GILLHEENEY, FREIMAN, COSTELLO TAKEN IN DRAFT

    

 

June 12, 2009

Three South Shore Baseball Club (SSBC) alumni members,all of which played in the Seadogs/AAU traveling team program, were selected in the recent Major League Baseball amateur draft, extending SSBC’s streak to nine years in a row, 14 of the past 15, in which, an SSBC product was selected by a professional organization.

James Gillheeney and Nate Freiman were picked back-to-back in the 8th round with the 233 and 234th picks, respectively, by the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. Gillheeney is a junior left-handed pitcher at North Carolina State, while Freiman is a senior first baseman at Duke. Matt Costello (W. Barnstable), a junior left-handed pitcher for Valdosta State University in Georgia, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 25th pick of the 35th round.

 

 

Gillheeney (Johnston, RI) was part of the Seadogs strong Rhode Island connection, and pitched for the 16-and-Under Seadogs in 2004.

Freiman (Wellesley, MA) was a stalwart in the program, logging in six strong seasons from 1998-2003, from ages 11 to 16.

Costello (W. Barnstable) did similar duty, with five years of service from 1999 to 2003.

South Shore Baseball Club’s History of Draftees

Year	Player	Pos	Hometown	HS/College	Round	Team
2009	James Gillheeney	LHP	Johnston, RI	NC State	8th	Seattle Mariners
2009	Nathan Freiman	1B	Wellesley, MA	Duke	8th	San Diego Padres
2009	Matt Costello	LHP	W. Barnstable	Valdosta State	35th	Milwaukee Brewers
2008	Jake Shaffer	OF	Athol, MA	Northern Kentucky	15th	Seattle Mariners
2008	Mike Lyon	3B	Plainville, MA	Northeastern U.	24th	New York Yankees
2008	John Delaney	SS	Hanson, MA	Quinnipiac U.	25th	Milwaukee Brewers
2008	Nate Freiman	1B	Wellesley, MA	Duke U.	28th	Texas Rangers
2008	Blaine O'Brien	RHP	Scituate, MA	Scituate HS	34th	Philadelphia Phillies
2007	Jack McGeary	LHP	Newton, MA	Roxbury Latin	6th	Washington Nationals
2007	Craig Stinson	C	Cranston, RI	Texas A&M	12th	Washington Nationals
2007	John Mollicone	C	Cranston, RI	Fordham U.	27th	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2007	Gary Gilheeney	RHP	Johnston, RI	Bishop Hendricken	29th	Atlanta Braves
2006	Greg Smith	OF	Cohasset, MA	Fordham U.	14th	Pittsburgh Pirates
2006	Tom Thornton	LHP	Middleboro, MA	Notre Dame U.	21st	Detroit Tigers
2005	Jason Delaney	OF	Hanson, MA	Boston College	12th	Pittsburgh Pirates
2005	Andrew Locke	OF	Weymouth, MA	Boston College	19th	Los Angeles Dodgers
2005	Jared Brown	LHP	Milford, CT	Cumberland (TN) U.	24th	Pittsburgh Pirates
2004	Jay Rainville	RHP	Pawtucket, RI	Bishop Hendricken	1st	Minnesota Twins
2004	Paul Lussier	RHP	Fall River, MA	Diman Voke	36th	San Francisco Giants
2004	Frank Curreri	C	Weymouth, MA	UMass/Amherst	41 st	Arizona Diamondbacks
2004	Ryan Morgan	3B	Weymouth, MA	Boston College	42nd	Chicago Cubs
2003	Allen Mottram	C	NAndover, MA	UMass/Lowell	24th	Arizona Diamondbacks
2003	Nick DeVito	1B	Hingham, MA	Hingham HS	43rd	Cincinnati Reds
2002	Rich Hill	LHP	Milton, MA	UMichigan	4th	Chicago Cubs
2002	Mark Rosen	LHP	Randolph, MA	Salisbury School	5th	Arizona Diamondbacks
2001	Mike Conroy	OF	Scituate, MA	Boston College HS	1st	Cleveland Indians
2001	Rich Hill	LHP	Milton, MA	UMichigan	7th	Anaheim Angels
2001	Jared Brown	LHP	Milford, CT	Notre Dame Catholic	30th	Montreal Expos
2001	Ryan Morgan	SS	Weymouth, MA	Boston College HS	41st	Atlanta Braves
2001	John Toffey	RHP	Barnstable, MA	St. Sebastian's	47th	Colorado Rockies
1999	Conor Brooks	RHP	Plymouth, MA	Boston College HS	26th	Oakland Athletics
1998	Peter Fisher	RHP	Stoneham, MA	UAlabama	4th	Minnesota Twins
1997	Justin Lombardi	LHP	Taunton, MA	Coyle-Cassidy HS	27th	Colorado Rockies
1996	Patrick Kelleher	OF	Hingham, MA	Paradise Valley HS	24th	Los Angeles Dodgers
1995	Mike Spinelli	LHP	Revere, MA	Revere HS	4th	Boston Red Sox
1995	Curt Romboli	LHP	Randolph, MA	Boston College	23rd	Boston Red Sox
1995	Peter Fisher	RHP	Stoneham, MA	Stoneham HS	10th	New York Yankees