It’s been a recurring theme this year in APBA baseball leagues. Every manager wants Jose Abreu on their team.
At the Boys of Summer APBA League draft, it was Corktown Tomales manager Chris DeMercurio who got to call the slugger’s name. Joc Pederson went second and Jacob deGrom came third.
Overall, the first round of the Boys of Summer League went like this:
| ROUND | PICK | OVERALL | PLAYER | POS | Team |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ABREU, Jose | 1B | CORK |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | PEDERSON, Joc | OF | SEA |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | de GROM, Jacob | SP | BRK |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | TANAKA, Masahiro | SP | CHI |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | ADAMS, Matt | 1B | BUF |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | SPRINGER, George | OF | URB |
| 1 | 7 | 7 | GONZALEZ, Miguel Angel | SP | KING |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | BETTS, Mookie | OF | SPAR |
| 1 | 9 | 9 | PINEDA, Michael | SP | HOL |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | PANIK, Joe | 2B | S.D. |
| 1 | 11 | 11 | SANCHEZ, Aaron | P | SWAT |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | INCIARTE, Ender | OF | KBB |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | CASTILLO, Rusney | OF | CHI |
| 1 | 14 | 14 | SOLER, Jorge | OF | S.S. |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | HENDRICKS, Kyle | SP | POR |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | GILES, Ken | RP | FAIR |
With 200 players taken in 14 rounds, the BoS League finished their rookie draft this past weekend. The draft was conducted primarily through Facebook chat. After some starts and stops during the first few rounds, the league whipped through the remaining draft last Saturday on record time.
This will be the league’s third year in existence. There are a few new faces in the league but rest assured Robert Mosher is there to defend his title and Brad Stark is knocking at the door after two straight NL championships.
Commissioner Shawn Baier went from worst to first and is looking to repeat while I did the opposite. My Urbana Locomotives were one game from the NL Championship two years ago only to finish last this past year. Looking at the full draft, it’s obvious I’m still in a rebuilding phase but next year is looking pretty good.
Thanks to Shawn for all his work and good luck to all in the BoS APBA League!
