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Hawaii players selected in Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft

June 5, 2019

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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

The Minnesota Twins selected UH right-hander Dylan Thomas in the 13th round, No 389 overall. Thomas is the highest draft pick from UH since the 2011 draft that featured Kolten Wong (Round 1), Lenny Linsky (Round 2) and Blair Walters (Round 11).
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Kat Wade / Special to the Star Advertiser

‘Iolani center fielder Shane Sasaki was rated the No. 1 prospect in the islands and was No. 191 overall in Baseball America’s pre-draft rankings. He was selected 99th overall on Tuesday by the Tampa Bay Rays. He was a first-team All-State selection, batting .565 with an OPS of 1.459.
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STEVEN ERLER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Cal State Bakersfield junior Edgar Barclay became the first St. Joseph alum in Hilo to be taken in the MLB draft when the New York Yankees took him in the 15th round, No. 465 overall. Barclay threw a one-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts against Hawaii this year at Les Murakami Stadium. He finished the season 6-4 with a 3.69 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 902⁄3 innings.
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DARRYL OUMI / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER

Stephen F. Austin right-hander Trayson Kubo, a Leilehua alumnus, was taken in the 24th round, No. 734 overall, by the Oakland Athletics. After spending two years at Western Arizona College, Kubo spent the past two seasons with the Lumberjacks and struck out 64 in 64 innings as a senior. He is the first Leilehua alum selected since Tony Ferreira in 1981.
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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM

‘Iolani catcher Micah Yonamine, the Star-Advertiser All-State player of the year, went in the 29th round, No. 870 overall, to the Philadelphia Phillies. Yonamine, who signed with Illinois State, hit 11 home runs as a senior.
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Loyola Marymount right-hander Codie Paiva became the 19th Kamehameha alum taken in the MLB draft, tying Punahou for the most from a Hawaii high school, when the Miami Marlins took him in the 22nd round, No. 651 overall. Paiva went 8-5 with a 1.91 ERA as a senior and was named the West Coast Conference pitcher of the year.
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JAY METZGER / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER

Right-hander Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa, who was the 2018 Star-Advertiser All-State player of the year out of Baldwin, was drafted for the second year in a row when the Texas Rangers took him in the 30th round, No. 895 overall. Hoopii-Tuionetoa was taken in the 16th round by the Minnesota Twins in 2018 but did not sign and went to Pierce College in Washington instead.
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