Nationals agree to terms with first-round pick Seth Romero
Romero, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound left-handed pitcher was considered one of the top collegiate left-handers in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.
The Washington Nationals have agreed to terms with eight more members of their 2017 First-Year Player Draft class, including first-round selection (No. 25 overall) left-handed pitcher Seth Romero. Nationals President of Baseball Operations & General Manager Mike Rizzo and Assistant General Manager & Vice President of Scouting Operations Kris Kline made the joint announcements.
Romero, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound left-handed pitcher was considered one of the top collegiate left-handers in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft. He struck out 85 batters in 48.2 innings pitched while going 4-5 with a 3.51 ERA in 10 games (seven starts) for the University of Houston in 2017.
He was named American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on two separate occasions (Feb. 20 and March 6). During his three-year collegiate career, he struck out 290 batters in 226.1 innings pitched (11.53 SO/9.0 IP) and walked just 70 batters (2.78 BB/9.0 IP).
Romero entered the 2017 First-Year Player Draft rated by MLB.com as the No. 24 draft prospect, and by Baseball America as the No. 27 prospect.
The Nationals also agreed to terms with seven other selections: Rd. 2: RHP Wil Crowe; Rd. 4: 2B Cole Freeman; Rd. 5: RHP Brigham Hill; Rd. 13: OF Eric Senior; Rd. 18: OF Nick Choruby; Rd. 29: C Alex Dunlap; and Rd. 40: Max Engelbrekt.
The Nationals have signed 33 of the 40 players they selected June 12-14. A list of the Nationals' draft selections can be found on Page 2 of this release. Signed players are in bold.
RD PICK PLAYER POS B/T HT WT DOB SCHOOL
1 25 Seth Romero LHP L/L 6'3 250 4/19/96 University of Houston
2 65 Wil Crowe RHP R/R 6'2 240 9/9/94 University of South Carolina
3 103 Nick Raquet LHP R/L 6'0 215 12/12/95 College of William & Mary
4 133 Cole Freeman 2B R/R 5'9 175 9/27/94 Louisiana State University
5 163 Brigham Hill RHP R/R 5'11 190 7/8/95 Texas A&M University
6 193 Kyle Johnston RHP R/R 6'0 205 7/17/96 University of Texas at Austin
7 223 Jackson Tetreault RHP R/R 6'5 170 6/3/96 State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota
8 253 Jared Brasher RHP R/R 6'2 200 1/3/95 Samford University
9 283 Alex Troop LHP L/L 6'5 210 7/19/96 Michigan State University
10 313 Trey Turner RHP R/R 6'1 195 6/15/96 Missouri State University
11 343 Justin Connell OF R/R 6'1 185 3/11/99 American Heritage School
12 373 Jackson Stoeckinger LHP L/L 6'3 210 2/13/96 College of Central Florida
13 403 Eric Senior OF R/R 6'2 170 9/29/97 Midland College
14 433 Anthony Peroni C R/R 5'11 175 12/12/96 Mercer County Community College
15 463 Bryce Montes de Oca RHP R/R 6'7 265 4/23/96 University of Missouri
16 493 Jake Scudder 1B L/R 6'0 210 3/23/95 Kansas State University
17 523 Jared Johnson LHP R/L 6'4 185 9/1/95 Palm Beach State College
18 553 Nick Choruby OF L/R 6'1 190 11/8/94 Texas A&M University
19 583 Jonathan Pryor OF L/L 6'1 190 4/28/94 Wake Forest University
20 613 Jake Cousins RHP R/R 6'4 200 7/14/94 University of Pennsylvania
21 643 Leif Strom RHP R/R 6'6 215 5/17/97 Pierce College
22 673 Nelson Galindez LHP L/L 6'3 220 7/26/98 Haines City High School
23 703 Jamori Blash 1B R/R 6'4 225 11/9/95 Cochise College
24 733 Tim Richards SS R/R 6'0 185 2/10/95 Cal State Fullerton
25 763 David Smith RHP R/R 6'4 210 10/20/94 Cal State Long Beach
26 793 Kameron Esthay OF L/L 6'0 210 12/5/94 Baylor University
27 823 Darren Baker SS L/R 5'11 160 2/11/99 Jesuit High School
28 853 Nic Perkins C R/R 6'4 215 2/19/96 Drury University
29 883 Alex Dunlap C R/R 6'2 195 10/6/94 Stanford University
30 913 Austin Guibor OF L/R 5'9 185 4/29/95 Fresno State University
31 943 Jeremy McKinney RHP R/R 6'0 190 12/8/94 Indiana State University
32 973 Phil Caulfield 2B L/R 5'8 170 12/30/94 Loyola Marymount University
33 1003 Adalberto Carrillo C R/R 6'0 195 5/31/95 University of Southern California
34 1033 Bennett Sousa LHP L/L 6'3 185 4/6/95 University of Virginia
35 1063 Jackson Cramer 1B L/R 6'4 225 12/7/94 West Virginia University
36 1093 Gabe Klobosits RHP L/R 6'8 255 5/16/95 Auburn University
37 1123 Kody Gratkowski 3B R/R 6'1 190 12/28/98 Fairhope High School
38 1153 Jake Boone SS R/R 5'10 170 3/23/99 Torrey Pines High School
39 1183 Kai Nelson OF R/R 5'10 170 1/29/99 Fieldston High School
40 1213 Max Engelbrekt LHP L/L 6'3 197 9/30/93 Oregon State University