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Former Cardinal Dennis Raben was a second round pick in the MLB Draft.

Orleans Has Successful Draft Day

June 7, 2008

Major League Baseball’s two-day First-Year Player Draft concluded with the Orleans Cardinals being one of the most well represented Cape Cod League franchises.  There were 19 Cardinals selected from their 2007 squad and three from this year’s team.

Headlining the draft among Cardinals was first round pick RHP Ryan Perry (Arizona).  Perry was picked 21^st overall by the Detroit Tigers after having a successful campaign last summer and this year for the Arizona Wildcats.  Perry posted a 4.15 ERA in 21.2 innings for Orleans in 2007 and was selected to the league’s All-Star Game by MLB scouts.  Perry has a live fastball that has been clocked in triple digits before.

Another high pick was OF Dennis Raben (Miami) who was taken in the 2^nd round by the Seattle Mariners.  Raben led the league last year with 35 RBIs and won the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in Wareham.  He also hit a two-run home run for the Miami Hurricanes the day after he was drafted in game one of a Super Regional against Arizona.

Two-time Cardinal RHP Clayton Shunick (NC State) had a great day for himself after being a 5^th round draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds.  Shunick’s NC State Wolfpack are just one win away from going to the College World Series after splitting the first two games of a Super Regional match-up with Georgia.

Three members of the 2008 Cardinals roster were selected.  SS Cole Figueroa (Florida) was taken in the 6^th round by the San Diego Padres.  Also selected was 1B Nate Freiman (Duke) who is a Wellesley, Mass. native and making plans to return to Orleans for his second consecutive summer.  He went to the Texas Rangers in the 28^th round.  INF Matt Bowman (Nevada) was taken in the 49^th round by the Oakland Athletics.

In total, seven members of the 2007 Cardinals team were selected on the first day of the draft.  The Cardinals are just one week away from opening up their 2008 campaign with a trip to two-time defending champion Yarmouth-Dennis on Saturday, June 14^th.

2007 Cardinals Draft Picks:

RHP Ryan Perry (Arizona) - 1st round (21 overall) to Detroit

OF Dennis Raben (Miami) - 2nd round (66 overall) to Seattle

3B Chase d’Arnaud (Pepperdine) - 4th round (114 overall) to Pittsburgh

SS Brandon Crawford (UCLA) - 4th round (117 overall) to San Francisco

3B Mark Sobolewski (Miami) - 4th round (129 overall) to Toronto

RHP Clayton Shunick (NC State) - 5th round (149 overall) to Cincinnati

LHP Eric Surkamp (NC State) - 6th round (177 overall) to San Francisco

OF Jon Gaston (Arizona) - 7th round (212 overall) to Houston

LHP Pat McAnaney (Virginia) - 8th round (258 overall) to Arizona

LHP Craig Bennigson (California) - 9th round (287 overall) to Colorado

OF Marcus Jones (NC State) - 11th round (331 overall) to Washington

LHP Will Atwood (South Carolina) - 12th round (361 overall) to Washington

OF Ollie Linton (UC Irvine) - 13th round (408 overall) to Arizona

RHP Michael Schwimer (Virginia) - 13th round (436 overall) to Philadelphia

2B Alden Carrithers (UCLA) - 15th round (463 overall) to Detroit

RHP Sam Brown (NC State) - 18th round (558 overall) to Arizona

1B Nate Freiman (Duke) - 28th round (843 overall) to Texas

RHP Nick Christiani (Vanderbilt) - 32nd round (981 overall) to Cleveland

1B Jose Jimenez (Tampa) - 32nd round (1,009 overall) to LA Angels

2008 Cardinals Draft Picks:

SS Cole Figueroa (Florida) - 6^th round (195 overall) to San Diego

1B Nate Freiman (Duke) - 28^th round (843 overall) to Texas

INF Matt Bowman (Nevada) - 49^th round (1,462 overall) to Oakland