Brewers sign 16 draft picks, including Lucroy's brother

The Brewers announced the signing of 18 new players today, 16 from their First-Year Player Draft class and two undrafted players.

The class includes 12 pitchers, 1 catcher, 2 first basemen, one shortstop, and two outfielders. 13 of the prospects played in college, while five will head to the minor leagues out of high school. The list of signees is below:

Rd. Overall      Name Pos. B-T HT WT     Born     Hometown School Team

1     15 Trent Clark     OF   L-L 6-0 205     11/1/96     Fort Worth, TX     Richland (TX) High School

2     55 Cody Ponce     RHP R-R 6-6 240     4/25/94     Upland, CA Cal Poly Pomona University 

3     90 Nash Walters     RHP R-R 6-4 190 5/18/97     Lindale, TX Lindale (TX) High School 

8     241 Nate Griep     RHP R-R 6-2 185 10/11/93     Gilbert, AZ Kansas State University 

9     271 Karsen Lindell RHP R-R 6-2 190 6/2/96     West Linn, OR     West Linn (OR) High School

11     331 Jose Cuas     SS R-R 6-3 190 6/28/94 Brooklyn, NY University of Maryland

12     361 Drake Owenby LHP L-L 6-3 205 1/7/94     Powell, TN University of Tennessee

14     421 Tyrone Perry     1B L-R 6-1 265 10/24/95     Avon Park, FL     Lakeland (FL) Senior High School

18     541 Gentry Fortuno RHP R-R 6-1 235 9/11/96     Pembroke Pines, FL Charles Flanagan (FL) High School 

19     571 Steven Karkenny 1B R-R 6-2 210 3/30/93     Chatsworth, CA     The Master's College

20     601 David Lucroy     RHP R-R 6-2 220 9/3/92     Umatilla, FL East Carolina University

27     811 Jonathan Perrin RHP R-R 6-4 210 5/23/93     Olathe, KS Oklahoma State University

28     841 Mitch Ghelfi C S-R 5-11 185 9/24/92 Wesley Chapel, FL University Wisconsin Milwaukee 

31     931 Cross Colton RHP R-R 6-0 200 3/24/93     Tunnel Hill, GA     Shorter University

35     1051     Quintin Torres-Costa LHP L-L 6-0 190 9/11/94 Hilo, HI University of Hawaii

38     1141     Scott Grist RHP R-R 6-3 180 5/31/92 Sugarland, TX     Texas State University 

-- Undrafted Jose Flores RHP R-R 6-3 190 11/21/92 Oakland, CA University Science & Arts of Oklahoma Arizona

-- Undrafted Omar Cotto OF S-R 5-11 195 2/28/92 San Juan, PR University of Southern California Helena

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