2007 MLB Draft: New York Yankees

Players signed indicated in Bold

Round Overall Player Position School State
1 30 Andrew Brackman rhp North Carolina State NC
As an awkward 6-foot-7 16-year-old at Cincinnati's Moeller High, Brackman wasn't considered a top 50 prospect in baseball or basketball. His basketball game blossomed as a senior, and when N.C. State offered him a chance to play both sports, he eagerly accepted. A bout with tendinitis assured he wouldn't be drafted highly enough out of high school to buy him out of college, and after giving up basketball as a sophomore (he had thrown just 77 innings in his first two years at N.C. State), he's begun to come into this own. Now a legitimate 6-foot-10, 240 pounds, his upside is considerable. His athleticism helps him repeat his delivery, but he struggles with his balance and release point, leading to erratic command, especially of his secondary stuff. He touched 99 mph in the Cape Cod League in 2006 and again during an early-season outing in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and he pitches at 94 with exceptional plane. His mid-80s spike-curveball is filthy. Brackman's changeup was the pitch that had improved the most this spring, and grades as a third potential plus offering. He's still unrefined, but even without the polish, Brackman shouldn't slide out of the top 10 picks.
2 94 Austin Romine c El Toro HS, Lake Forest, Calif. CA
3 124 Ryan Pope rhp Savannah College of Art & Design (Ga.) GA
4 154 Bradley Suttle 3b Texas TX
5 184 Adam Olbrychowski rhp Pepperdine CA
6 214 Richard Weems c Columbus (Ga.) HS GA
7 244 Damon Sublett 2b/rhp Wichita State KS
8 274 Taylor Grote of The Woodlands (Texas) HS TX
9 304 Austin Krum of Dallas Baptist TX
10 334 Carmen Angelini ss Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La. LA
11 364 Isaiah Howes of Louisville KY
12 394 Manuel Barreda rhp Sahuarita (Ariz.) HS AZ
13 424 Nick Chigges rhp Charleston SC
14 454 Braedyn Pruitt 3b Stetson FL
15 484 David Williams of Rutgers NJ
16 514 Daniel Mahoney rhp Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass. MA
17 544 Ryan Zink rhp Illinois-Chicago IL
18 574 Chris Carpenter rhp Kent State OH
19 604 Taylor Holiday of UC Irvine CA
20 634 Ryan Wehrle ss Nebraska NE
21 664 Justin Snyder 2b San Diego CA
22 694 Craig Heyer rhp Nevada-Las Vegas NV
23 724 Matt Morris of UC Irvine CA
24 754 Greg Peavey rhp Hudson's Bay HS, Vancouver, Wash. WA
25 784 Jason Kiley rhp Florida Gulf Coast FL
26 814 Gary Gattis of Yavapai (Ariz.) JC AZ
27 844 Brandon Laird 3b Cypress (Calif.) JC CA
28 874 Jeffrey Livek rhp Carthage (Wis.) WI
29 904 Matthew Pilgreen rhp Louisiana-Lafayette LA
30 934 Chris Carrara 2b Winthrop SC
31 963 Chad Dawson rhp Indiana State IN
32 992 Brian Chavez ss San Francisco CA
33 1021 Fred Jones rhp Evansville IN
34 1050 Drew Storen rhp Brownsburg (Ind.) HS IN
35 1079 Greg Holle rhp Christian Brothers HS, Loudonville, N.Y. NY
36 1107 Daniel Cox ss Washington WA
37 1135 Steven Strausbaugh of Western Carolina NC
38 1163 Eric Komatsu of Oxnard (Calif.) JC CA
39 1191 Eric Thames of Pepperdine CA
40 1217 Luke Murton 1b Georgia Tech GA
41 1243 Jake Shafer rhp Missouri State MO
42 1269 Chris Raber 1b Coastal Carolina SC
43 1295 Jason Chowning rhp Texarkana (Texas) JC TX
44 1321 Tyler Herriage lhp Weatherford (Texas) JC TX
45 1345 Pat Venditte rhp/lhp Creighton NE
46 1368 Daniel Kapala rhp Notre Dame IN
47 1390 Colin Arnold of Daytona Beach (Fla.) CC FL
48 1411 Joseph Bittle rhp Mississippi MS
49 1432 Kenneth Toves lhp Carlsbad (Calif.) HS CA
50 1453 Lawrence Day c Connecticut CT

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