Cardinals Get Defensive On Draft Day Two

The Cardinals went defensive early on Day 2 of the First-Year Player Draft, selecting one of the top defensive players in the Draft in University of Miami shortstop Ryan Jackson.
Cardinals Official Site

With their first two picks of the MLB Draft Day 2, the St. Louis Cardinals revisited familiar schools and a familiar approach.
Birdland

Founded in 2001, the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School was established to help local kids improve as players and work toward their degree. It’s also become a honey pot for scouts to find some of the island’s finest baseballs players.
Birdland

He doesn’t have an imposing presence on the mound and he doesn’t throw the kind of imposing stuff that attracts scouts and sunny draft reports, but UC-Irvine lefty Daniel Bibona had numbers big enough to belie his frame.
Birdland

The St. Louis Cardinals heavily concentrated on college players in rounds 4 through 11 of the amateur free-agent draft. Their first choice of the day, fourth-rounder Scott Bittle, was an All-America pitcher last year for the University of Mississippi and was 5-2 with a 2.17 earned run average this season for the Rebels. Righthander Bittle fanned 68 and walked 22 in 45 1/3 innngs and held opponents to a .175 batting average.
Cardinal Beat

Quick announcement: I’ll be on UCB Radio tonight at 9:30 to talk all things draft.

Here’s some quick snap shots of who the Cardinals took on Day 2
Future Redbirds

Richland's Kyle Conley was among three University of Washington players selected today during the second day of the Major League Baseball draft.
Tri City Herald

The St. Louis Cardinals made Christian Beatty the 789th overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.
NC A&T Sports Information

CCU pitcher Nick McCully was projected as the highest Chant taken in the draft. He waited a little longer than he would've liked, but the phone finally rang with the St. Louis Cardinals on the other end.
WMBF

Matt Adams was fairly certain he wouldn't be selected on the first day of the Major League Baseball amateur draft Tuesday, but when the draft took a 10 minute intermission after the 20th round Wednesday and he still hadn't been selected, disappointment started to set in.
Altoona Mirror

Scott Bittle has experienced a lifetime of ups and downs over the last year or so. The Ole Miss pitcher was an All-America closer in 2008 and was selected by his favorite team, the New York Yankees, in the pro draft that year with the 75th pick overall.
Sun Herald

Virgil Hill, the son of North Dakota boxing legend Virgil Hill Sr., was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday.
The Forum Of Fargo-Moorhead