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August 18, 2009

 

RED SOX SIGN 10 DRAFT SELECTIONS

 

BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox announced today that the club has signed 10 players selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, including shortstop David Renfroe (3^rd round), right-handed pitchers Madison Younginer (7^th round) and Kendal Volz (9^th round), and outfielder Brandon Jacobs (10^th round).  Red Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Jason McLeod made the announcements.

 

Renfroe, 18, starred as both a shortstop and pitcher at South Panola (MS) High School, hitting .470 with six doubles, four triples, seven home runs, 35 RBI, 39 runs scored, 20 walks and 18 stolen bases as a senior in 2009.  His father, Laddie Renfroe, appeared in four games in relief for the Cubs in 1991.     

 

The 18-year-old Younginer was named the 2009 Gatorade South Carolina Baseball Player of the Year, going 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 33 strikeouts for Mauldin High School.

 

Volz, 21, went 12-15 with a 4.61 ERA in three seasons at Baylor University.  His 228 strikeouts over 224.2 innings rank ninth on the school’s career strikeout list.

 

Jacobs, 18, hit .507 with six home runs and 31 RBI his season year in 2009 at Parkview (GA) High School where he also starred in football.

 

Also signing was shortstop Jason Thompson (11^th round), third baseman Miles Head (26^th round), right-handed pitchers Reynolds Parthemore (18^th round), Alex Hassan (20^th round) and Eric Curtis (28^th round), and left-hander Shaughn Webb (31^st round).  Hassan, selected out of Duke University, is a native of Milton, MA and former four-year letter winner at Boston College High School. 

 

Boston signed 26 of their 50 draft picks overall, including each of its first five selections and 14 of their top 15. 

 

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