RoadRunner Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Colson Montgomery out of Southridge High School in Huntingburg/Holland, IN was just drafted 22nd Overall in the First Round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. Makes me wonder, is this the highest any high school player from the State of Indiana has ever been drafted? I did a quick google search and couldn't find much. I did see Scott Rolen was early 2nd round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Preston Mattingly was 1st Round 31 overall in 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Not sure if this counts, but Bryan Bullington from Madison was drafted 1st overall by the Pirates in 2002. He had previously been drafted in 99 in the 37th round, but decided not to sign that year. But trying to find who was drafted when is a MUCH bigger task than it seems. There have been a LOT of guys from this State who have played the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Irishman said: Not sure if this counts, but Bryan Bullington from Madison was drafted 1st overall by the Pirates in 2002. He had previously been drafted in 99 in the 37th round, but decided not to sign that year. But trying to find who was drafted when is a MUCH bigger task than it seems. There have been a LOT of guys from this State who have played the game. This has been the problem I have encountered also! Bullington came out of Ball State. I am really looking for the high school boys drafted from the state of Indiana, but it would be awesome if someone had a big board of every player drafted from this state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter63 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Pat Underwood (Kokomo) 1976 went 2nd overall pick by the Tigers straight out of high school, he made major league history in 1979 in his pro debut by pitching against his brother Tom who was pitching for the Blue Jays 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southend Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 3:55 PM, RoadRunner said: Colson Montgomery out of Southridge High School in Huntingburg/Holland, IN was just drafted 22nd Overall in the First Round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. Makes me wonder, is this the highest any high school player from the State of Indiana has ever been drafted? I did a quick google search and couldn't find much. I did see Scott Rolen was early 2nd round. I understand that the 22nd pick over all will pay in the vicinity of $3.5 million this year. Um….? This kind of stuns me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Congratulations all around. I happened to turn on the draft, right before the Cubs (team I follow) picked at 21. I saw the "best available" and noticed Montgomery was listed 2nd, right behind the KSU pitcher the Cubs took. I was really hoping they took CM, especially with the apparent "blow up" of the Cubs. Body wise (and apparent skill wise---from the little I have seen), Montgomery reminds me a lot of Kris Bryant, who apparently will not be part of the Cubs much longer. Hope he has a long and wonderful MLB career. Edited July 16, 2021 by DE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southend Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thank god for Colson,I wouldn't wish the Cubs on any Indiana player, GO SOX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuccaguy Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Jared Parker , 9th overall out of Norwell HS... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/10/2021 at 7:46 PM, Yuccaguy said: Jared Parker , 9th overall out of Norwell HS... What about him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 hour ago, DE said: What about him? The original question was who the highest draft picks from Indiana were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Irishman said: The original question was who the highest draft picks from Indiana were. Ah, makes sense. Thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Nowlin Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Roncalli had a kid taken 2 or 3 years ago in the comp round at the end of round 1, I want to say 37th overall maybe?? Nick Schnell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 As a side topic: In the 1966 MLB Draft (first ever), three Indiana High School players were drafted 12th round Larry Bishop C by the California Angels from Indianapolis Howe 9th round Dan Bootcheck P by the Detroit Tigers from Michigan City (I think his grandson also played for the Angels as well) 4th round Karl Simon OF by the Chicago White Sox from South Bend Central 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailors Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Here is the Baseball America MLB Draft Database link: https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/ Make sure to use the Advanced Search tool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailors Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 26 minutes ago, Sailors said: Here is the Baseball America MLB Draft Database link: https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/ Make sure to use the Advanced Search tool. https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/?Year=0&Round=1&TeamId=0&Position=&SchoolName=&FourYearSchoolType=false&JuniorCollegeType=false&HighSchoolType=true&OtherSchoolType=false&StateOrCountry=IN&Signed=&SigningBonusMin=0&SigningBonusMax=0&PlayerName=&OverallNumber=0 Link to all Round one High School picks in Indiana. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuccaguy Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Wonderful to see the former Wapahani HS Pitcher, Zack Thompson (#57) make his MLB debut today (for my STL Cardinals) against the Cubs. 3 up...3 down! And a nice touch with him wearing the #57 of (the late) Darryl Kile... Gone too soon... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Colson Montgomery currently has a 44 game on base streak and it up to High A in the White Sox organization 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 7/10/2022 at 3:57 PM, LaSalle Lions 1976 said: Colson Montgomery currently has a 44 game on base streak and it up to High A in the White Sox organization Got to 50 straight yesterday with a first inning homerun (8 on the year)! Started the year not even in the top 100 MiLB prospects and has flew up to #40 in recent weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 As a Cubs, Bulls, and Bears fan I listen to Chicago sports radio all day while working. The show I was listening to last week was talking about Montgomery easily being their #1 prospect and whether the Sox would trade him for immediate assets. I hope they don't. The season appears to be wash this year with too much disfunction within the Org (Ex. Owner bypassing GM to hire LaRussa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 1:23 PM, Sailors said: https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/?Year=0&Round=1&TeamId=0&Position=&SchoolName=&FourYearSchoolType=false&JuniorCollegeType=false&HighSchoolType=true&OtherSchoolType=false&StateOrCountry=IN&Signed=&SigningBonusMin=0&SigningBonusMax=0&PlayerName=&OverallNumber=0 Link to all Round one High School picks in Indiana. Larry Bigbie of Hobart was drafted in the 1st Round of the 1999 Amateur Draft by Baltimore. I played on a travel team with him when I was 15. At that point he was already jacking line drive homers out of ballparks with major league dimension. The Bullington kid from Madison is also missing from this database. Like Bigbie, he was a 1st rounder out of Ball State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailors Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Boilernation said: Larry Bigbie of Hobart was drafted in the 1st Round of the 1999 Amateur Draft by Baltimore. I played on a travel team with him when I was 15. At that point he was already jacking line drive homers out of ballparks with major league dimension. The Bullington kid from Madison is also missing from this database. Like Bigbie, he was a 1st rounder out of Ball State. Yes, Bigbie and Bullington were 1st rounders out college (Ball State). This topic is High School 1st Rounders, see first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 52 minutes ago, Sailors said: Yes, Bigbie and Bullington were 1st rounders out college (Ball State). This topic is High School 1st Rounders, see first post of this thread. Lol...I knew I had to be missing something, but I was wrapped up in work to figure it out the obvious. My bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 On 12/4/2021 at 1:10 PM, LaSalle Lions 1976 said: As a side topic: In the 1966 MLB Draft (first ever), three Indiana High School players were drafted 12th round Larry Bishop C by the California Angels from Indianapolis Howe 9th round Dan Bootcheck P by the Detroit Tigers from Michigan City (I think his grandson also played for the Angels as well) 4th round Karl Simon OF by the Chicago White Sox from South Bend Central Just seeing this and responded just a few months late. I'm assuming Chris Bootcheck is Dan's grandson. Chris was an All State Pitcher at LaPorte, pitched for Auburn, and did have a decent run in the Angels bullpen. He was also a standout basketball player on '97 LaPorte team that advanced to the last Single Class Final Four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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