The D-backs continued with the pitching trend in rounds 6-20, at least in the beginning with a pair of high school arms and one college arms in the 6-8 picks.

 

 

Round	No.	Player	Position	Coll/HS
6	181	Blake Perry	RHP	HS
7	211	Jeffrey Shields	RHP	Coll
8	241	Tyler Green	RHP	HS
9	271	Zachary Walters	SS	Coll
10	301	Kawika Emsley-Pai	C	Coll
11	331	Michael Freeman	SS	Coll
12	361	Blake Cooper	RHP	Coll
13	391	Kevin Ziomek	LHP	HS
14	421	Ty Linton	CF	HS
15	451	Michael Bolsinger	RHP	Coll
16	481	Westley Moss	CF	Coll
17	511	Derek Eitel	RHP	Coll
18	541	Jimmy Comerota	1B	Coll
19	571	Adam Eaton	OF	Coll
20	601	Michael Hur	LF	Coll

 

A couple of notes about the D-backs’ earlier picks, from Baseball America:

 

James Bradley – Second Round

A lanky, projectable righthander at 6-foot-4, 180 pounds, his fastball ranges from 88-92 mph, but sits at 89-90 and he can touch 93-94 a couple of times in a game… He has outstanding control for a high school arm. He reportedly has walked just two batters in the last two seasons.

 

Robby Rowland – Third Round

At 6-foot-6, 210 pounds, Rowland looks the part of a young Josh Johnson. He is one of the top basketball players in California and could have accepted scholarships to small Division I programs as a shooting guard. Rowland’s father Rich is a former big league catcher (Tigers and Red Sox from 1990-1995), and his older brother is a college catcher.

 

Cody Wheeler – Fifth Round

Wheeler’s best trait, aside from being a southpaw, is his athletic ability. It allows him to add and subtract from his fastball, repeat his delivery, field his position and hold runners well.

 

Keith Law of ESPN.com called fourth-round pick Kevin Munson, “the top pure closer in the draft.”

 

We’ll be back in a bit to wrap up the day’s picks.