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SaintsinProfessionalBaseball
Inrecentyears,theSienabaseballprogramhasbecomeatopbreeding
JohnLannan
groundforprofessionalbaseballprospectsintheNortheast.Since1996,11
AtSiena AsaPro
SaintshavebeendraftedinMajorLeagueBaseball’sfirst-yearplayers’draft.
Inthespringof2005,JohnLannanbecamethelatestSienaplayertojoin
theprofessionalranksafterbeingdraftedinthe11throundbytheWashington
Nationals.Lannanquicklyascendedthroughtheminorleaguesystemin
2007,becomingthefourthSienaplayertoreachthemajorswherehe
threw35inningsoversixstartswiththeNationals,finishingwitha2-2
recordanda4.15ERA.In2008,Lannanemergedasoneoftheteam’s
toppitchers,spendingtheentireseasoninthestartingrotationafterbeing o
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JohnLannanspentthe2009seasonfirmlyentrenchedintheWashington
victoriesanda3.88ERA,whileranking14th
Nationalsrotation.Hefinishedtheyearwitha3.88ERAand89strikeoutsin
intheNationalLeaguewith206.1innings
206.1inningsofwork.
pitched.AllindicationsarethattheNationals
havehighhopesforSiena’snewestmajor Intotal33Sienaplayershavegoneontosignprofessional
leagueranditappearshewillbeacorner-
baseballcontractswithfour(BillyHarrell,GaryHolle,Tim
stonefortheclubfortheforeseeablefuture.
ChristmanandJohnLannan)reachingthehighestlevel.
Year Player-RoundDrafted;Organization
ToddDonovan–a1999graduateofSiena 1950 JimSweeny-BostonRedSox
whohelpedtheSaintstotheironlyNCAA
1952 BillyHarrell-ClevelandIndians,BostonRedSox;
appearancehasspentseveralseasonsplaying
MVPEasternLeague1956.
high-levelminorleagueball.Thiscomingyear,
1955 JimWalsh-BrooklynDodgers
hewilltrytobecomethefifthSainttoreachthe
1958 JoeMcCrudden-Brooklyn/L.A.Dodgers
majorsaftersigningafreeagentcontractwith
1976 GaryHolle-13throundbyMilwaukeeBrewersalso
w/TexasRangers,ChicagoWhiteSox,PhiladelphiaPhillies
theTorontoBlueJays.
1978 DaveSmith-30thround;NewYorkMets
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1982 KenHayner-signedw/UticaBlueSox
1983 JimHoward-6thround;BaltimoreOrioles
1984 JimHoward-23rdround;TorontoBlueJays
AtSiena AsaPro AtSiena AsaPro 1984 LarryMonaco-29thround;TorontoBlueJays
1984 TomWinter-24thround;TorontoBlueJays
1989 ChrisAlesio-signedw/St.LouisCardinals
1989 ChrisGorton-signedw/St.LouisCardinals
1989 DaveHoward-24thround;PittsburghPirates
1989 ShaunSottile-signedw/AtlantaBraves
1990 PasqualeArace-signedw/PittsburghPirates
1991 KevinCarroll-signedw/NewYorkMets
1992 MikeSerbalik-32ndround;L.A.Dodgers
1994 DavePerry-signedw/Ind.CatskillCougars
1996 TimChristman-11thround;ColoradoRockies
1996 IraTilton-5thround;PhiladelphiaPhillies
JustinKnoff RyanBitter
1996 PaulWilders-33rdround;St.LouisCardinals
1997 DennisHogan-signedw/Ind.AllentownAmbassadors
1997 CraigJohnson-20thround;DetroitTigers
AtSiena AsaPro AtSiena AsaPro
1997 MikeRoberts-21stround;AtlantaBraves
1999 ToddDonovan-8thround;SanDiegoPadres
1999 JeremyGiard-signedw/Ind.MassachusettsMadDogs
2000 KevinBrown-signedw/Ind.JohnstownJohnnies
2000 DaveFields-signedw/Ind.ChillicothePaints
2000 NickSpera-signedw/Ind.NashuaPride
2002 DavePahucki-23rdround;BostonRedSox
2002 JimBuckley-25thround;BostonRedSox
2002 JustinKnoff-30thround;CincinnatiReds
2004 RyanBitter-22ndRound;TampaBayDevilRays
2004 BlakeHanan-signedwithBaltimoreOrioles
2005 JohnLannan–11thround;WashingtonNationals
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