Prep Baseball Report

2017 MLB Draft: Texas High School Players



By Toby Bicknell
Texas Scouting Director
Twitter: @PBR_Texas

With the conclusion of the 2017 MLB amateur draft, we wanted to take a look back at all the Texas players who heard their name called.

Our scouting staff from a state and national perspective have followed many of these players, not only throughout their high school career, but during the summer and fall months as well. By continuous coverage through reports, video analysis, events, and more, we’ve been able to gather as much information on these players as possible. This included Draft Spotlights on multiple Texas high school players along with the PBR Draft 100, which provided continual updates on high school players nationwide.

A total of 1,215 selections were made this year, 771 of the players selected were from 4-year schools, 312 were high school players, and 130 picks were Junior College Players. Texas came in third with 123 players drafted, right behind Florida with 123, and California with 192.

Below is a full list of all the Texas high school players chosen in the 2017 MLB amateur draft: 

PLAYER

POS

SCHOOL

TEAM

RD

PICK

Commitment

Baz, Shane

RHP

Concordia Lutheran HS

Pirates

1

12

TCU

Lutz, Tristen

OF

James Martin Senior HS

Brewers

CBA

34

Texas

House, Mason

CF

Whitehouse HS

Padres

3

78

Oklahoma State

Smith, Canaan

RF

Rockwall-Heath HS

Yankees

4

122

Arkansas

Conlon, Jack

RHP

Clements School

Orioles

4

128

Texas A&M

Sparks, Lamar

CF

Seven Lakes HS

Orioles

5

158

McLennan JC

Scherff, Alex

RHP

Colleyville Heritage HS

Red Sox

5

161

Texas A&M

Henry, Isaiah

RHP

North Shore HS

Royals

14

420

Alvin JC

Bolden, Caleb

RHP

Pleasant Grove HS

Rays

16

469

Seminole State JC

Bonnin, Bryce

RHP

Barbers Hill HS

Cubs

26

795

Arkansas

Vela, Noel

LHP

Veterans Memorial HS

Padres

28

828

Texas-RGV

Fischer, Tylor

RHP

Langham Creek HS

Royals

28

840

Texas A&M

Kaufman, Rylan

LHP

Friendswood HS

Brewers

31

924

San Jacinto JC

Garza, Saul

C

Edinburg North HS

Cardinals

31

934

Howard JC

Lacy, Asa

LHP

Tivy HS

Indians

31

942

Texas A&M

Cooper, Michael

1B

Ridge Point HS

Indians

33

1002

McLennan JC

Smith, Weston

LHP

Sandra Day O'Connor HS

Angels

34

1015

Baylor

Turney, Cole

RF

Travis HS

Indians

34

1032

Arkansas

Oviedo, Adam

SS

Alvarado HS

Twins

35

1036

TCU

Keller, Stephen

RHP

Hargrave HS

Reds

35

1037

Texas A&M

Kjerstad, Heston

CF

Canyon Randall HS

Mariners

36

1083

Arkansas

Smith, Russell

LHP

Midlothian HS

Cubs

38

1155

TCU

Taylor, Jr., Ronnie

RHP

Allen HS

Mets

40

1207

Wichita State

Masters, Cody

CF

Coppell HS

Red Sox

40

1211

Texas Tech

 

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