twins	John Jones	Orangewood Christian	C
40	1190	Twins	Dalton Guthrie	Venice	SS
40	1196	Brewers	Taylor Lane	The Pendleton School	SS
40	1203	Royals	Diego Francisco	Palm Beach Central	2B
40	1205	Reds	Michael Mediavilla	Mater Academy	LHP
40	1210	Tigers	Alex Faedo	Alonso	RHP