2009 Draft Pick Deadline Tonight @ Midnight

As most baseball fans know, the deadline for Major League baseball teams to sign their 2009 draft picks ends tonight at 12:00 midnight EST.

The Blue Jays have signed the following players that they drafted in 2009.

Round Overall Player Position School State
1 20 Chad Jenkins RHP Kennesaw State Ga.
4 130 Ryan Goins SS Dallas Baptist Texas
5 160 Ryan Schimpf 2B Louisiana State La.
6 190 K.C. Hobson OF Stockdale HS, Bakersfield, Calif. Calif.
7 220 Egan Smith LHP CC of Southern Nevada Nev.
8 250 Brian Slover RHP Cal State Northridge Calif.
9 280 Aaron Loup LHP Tulane La.
10 310 Yan Gomes C Barry (Fla.) Fla.
11 340 Sean Ochinko C Louisiana State La.
12 370 Bryson Namba 3B Pearl City (Hawaii) HS Hawaii
13 400 Matt Morgal RHP Southern Nazarene (Okla.) Okla.
14 430 Lance Durham 1B Cincinnati Ohio
16 490 Dave Sever RHP Saint Louis Mo.
17 520 Steve Turnbull RHP Iowa Iowa
18 550 Daniel Webb RHP Northwest Florida State JC Fla.
19 580 Ryan Tepera RHP Sam Houston State Texas
20 610 Kevin Nolan SS Winthrop S.C.
22 670 Matt Fields RHP Gonzaga Wash.
23 700 Brad Glenn OF Arizona Ariz.
24 730 Matt Nuzzo SS Brown R.I.
25 760 Sam Strickland LHP Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas
26 790 Lance Loftin RHP Texas State Texas
27 820 Brian Justice RHP St. Mary's Calif.
28 850 Zach Outman RHP Saint Louis Mo.
29 880 Zach Anderson RHP Buffalo N.Y.
31 940 Jack Murphy C Princeton N.J.
32 970 Ryan Shopshire RHP San Jose State Calif.
34 1030 Jonathan Fernandez SS Guilford Tech (N.C.) CC N.C.
35 1060 Evan Teague LHP Western Kentucky Ky.
36 1090 Alex Pepe LHP Florida Atlantic Fla.
37 1120 Shawn Griffith RHP George Mason Va.
38 1150 Yudelmis Hernandez 1B Barry (Fla.) Fla.

The following players are not yet signed by Toronto:

Round Overall Player Position School State
1s 37 James Paxton LHP Kentucky Ky.
2 68 Jake Eliopoulos LHP Sacred Heart Catholic HS, Newmarket, Ont. Ontario
3 99 Jake Barrett RHP Desert Ridge HS, Mesa, Ariz. Ariz.
3 104 Jake Marisnick OF Poly HS, Riverside, Calif. Calif.
15 460 Drew Hutchison RHP Lakeland (Fla.) HS Fla.
21 640 Kurt Giller RHP Manhattan (Kan.) HS Kan.
30 910 Tim McDonald OF Edison HS, Fresno Calif.
33 1000 Robert Benincasa RHP Armwood HS, Seffner, Fla. Fla.
39 1180 Josh Lucas RHP Lakeland (Fla.) HS Fla.
40 1210 Jonathan Gilbert OF Ahuntsic (Quebec) JC Quebec
41 1240 Zach Kirksey OF Louisiana State-Eunice JC La.
42 1270 Michael Reeves C St. Peter's SS, Peterborough, Ont. Ontario
43 1300 Maxx Tissenbaum SS York Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto Ontario
44 1330 Nick Wagner OF Santa Margarita HS, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Calif.
45 1360 Brandon Kaye RHP Douglas (B.C.) B.C.
46 1390 Carlos Castro 3B Lon Morris (Texas) JC Texas
47 1420 John Rigg OF St. Petersburg (Fla.) JC Fla.
48 1450 Jeff Gibbs RHP Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, Ont. Ontario
49 1480 Tommy Collier RHP San Jacinto (Texas) JC Texas
50 1510 Burke Seifrit RHP Semiahmoo SS, Surrey, B.C. B.C.

**All Statistics Courtesy of Baseball America, http://www.baseballamerica.com

The Blue Jays have some serious work to do before tonight's deadline in signing four high end draft picks in that of James Paxton (drafted in the supplemental first round), Jake Eliopoulos (2nd round), Jake Barrett (3rd round) & Jake Marisnick (3rd round).

According to Baseball America:

James Paxton is seeking an over-slot bonus
Jake Eliopoulos may get an over-slot bonus
Jake Barrett may get an over-slot bonus
Jake Marisnick may get an over-slot bonus

I'll update everyone with what happens tomorrow as Toronto tries to lock up "The Future" prospects of the organization.