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The 2016 MLB Draft was June 9-11. Below is a list of Colorado products selected, 22 in total.
Last season, 19 players who played high school baseball in Colorado were taken.
Coverage:
- Day 1: Loveland’s Alec Hansen goes in second round
- Day 2: Five more alums picked from colleges
- Day 3: History made with Gwinn’s selection
Local selections in the 2016 MLB Draft
| Alumni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD | OVR | Team | Name | POS | High School | Grad | College |
| 2 | 49 | Chicago White Sox | Alec Hansen | RHP | Loveland | 2013 | Oklahoma |
| 3 | 93 | Minnesota Twins | Griffin Jax | RHP | Cherry Creek | 2013 | Air Force |
| 4 | 118 | Boston Red Sox | Bobby Dalbec | 3B | Legend | 2013 | Arizona |
| 6 | 172 | Oakland A’s | Brandon Bailey | RHP | Broomfield | 2013 | Gonzaga |
| 9 | 270 | Tampa Bay Rays | Peter Bayer | RHP | Regis Jesuit | 2012 | Cal Poly Pomona |
| 10 | 287 | Philadelphia Phillies | Julian Garcia | RHP | Fossil Ridge | 2013 | Metro State |
| 12 | 373 | Kansas City Royals | Jeremy Gwinn | RHP | Woodland Park | 2013 | Colby (Kan.) CC |
| 21 | 640 | New York Mets | Max Kuhns | RHP | Chaparral | 2013 | Santa Clara |
| 24 | 710 | Colorado Rockies | J.D. Hammer | RHP | Fort Collins | 2012 | Marshall |
| 28 | 829 | Atlanta Braves | Nick Shumpert | 2B | Highlands Ranch | 2015 | San Jacinto |
| 29 | 866 | Chicago White Sox | Earl Henderson | 1B | Conifer | 2013 | Central Arizona |
| 29 | 873 | Minnesota Twins | Dane Hutcheon | SS | Pine Creek | 2013 | Montevallo |
| 30 | 892 | Oakland A’s | Nick Highberger | RHP | Rye | 2012 | Creighton |
| 30 | 907 | Houston Astros | Brody Westmoreland | 3B | ThunderRidge | 2014 | College of Southern Nevada |
| 36 | 1088 | New York Yankees | Tyler Honahan | LHP | Legend | 2012 | Stony Brook |
| 37 | 1114 | Washingtion Nationals | Cory Voss | C | Pueblo South | 2014 | McLennan CC |
| 2016 graduates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD | OVR | Team | Name | POS | High School | Commit | |
| 23 | 695 | San Francisco Giants | Jake Greenwalt | RHP | Windsor | Northern Colorado | |
| 29 | 878 | New York Yankees | Bo Weiss | RHP | Regis Jesuit | North Carolina | |
| 33 | 1004 | Chicago Cubs | Nate Sweeney | RHP | Cherry Creek | Arizona | |
| 34 | 1010 | Colorado Rockies | Wyatt Featherston | CF | Green Mountain | Western Kentucky | |
| 38 | 1130 | Colorado Rockies | Quin Cotton | CF | Regis Jesuit | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |
| 39 | 1160 | Colorado Rockies | Cuba Bess | C | Fruita Monument | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |