2010 Draft Eligibles: Peninsula Oilers

Shayne Willson could be the first Oiler
to go in the 2010 draft.
Photo credit: OilersBaseball.com

The MLB rule-four draft is looming large, coming up in just a couple weeks. We've already had a peek at who's up for grabs from the Bucs and the Miners, and now we're headed southward down to Kenai for a look at the Peninsula Oilers. The Oilers have a bunch of draft-eligible guys this year, due in no small part to the fact that their 2008 squad was composed almost entirely of sophomores and freshmen. Those guys are all now draft eligible (minus a few who have been drafted as juniors, or hung up the spikes).

Who are some interesting players from a draft perspective? I don't see any top-100 types on this list, but beyond that there are actually quite a few very solid picks that will likely go later on the first day and early on the second.

I'm predicting that the first Oiler to go this year will be Shayne Willson. Willson was drafted straight out of high school by the Minnesota Twins during the 16th round. He opted to play junior college ball, put up some great numbers, and made two NJCAA World Series appearances. Since being recruited by Canisius, he's continued to hit the cover off the ball. His one black mark stat-wise was last year with the Oilers, but outside of a couple of guys, everyone on that team struggled at the plate. Other than that he's been drafted relatively high already, he's proven himself at the collegiate level, and he's a senior this year so there shouldn't be any signability issues. I don't see any reason why he shouldn't go on the first day.


One guy I really like is P.J. Sequeira. After his ABL stint, he went on to play in the Northwoods League where he was selected as an All-Star and also helped the Rochester Honkers nail down the league championship. He's got some real power potential and he's started to break out as an upperclassman. Last year he was chosen all-conference.

Seth Harvey could be a decent prospect. He was ranked the #9 prospect in the ABL back in 2008, and he went on to play in the WCL last summer when he led that league in Saves (11). He really came on strong as a junior with Washington State; this year he's getting roughed up a little bit but he's put up a K/BB ratio of 22/10 in 23.1 IP. He's a big strong kid and I think someone will pick him up as a middle-round pick.

Jeremy Gould could be a significant pick; he had a great year for the Oilers in '08, just missing .300 and leading the team in RBI. He went on to a kinda blah season in the Cape, though. And at this level stats are only part of the picture. He'll get drafted, but your guess as to when is as good or better than mine.

The hometown faithful will be waiting to see what happens with Steve Mabeus, out of Lewis & Clark State, who is a Soldotna, AK native. His big brother Chris was drafted in 2001 by Oakland and logged some MLB innings with the Brewers before retiring.

Anyway, here's the big list of Oilers available to be drafted. As was the case with the previous lists, I've made every effort to ensure that this list is complete and accurate, but if anyone notices any errors or omissions, be sure to let me know!

Last	First	Pos	College	Team	Year
Berl	Brandon	RHP	St. Mary's	Oilers	2008
Briner	Tom	RHP	UC Davis	Oilers	2009
Brown	David	RHP	Long Beach State	Oilers	2009
Deason	Chance	LHP	Oklahoma State	Oilers	2007
Dixon	Brandon	LHP	Pt Loma Nazarene	Oilers	2008
Draxton	Erik	RHP	CSU Bakersfield	Oilers	2008
Emsley-Pai	Kawika	C	Lewis-Clark State	Oilers	2008
Fisher	Ryan	IF	UC Irvine	Oilers	2009
Gould	Jeremy	LHP/OF	Duke	Oilers	2008
Harvey	Seth	RHP	Washington State	Oilers	2008
Hollands	Mario	LHP	UC Santa Barbara	Oilers	2007
Horst	Brian	SS/2B	UC Riverside	Oilers	2008
Jannis	Mickey	RHP	CSU Bakersfield	Oilers	2008
Johnson	Jake	C	Fresno State	Oilers	2009
Johnson	Glen	IF	Jacksonville	Oilers	2009
Kaskow	Jonathan	1B	Stanford	Oilers	2009
Kuykendall	Garry	OF	Washington State	Oilers	2009
Larson	Francis	C	UC Irvine	Oilers	2008
Lombardozzi	Dan	RHP	Coastal Carolina	Oilers	2008
Loredo	Nick	RHP	UC Santa Barbara	Oilers	2009
Mabeus	Steve	RHP	Clarke College	Oilers	2008
McConkey	Brian	1B	UC Riverside	Oilers	2008
Mejia	Jeremiah	OF	Oral Roberts	Oilers	2007
Mihaylo	Kyle	OF	UC Davis	Oilers	2008
Miller	Michael	OF	Oregon State	Oilers	2009
Mills	Joey	OF	CSU Bakersfield	Oilers	2008
Mullins	Marty	C	UC Santa Barbara	Oilers	2009
Parker	Dearth	IF	Oklahoma City	Oilers	2009
Patterson	Joe	1B/C	Texas A&M	Oilers	2007
Rath	Kevin	LHP	CS Fullerton	Oilers	2009
Ratigan	Mike	RHP	Washington State	Oilers	2009
Sequeira	P.J.	OF	Oral Roberts	Oilers	2008
Slaught	Crosby	RHP	UC Irvine	Oilers	2009
Summers	Jarryd	RHP	West Virginia	Oilers	2008
Thomson	Matt	RHP	San Diego	Oilers	2007
Tracy	Mark	C/1B	Duquesne	Oilers	2009
Uhring	Bryce	RHP	Pepperdine	Oilers	2008
Willson	Shayne	OF	Canisius	Oilers	2009