SAN FRANCISCO — When the three-day talent-selecting marathon was over and the 2011 MLB Draft had been completed, the Nationals finished up with 51 new player to potentially add to their farm system.
The Nationals tabbed third baseman Anthony Rendon with their first pick, No. 6 overall, right-hander Alex Meyer with their second, No. 23 overall, outfielder Brian Goodwin with their third, No. 34 overall, and left-hander Matt Purke with their fourth pick, No. 96 overall.
They then added to that haul over the course of the next two days, completing the draft with a slew of pitchers (22 to be exact), including 15 right-handed pitchers and 11 left-handers, two catchers, 12 infielders and 11 outfielders.
The Nationals also went local with four of their picks, selecting Georgetown catcher Erick Fernandez in the 25th round and George Washington University left-hander Bobby Lucas in the 27th round along with Georgia outfielder (and Paul VI Catholic High School in Alexandria, V.A., grad) and Westville High School grad Matt Snyder.
Snyder, who was a DH for Ole Miss, is currently on the mend after getting hit with a pitch in the face while playing summer ball in the Valley League.
They also selected the grandson of former MLB first baseman George Scott, shortstop Deion Williams, in the 16th round and the son of former MLB closer Tom Henke, right-hander Travis Henke, in the 22nd round. Bryan Harper, the brother of Bryce, was the Nationals 30th round pick.
Here’s a full list of the Nationals’ draft picks:
1 6 Anthony Rendon 3B R/R 6-0 190 6/6/90 Rice Univ. (TX)
1 23 Alex Meyer RHP R/R 6-9 220 1/3/90 Univ. of Kentucky
S 34 Brian Goodwin OF L/L 6-1 195 11/2/90 Miami Dade College (FL)
3 96 Matt Purke LHP L/L 6-3 175 7/17/90 Texas Christian Univ.
4 127 Kylin Turnbull LHP L/L 6-5 200 9/12/89 Santa Barbara CC (CA)
5 157 Matt Skole 3B L/R 6-3 230 7/30/89 Georgia Tech Univ.
6 187 Taylor Hill RHP R/R 6-3 225 3/12/89 Vanderbilt Univ. (TN)
7 217 Brian Dupra RHP R/R 6-3 205 12/15/88 Notre Dame Univ. (IN)
8 247 Greg Holt RHP R/R 6-2 200 6/19/89 Univ. of North Carolina
9 277 Dixon Anderson RHP R/R 6-6 225 7/2/89 Univ. of California-Berkley
10 307 Manny Rodriguez RHP R/R 6-2 225 1/12/89 Barry Univ. (FL)
11 337 Caleb Ramsey OF L/R 6-3 210 10/7/88 Univ. of Houston (TX)
12 367 Blake Monar LHP L/L 6-2 205 6/16/89 Indiana Univ.
13 397 Blake Kalenkosky 1B R/R 6-0 204 10/28/89 Texas State Univ.
14 427 Cody Stubbs OF L/R 6-3 215 1/14/91 Walters State CC (TN)
15 457 Zach Houchins SS R/R 6-3 185 9/16/92 Louisburg JC (NC)
16 487 Deion Williams SS R/R 6-3 185 11/11/92 Redan HS (GA)
17 517 Esteban Guzman RHP R/R 6-4 220 2/15/90 San Jose State Univ. (CA)
18 547 Nicholas Lee LHP L/L 6-1 190 1/31/91 Weatherford College (TX)
19 577 Hawtin Buchannan RHP L/R 6-8 245 4/29/93 Biloxi HS (MS)
20 607 Josh Laxer RHP R/R 6-1 190 6/7/93 Madison Central HS (MS)
21 637 Todd Simko LHP L/L 6-4 225 12/5/88 Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi
22 667 Travis Henke RHP R/R 6-6 250 7/9/88 Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock
23 697 Khayyan Norfork 2B R/R 5-10 190 1/19/89 Univ. of Tennessee
24 727 Kyle Ottoson LHP L/L 6-2 165 7/11/90 Arizona State Univ.
25 757 Erick Fernandez C R/R 5-11 190 11/30/88 Georgetown Univ. (DC)
26 787 Shawn Pleffner OF L/R 6-5 225 8/17/89 Univ. of Tampa (FL)
27 817 Bobby Lucas LHP L/L 6-4 220 8/12/87 George Washington Univ. (DC)
28 847 Kenneth Ferrer RHP R/R 6-1 220 12/13/89 Elon Univ. (NC)
29 877 Sean Cotton C R/R 6-2 210 11/15/88 Tusculum College (TN)
30 907 Bryan Harper LHP L/L 6-6 210 12/29/89 Univ. of South Carolina
31 937 Josh Tobias SS S/R 5-9 200 11/23/92 Southeast Guilford HS (NC)
32 967 Billy Burns OF R/R 5-9 170 8/30/89 Mercer Univ. (GA)
33 997 Trey Karlen 2B R/R 5-11 195 4/23/88 Univ. of Tennessee-Martin
34 1027 Calvin Drummond RHP R/R 6-3 200 9/22/89 Univ. of San Diego (CA)
35 1057 Alex Kreis RHP R/R 6-1 210 1/1/89 Jamestown College (ND)
36 1087 Ben Hawkins LHP L/L 6-0 180 11/4/89 Univ. of West Florida
37 1117 Derrick Bleeker RHP R/R 6-5 220 3/11/91 Howard College (TX)
38 1147 Brett Mooneyham LHP L/L 6-5 245 1/24/90 Stanford Univ. (CA)
39 1177 Peter Verdin OF R/R 6-0 205 3/19/90 Univ. of Georgia
40 1207 Stephen Collum OF R/R 6-3 185 3/7/92 Cartersville HS (GA)
41 1237 Bryce Ortega 3B R/R 5-10 165 9/22/88 Univ. of Arizona
42 1267 David Kerian SS S/R 6-2 185 2/9/93 Bishop Heelan HS (IA)
43 1297 Mitchell Morales SS L/R 5-10 150 3/3/93 Wellington Community HS (FL)
44 1327 Matt Snyder 1B L/R 6-6 210 6/17/90 Univ. of Mississippi
45 1357 Ritchie Mirowski RHP R/R 6-2 190 4/30/89 Oklahoma Baptist Univ.
46 1387 Tyler Thompson OF L/R 6-1 185 8/4/89 Univ. of Florida
47 1417 Timothy Montgomery LHP R/L 6-5 195 3/13/93 Rockmart HS (GA)
48 1447 Michael Bisenius OF L/R 6-3 215 10/29/88 Wayne State College (NE)
49 1477 Hunter Cole OF R/R 6-1 185 10/3/92 Dorman HS (SC)
50 1507 Anthony Nix OF R/R 5-10 185 2/3/1989 Univ. of California-Riverside
