Miami Marlins announce 25 signings from 2012 First-Year Player Draft

Club Agrees to Terms with 12 of Top 14 Selections, One Free Agent

June 18, 2012

The Miami Marlins today announced that they have come to terms with 25 of the players they selected in Major League Baseball's 2012 First-Year Player Draft, as well as one undrafted free agent. The announcement was made by Vice President of Scouting Stan Meek.

The 26 signings included all of the prospects selected between the Compensation B Round and the 14th Round; all of the signings are listed below.

ROUND

PICK

PLAYER

POS

B/T

DOB

SCHOOL

HOMETOWN

CB - 127 - Kolby Copeland, OF, L/R, 6-0, 190, 2/5/94, Parkway HS (LA) - Elm Grove, LA
4 - 137 - Austin Dean OF R/R 6-0 190 10/14/93 Klein Collins HS (TX) - Spring, TX
5 - 167 - Austin Nola SS R/R 6-0 185 12/28/89 Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA
6 - 197 - Anthony Gomez SS R/R 6-0 185 11/26/90 Vanderbilt University - Nutley, N.J.
7 - 227 - Ryan Newell RHP R/R 6-2 215 6/18/91 Shorter University - Marietta, GA
8 - 257 - Drew Steckenrider RHP R/R 6-5 215 1/10/91 University of Tennessee - Lawrenceville, GA
9 - 287 - Nicholas Wittgren RHP R/R 6-3 210 5/29/91 Purdue University - Lafayette, IN
10 - 317 - Ron Miller 3B R/R 5-11 205 1/7/94 Junipero Serra HS (CA) - Los Angeles, CA
11 - 347 - Matt Milroy RHP L/R 6-2 185 10/5/90 University of Illinois - Batavia, IL
12 - 377 - Christian Rivera SS R/R 5-10 165 2/10/94 Escuela Nueva Superior HS - Loiza, PR
13 - 407 - Blake Logan RHP R/R 6-1 225 1/12/92 Eastern Oklahoma State - Roff, OK
14 - 437 - Mike Vaughn C R/R 6-2 190 12/19/90 Fresno Pacific University - Peoria, AZ
16 - 497 - Brian Ellington RHP R/R 6-4 200 8/4/90 University of West Florida - Gainesville, FL
17 - 527 - Christian Keene OF R/R 6-4 190 3/19/93 Brookhaven Academy (MS) - Brookhaven, MS
18 - 557 - Patrick Merkling LHP L/L 6-1 193 3/21/91 Lee University - Woodstock, GA
21 - 647 - Hayden Fox LHP R/L 6-4 200 3/1/91 Oakland University - Macomb, MI
22 - 677 - Robert Ravago RHP R/R 6-1 180 9/4/90 Arizona State University - Tucson, AZ
23 - 707 - Cameron Flynn OF L/R 6-0 195 2/24/90 University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
24 - 737 - Matt Juengel 3B R/R 6-2 185 1/13/90 Texas A&M - Houston, TX
25 - 767 - Dane Stone RHP R/R 6-7 225 6/14/91 St. Thomas University - Miami, FL
27 - 827 - Justin Jackson RHP R/R 6-4 201 12/14/88 Sam Houston State - Huntsville, TX
28 - 857 - Casey McCarthy RHP R/R 6-4 215 4/13/90 Cal State-San Bernardino - Valencia, CA
29 - 887 - Ronald Barnes RHP R/R 6-1 186 7/9/90 Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, OK
30 - 917 - David Cruz C R/R 6-0 201 1/23/92 Southwest HS (FL)* - Miami, FL
34 - 1037 - Patrick Claussen 3B L/R 5-11 190 4/12/90 Washington State University - Pullman, WA
FA - Blake Barber UT R/R 5-10 180 4/4/90 Lee University - Modesto, CA

*Graduated 2011