Just because the later in the draft it gets, the less info you can find on players, here is a one-post recap on Oakland’s last 11 picks of the draft.

Round 20: After enjoying success both on the gridiron and on the diamond, Tyler Bernard has committed to Baseball from now on, and the A’s 20th round selection is headed to Arizona one way or another.  It can be to Papago Park for A’s orientation, or to Tempe, Arizona, for the ASU Sun Devils and the Baseball program.

He is a SS/3B who can also pitch, according to his father, and is 6′1 175.

Round 21: A CF out of Tennessee, Mike Faulkner is scheduled to attend Arkansas State University next year.  The southpaw is one of the top Tennessee prospects out of High School ,and is a three-star high school prospect, per Baseball America.

Last year, he hit .431 as a junior in High School.

Round 22: If the A’s were looking for somebody with experience, Ryan Quigley (top left) has that.  Which other A’s draftees have pitched, and struck out successfully Kevin Youkilis and Jed Lowrie back to back?  Quigley pitched to both on February 28th, at the beginning of a season that saw him go 3-5 with a 6.35 ERA.  He had 80 K’s in 66.2 innings, which is the most impressive of his stats. 

He had 16 wild pitches, but going back to the 28th of February, he pitched an inning of no-hit, one walk, two K baseball against the Sox, in an outing his club would lose, well actually get mercied.

Round 23: The second Brigham Young Cougar chosen on this day by Oakland is another California native, by the name of Kent Walton (right).  The Senior OF hit .377 this year, and smashed 9 HR’s and 10 doubles.  He also has stolen 53 bases over four campaigns at BYU, where he has a combined 26 HR, 163 RBI and a .338 average.

After being named First Team All-Mountain West Conference, it should come as no surprise Walton heard his name on draft day.

Round 24: Dan Straily is a big 6′2 229 on the hill, an RHP from Oregon, where he attended Western Oregon University before transfering to Marshall University. 

Straily was 4-3 with a 4.27 ERA this year, where he struck out 58 in 71 innings.

Straily doesn’t walk often, and started all 13 games he appeared in, the only Marshall player to do so.

Round 25: The first A’s draftee this year who I know has thrown a no-hitter before is Chris Mederos, who comes from Georgia Southern University.  Mederos threw one against Colquitt County HS back in the day, and is a beloved Red Sox fan (C’s Ticket Manager Jason Takefman probably loves him).

Mederos had a spectacular season, going 11-1 with a 3.83 ERA.  His 113 strikeotus in just 94 innings were the best on the Eagles, and 29 walks in those innings isn’t too shabby. Good Right-Handed arm, and I’m liking the pick.

Round 26: Another RHP, Nathan Long (left) is a College Senior who once played for the University of Oklahoma, before transferring to UT Arlington.

The second strikeout pitcher the A’s took in a row, Long had 104 in 93 innings this season, walking, as did Mederos, 29.

Long was 6-4 with a 3.76 ERA, and pitched a pair of complete games, including one shutout.

Round 27: Michael Gilmartin went to Wofford College, where as a Soph last year, playing 2B, hit .364 with 9 HR’s and 21 doubles.

He had 8 stolen bags, and has been twice named to the All-Southern Conference team.

Hitting .335 this year as a Junior, he hit 13 dingers, and 49 RBI.  He can also pitch, picking up 17 saves in 17 appearances of relief.

Just the 7th player from Wofford to be drafted.

Round 28: Connor Crumbliss comes from Emporia State, where he was a Senior.  He had a phenomenal year, and deserved to get drafted.  He had 5 triples and 5 HR’s, to go along with 30 doubles, and an average of, get this, .397.

Strikign out 15 times in 247 at-bats, Crumbliss lead his club in average, doubles, triples, walks (34), and OBP (.483).  When you realize he was 30-32 on Stolen Base attempts, and had just one error all season long, how was he not taken earlier?  Great, great, pick.

Round 29: Mike Zunino holds a 3.5 GPA, a vertical of 30.9 inches, and can do the 30-yard dash in just under 3.90. 

The catcher from Cape Coral Florida is headed to the University of Florida next year, but that didn’t stop the A’s from picking the #41 best High Schooler in the draft, per RivalsHigh.com.

Zunino was projected to go in the top 6 rounds, at the very lowest, so the fact he didn’t go til Round 29 will all-but seal his fate with the A’s.

His dad is a scout for the Reds, and here’s a quote from his dad:

"His preference would be to play pro baseball."

Round 30: Oh Canada, we have a winner.  The A’s have picked a Canadian, and it is Royce Consigli of Welland, Ontario. 

Headed to the University of Pittsburgh, could an opportunity to play his first year of pro in his home country be too good to pass up?

We’ll have to wait and see what the OF decides, because I think he would be a great pick to follow in the weeks to come.