Brewers sign 14 Draft picks
The Brewers today announced they had signed 14 picks from last week’s First-Year Player Draft, plus three undrafted players. The highest signee is ninth-rounder Malcolm Dowell, a prep outfielder from LaGrange, Ga., and the list also includes University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee right-hander Chad Pierce of Fond du Lac, Wis.
Dowell was assigned to rookie-level Arizona and Pierce to the club’s advanced rookie affiliate in Helena, Mont. Both teams begin workouts on Tuesday.
Here’s the full list of players signed:
Round/Pick Player School Affiliate
9/281 CF Malcolm Dowell LaGrange H.S. (Ga.) Arizona
10/311 LHP Michael Strong Oklahoma State Helena
14/431 RHP Jacob Barnes Florida Gulf Coast Univ. Helena
15/461 RHP Andrew Moye Georgia Southern Univ. Helena
31/941 RHP Sean Albury Nova Southeastern Univ. Helena
34/1,031 C Adam Weisenburger Miami (OH) Univ. Arizona
36/1,091 RHP Mitchell Conner Elon Univ. Arizona
37/1,121 RHP Casey Medlen Univ. of North Florida Arizona
38/1,151 RHP Chad Pierce UW-Milwaukee Helena
41/1,241 3B Jalen Harris Lambrick Park SS (Toronto) Arizona
45/1,361 SS Adrian Williams UCLA Helena
48/1,451 LHP Mike Francisco Villanova Univ. Arizona
49/1,481 2B Gant Elmore Yale Univ. Helena
50/1,511 RF Matthew Franco St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. (Fla.) Arizona
Undrafted RHP Gregory Davis UC Santa Barbara Arizona
Undrafted RF Brandon Macias Univ. of Kansas Arizona
Undrafted LHP Stephen Peterson Univ. of Rhode Island Arizona
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Adam McCalvy
grant elmore has skills, but he needs more playing time. friend of a friend from yale.
Adam, I would imagine that a large percentage of high schooler drafted late end up not signing and going to college. Any reason why Matthew Franco decided to sign? Did the Brewers offer higher round $?
No but he didn’t have anywhere to play. Was going to walk on at TCC (Tallahassee Community College) breakout Senior Year in HS
Only received 8k signing bonus