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Washington Huskies and the 2015 MLB Draft

Tomorrow night marks the start of the 2015 draft as the first round kicks off at 4PM PT, then continues with rounds 3-10 on Tuesday and concludes on Wednesday. Here are the current and potentially future Huskies that are likely draft targets...

By Kirk DeGrasse
UW Athletics

While Washington's baseball team may have taken a small step back this year on the field with their 29-25 record and no post-season invitation, they have a couple of players that could go in the top 3 rounds of the MLB draft, and two more signed prospect that could also get picked early.  Here are the current - and future - Husky players getting the most draft buzz:

Austin Rei - C, RHB, 6'0", 183 lbs, Jr

Name
Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA OBP SLG SB CS
Austin Rei Jr 2015 25 91 14 30 9 1 7 20 12 28 0.330 0.445 0.681 0 0

So 2014 52 153 24 48 11 2 2 28 21 36 0.314 0.408 0.451 1 0

Fr 2013 23 50 4 11 1 0 0 6 5 11 0.220 0.339 0.240 0 0

Rei hails from Moraga, CA and was a 38th round choice in the 2012 draft by Minnesota as a high school senior from Campolindo H.S.  He battled a thumb injury this past year which limited his time behind the plate, but he's considered among the best backstop prospects in the draft with solid catch-and-throw skills combined with a pretty good bat.  Here's a good article from earlier in the season detailing his comeback.

Rankings:

Baseball America:  68th overall, 1st in Washington

Major League Baseball: 87th overall

John Sickels MinorLeagueBall (SBNation): 163rd overall

Braden Bishop - OF, RHB, 6'1", 188 lbs, Jr

Name Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA OBP SLG SB CS
Braden Bishop Jr 2015 49 193 38 57 14 1 4 25 23 36 0.295 0.394 0.440 15 5
So 2014 58 217 43 66 8 2 0 27 12 31 0.304 0.394 0.359 21 3
Fr 2013 42 115 18 31 4 0 0 13 3 25 0.270 0.351 0.304 6 2

Bishop is from San Carlos, CA and was originally drafted in the 36th round of the 2012 draft by Atlanta out of St. Francis H.S.  He's a plus defender with good speed and helped his OBP greatly by taking a lot of hit-by-pitches at Washington.  He doesn't hit for power, so he'll need to get on base as a pro to provide some value on offense.

Rankings:

Baseball America: 150th overall, 3rd in Washington

Major League Baseball: 81st overall

John Sickels MinorLeagueBall (SBNation):  145th overall

Joe Demers - RHP, 6'2", 215 lbs, College Park High School (CA)

DeMers is a good-sized right-handed pitcher with a plus fastball, a pretty good curve and a developing change-up.  He's hit the mid to upper 90's, though he's more commonly in the low 90's.  Some feel the fiery competitor projects best in the bullpen, but he's still likely to go in the upper rounds and potentially forego his commitment to the Huskies.

Rankings:

Baseball America: 91st overall, 17th in the state of California

Major League Baseball: 90th overall

John Sickels MinorLeagueBall (SBNation): 96th overall

Karson Lindell - RHP, 6'1", West Linn High School (OR)

Lindell is considered the 2nd best prospect in Washington's 2015 Signing Class (behind DeMers).  According to Head Coach Lindsay Meggs, Lindell "...may have the biggest upside of any player we have in the 2015 class".

Rankings:

Baseball America: 204th overall, 5th in the state of Oregon

Major League Baseball:  not ranked in their top-200

John Sickels MinorLeagueBall (SBNation): 199th overall

If you want to follow along with the draft, here's all the info you need.

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