BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.
Connecticut third baseman - and BIG EAST Home Run Derby winner - Mike Olt was the first BIG EAST player chosen as he went to the Texas Rangers with the 49th pick in Compensation Round A.
West Virginia shortstop Jedd Gyorko went in the second round, going to the San Diego Padres with the 59th overall pick. BIG EAST Player of the Year Joe Leonard was chosen in the third round, going to the Atlanta Braves with the 101st pick.
Louisville's Thomas Royse, the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, led a run of nine Cardinal players chosen when he went to the Chicago White Sox in Compensation Round B with the 114th pick. Villanova outfielder Matt Szczur was the first of four Wildcat players taken when he was snagged by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round.
The 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
| School |
Pos. |
Player |
Round/Pick |
MLB Club |
| CINCINNATI |
LHP |
Kevin Johnson |
42/1,276 |
Texas Rangers |
| CINCINNATI |
LHP |
Brian Garman |
17/519 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
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| CONNECTICUT |
3B |
Mike Olt |
CA/49 |
Texas Rangers |
| CONNECTICUT |
LHP |
Elliott Glynn |
49/1,474 |
San Diego Padres |
| |
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| GEORGETOWN |
RHP |
Tim Adelman |
24/718 |
Baltimore Orioles |
| GEORGETOWN |
C |
Erick Fernandez |
46/1,376 |
Washington Nationals |
| |
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| LOUISVILLE |
RHP |
Thomas Royse |
CB/114 |
Chicago White Sox |
| LOUISVILLE |
RHP |
Neil Holland |
11/326 |
Washington Nationals |
| LOUISVILLE |
2B |
Adam Duvall |
11/348 |
San Francisco Giants |
| LOUISVILLE |
IF |
Phil Wunderlich |
12/371 |
Tampa Bay Rays |
| LOUISVILLE |
OF |
Josh Richmond |
12/376 |
Texas Rangers |
| LOUISVILLE |
1B |
Andrew Clark |
13/406 |
Texas Rangers |
| LOUISVILLE |
C |
Jeff Arnold |
26/798 |
San Francisco Giants |
| LOUISVILLE |
OF |
Stewart Ijames |
29/895 |
New York Yankees |
| LOUISVILLE |
LHP |
Dean Kiekhefer |
36/1,099 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| LOUISVILLE |
LHP |
Bob Revesz |
49/1,489 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| |
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| NOTRE DAME |
RHP |
Brian Dupra |
11/343 |
Detroit Tigers |
| NOTRE DAME |
RHP |
Evan Danieli |
24/734 |
Atlanta Braves |
| NOTRE DAME |
OF |
Golden Tate |
50/1,518 |
San Francisco Giants |
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| PITTSBURGH |
3B |
Joe Leonard |
3/101 |
Atlanta Braves |
| PITTSBURGH |
C |
Cory Brownsten |
15/464 |
Atlanta Braves |
| PITTSBURGH |
SS |
Danny Lopez |
17/522 |
Seattle Mariners |
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| RUTGERS |
OF |
Pat Biserta |
24/739 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| RUTGERS |
1B |
Jaren Matthews |
32/967 |
Cincinnati Reds |
| RUTGERS |
C |
Jayson Hernandez |
41/1,253 |
Boston Red Sox |
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| ST. JOHN'S |
RHP |
Daniel Burawa |
13/385 |
New York Yankees |
| ST. JOHN'S |
RHP |
Bruce Kern |
23/710 |
Colorado Rockies |
| ST. JOHN'S |
RHP |
Ryan Cole |
34/1023 |
Houston Astros |
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| USF |
LHP |
Stephen Hunt |
15/457 |
Cincinnati Reds |
| USF |
LHP |
Andrew Barbosa |
15/467 |
San Francisco Giants |
| USF |
RHP |
Randy Fontanez |
23/697 |
Cincinnati Reds |
| USF |
C |
Eric Sim |
27/828 |
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| VILLANOVA |
OF |
Matt Szczur |
5/160 |
Chicago Cubs |
| VILLANOVA |
OF |
Justin Bencsko |
20/597 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
| VILLANOVA |
RHP |
Brian Streilein |
37/1,113 |
Houston Astros |
| VILLANOVA |
LHP |
Mike Francisc |
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