MLB Draft

Kevin Smith has had about 24 hours to digest the fact that he's now a professional baseball player. It will all become officially official on Friday when he flies to Florida to sign his contract with the Blue Jays organization, but with Toronto's 4th round selection of the former Columbia High School star on Tuesday, it's as official as it needs to be right now...

The Major League Baseball Draft wasn't over for the Capital Region after the selection of Niskayuna graduate Garrett Whitley on Monday night. Two more Capital Region products were taken on the draft's third day: LHP Trevor Lacosse of CBA and Bryant University as well as Greenwich senior John Stewart...

Last night, Niskayuna standout baseball player Garrett Whitley was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. Whitley, the toolsy OF, went 13th overall. Mock drafts had him pegged anywhere between the early teens and the mid-20s...

As Niskayuna superstar Garrett Whitley heard his name called on Monday night, MLB analysts reacted to the Capital Region product going No. 13 overall to the Rays:

On Tuesday night, the New York Yankees selected James Kaprielian as the No. 16 overall pick in the MLB Draft.

The New York Yankees have drafted RHP James Kaprielian with the 16th overall pick. Kaprielian is a big guy at 6'3, and weighs in at around 190-200 pounds. ESPN analyst Keith Law ranks him in the same spot on his list of the top prospects...

Tonight is a huge night for the Capital Region, as Niskayuna senior Garrett Whitley figures to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft. Whitley, the speedy OF, will be one of three players in attendance at the draft. We've been chronicling Whitley's draft prospects for the last few weeks, and today, we bring you our final national expert in the Prep Baseball Reports Nathan Rode... Read Mor

With Niskayuna's Garrett Whitley expected to be one of the many high schoolers drafted in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft on Monday night, Buster Olney discussed the transition for a high schooler to the minors:

We are just days away from the start of the Major League Baseball draft which means we are just days away from the inevitable selection of Niskayuna star Garrett Whitley. Whitley will look to become the second player from the Capital Region drafted in the first round in as many years (Shaker's Jeff Hoffman went No...

The University of Virginia topped the University of Maryland last night in Game 3 of the Charlottesville Super Regional to advance to the 2014 NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. The 11-2 win for the Cavaliers (49-14) means that Shenendehowa graduate Branden Cogswell will be playing in the World Series just one week after getting drafted in the 7th round of the MLB draft by the Oakland Athlet

Shaker High School graduate Jeff Hoffman was drafted Thursday with the ninth overall pick in the major league baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. The lanky East Carolina right-hander will miss approximately the next year after having Tommy John surgery in mid-May...

Branden Cogswell, the starting 2B for the No. 1 ranked Virginia Cavaliers, and a Shenendehowa graduate joined Brady Farkas on 1045theteam.com today. Cogswell talked about being No. 1, the upcoming Cavs' series with Wake Forest, the MLB draft, Jeff Hoffman, and his days in the Capital Region and at Shen -- and more...