Williamsport Sun -Gazette

June 11 , 2007

Capsule looks at top Phillies picks during the second day of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. Players listed by round, overall selection, position, and school:

By IAN QUILLEN

6th 203 Matt Rizzotti 1B Manhattan

The junior Jasper has never quite regained the form of his freshman season, where he hit .416 with nine homers and 57 RBI. However, he set a career-high with 11 homers this season, despite a slow start, and still led his team with a .352 batting average and 43 RBI.

At 6-foot-6, 230 pounds, scouts like Rizzotti more for his power potential than his defense. He played first base through college, but coaches could decide Rizzotti will possibly patrol the spacious outfield at Bowman.

7th 233 Tyson Brummett RHP UCLA

The senior Bruin has already been drafted twice by the Giants once in high school in 2003 and once in junior college in 2004 but in the 35th and 38th rounds, respectively. His stock has shot up leading UCLA in wins with a 10-5 record and a 3.57 ERA in the fiercely competitive Pac-10.

Brummett is scheduled to pitch today in the second game of a three-game NCAA Super Regional series against Cal St.-Fullerton.

8th 263 Chance Chapman RHP Oral Roberts

The senior from California went 8-1 with a 1.34 ERA in his second season in Division I, while his team finished 40-17. Chapman spent his first three years with Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He spent 2006 and the beginning of 2007 as a reliever. He slipped into a starting role later this season, finishing second on the team in wins behind Jeremy Hefner, who was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round.

9th 293 Chris Kissock —RHP Lewis and Clark State

While his team just won its 15th NAIA World Series title, Kissock cooled off down the stretch. A native of British Columbia, Canada, Kissock’s 11-1 record led the team, while compiling a 2.98 ERA In 94 1/3 innings. Teammate Beau Mills went 13th in the first round to the Cleveland Indians.

10th 323 Joe Rocchio RHP Cal State-Northridge

Rocchio had a subpar senior year, going just 2-8 with a 5.25 ERA, but then again, so did most everyone on the Matadors (15-41) this year. Originally a closer and seen as a reliever on the next level, Rocchio was coerced into starting for the Matadors for most of the season because they had few other viable options.

11th 353 Justin De Fratus RHP Ventura College

The fifth of seven straight right-handed pitchers drafted by the Phillies, De Fratus stands 6-foot-4, 212 pounds, and has used up his junior college eligibility.

12th 383 —Julian Sampson RHP Skyline (Wa.) H.S.

Scouts rate Sampson as one of the top two right-handed pitchers in the state of Washington. Originally thought to be as high as a second-round pick, he dropped this far most likely because of a change in his repertoire from a flat, hard-breaking slider to a slower, loping curveball. Still, he is projected to reach 6-foot-5, 200 pounds, which should help bring his fastball higher than its current place in the low 90s.

13th 413 Luke Wertz RHP Nebraska

While leading the team in ERA at 2.98, the junior was just the fourth pitcher drafted from the Cornhuskers’ staff. He served as a long-reliever for most of the year before switching to a starting role for the stretch run. Wertz finished 4-1 with 66 strikeouts and 18 walks in 60 1-3 innings pitched.

14th 443 Jesus Andino SS Porterville (Calif.) JC

Andino broke the Phillies stretch of seven straight selections who were right-handed pitchers. Andino is also the Phillies second junior college pick of the draft.

15th 473 Karl Bolt 1B/OF Air Force

The senior became only the second Falcon ever to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft, after Mike Thiessen was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 42nd round in 2001.

Even as Air Force (8-44) had a miserable season, Bolt excelled, hitting .354 with 47 RBI, easily leading the team in both categories. Currently, Bolt is exploring options that will allow him to fulfill his post-graduation service requirement with the Air Force and begin a professional baseball career.