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MLB Amateur Draft Selections

Year	Round	Team	Player	College
2005	36th	Chicago Cubs	Needham Jones	Old Dominion
2006	7th	Toronto Blue Jays	Jonathan Baksh	Florida Tech
2006	8th	Arizona Diamondbacks	Chase Christianson	South Alabama
2006	12th	New York Yankees	Nick Peterson	Tampa
2006	25th	Milwaukee Brewers	Mike Goetz	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2006	36th	New York Mets	Edgar Ramirez	Louisiana State
2006	38th	Los Angeles Angels	Eduardo Chile	Rollins College
2006	F.A.	Kansas City Royals	Rowdy Hardy	Austin Peay State
2007	12th	Toronto Blue Jays	Steve Condotta	Florida Tech
2007	20th	Atlanta Braves	C.J. Lee	East Tennessee State
2007	26th	Arizona Diamondbacks	Tom Layne	Mount Olive College
2007	27th	Atlanta Braves	Adam Milligan	Walters State C.C.
2007	38th	Cleveland Indians	Johnny Williams	Tampa
2007	F.A.	New York Yankees	Stephen Artz	Samford Univ.
2007	F.A.	Atlanta Braves	Scott Diamond	Binghamton Univ.

Independent Leagues

Year	Team	Player	College
2006	San Angelo Colts (United League)	Stephen Artz	Samford
2007	River City Rascals (Frontier League)	Matt Leake	Tennessee Wesleyan
2007	Orange County Flyers (Golden League)	Brett Thomas	Ferrum

Hardy Named Carolina League POY & Kansas City Organizational POY

2005 Mustang Rowdy Hardy was named the 2007 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year last week after a stellar season with the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Hardy finished the regular season with a 2.48 ERA and a 15-5 record on the mound for the Kansas City High A Affiliate. In 167 innings of work Hardy allowed only 144 hits and 16 walks, holding opponents to a .239 batting average against while striking out 91. The Kansas City Organization also tabbed Hardy as their 2007 Organizational Pitcher of the Year for 2007.

Diamond Inks Contract with Atlanta

MARTINSVILLE, VA - The Martinsville Mustangs are proud to announce that two year Mustang pitcher Scott Diamond has signed a professional contract with the Atlanta Braves. Diamond, a rising senior at Binghamton University inked a deal with the Braves last week, ending his college career and beginning a new one in the professional ranks. Diamond's deal the Braves included a $50,000 signing bonus and the Braves also agreed to pick up Diamond's final year of school when he chooses to finish his degree.

Diamond, a 21 year old lefty will report to the Braves Instructional League in Orlando in September and after the winter will report to spring training to determine where he will start the 2008 season. Diamond, a two year Mustang leads the team in almost all career record for pitchers including 11 career wins and 127 career strikeouts. Diamond is the single season record holder with a 0.50 ERA in 2006, tied for the team lead in wins with six in 2007, struck out a team record 72 batters in 2007, and held opponents to just a .187 batting average against during the 2006 season.

"We're very excited and happy for Scott and his family, his disappointment after not being drafted in June was certainly huge and for him to compete all summer the way he did to show the scouts what he was made of this is an excellent reward for all the hard work that he put in," said Mustangs General Manager Doug Gibson. "We had the pleasure of having Scott with us for two summers and we knew that every time he took the mound we were going to get his best effort and his results certainly showed that." Added Gibson. "The Braves were around to see Scott later in the season on numerous occasions and that is pretty much what sealed the deal for him."