Cougars MLB Draft History

Houston has had players selected 171 times in the MLB Draft, including four first round picks. Seth Romero, the 25th overall pick in the 2017 Draft, was the latest first-round selection. Houston has had at least one player selected in each of the last six drafts as well as 24 of the last 25.

Year	Round	Overall	Player	Team	Position	Highest Level	MLB Years	Notes
2026	3	95	Tre Broussard	Cleveland Guardians	OF
2026	14	418	Alex Solis	San Francisco Giants	P
2026	14	433	Ryne Rodriguez	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
2026	17	509	Richie Roman	Kansas City Royals	P
2026	20	611	Carsten Sabathia III	Milwaukee Brewers	1B
2025	7	197	Antoine Jean	Colorado Rockies	P	High-A
2025	10	314	Connor McGinnis	New York Yankees	IF	AA
2024	9	263	Jaxon Jelkin	New York Mets	P	-		Transferred
2024	11	336	Cade Citelli	Tampa Bay Rays	P	High-A
2024	15	443	Owen Woodward	New York Mets	P	-
2023	12	353	Josh Ekness	Miami Marlins	P	MLB	2026-2026
2023	14	433	Zach Arnold	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	AA
2022	14	415	Ben Sears	Kansas City Royals	P	AAA
2022	17	498	Logan Clayton	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	AA
2022	17	500	Jaycob Deese	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	AA
2021	2	71	Robert Gasser	San Diego Padres	P	MLB	2024-2026	Competitive Balance B
2019	2	72	Jared Triolo	Pittsburgh Pirates	IF	MLB	2023-2026	Competitive Balance B
2019	15	439	Sean Bretz	Kansas City Royals	P	-		Returned to School
2019	19	587	Joe Davis	Boston Red Sox	1B	High-A
2019	25	756	Fred Villarreal	Seattle Mariners	P	AAA
2019	27	827	Devon Roedahl	Boston Red Sox	P	High-A
2018	13	390	Trey Cumbie	Tampa Bay Rays	P	AA
2018	14	431	Aaron Fletcher	Washington Nationals	P	MLB	2020-2022
2018	32	956	Joey Pulido	Toronto Blue Jays	P	AAA
2017	1	25	Seth Romero	Washington Nationals	P	MLB	2020-2020
2017	3	100	Connor Wong	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	MLB	2021-2026
2017	4	113	Jake Scheiner	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	AAA
2017	8	241	Corey Julks	Houston Astros	OF	MLB	2023-2025
2017	10	314	John King	Texas Rangers	P	MLB	2020-2026
2017	38	1141	Trey Cumbie	Houston Astros	P	AA		Returned to School
2017	39	1185	Cooper Coldiron	Chicago Cubs	IF	-		Returned to School
2016	8	242	Andrew Lantrip	Cleveland Indians	P	Low-A
2016	8	247	Nick Hernandez	Houston Astros	P	MLB	2023-2025
2016	28	832	Josh Vidales	Oakland Athletics	IF	High-A
2015	4	108	Jake Lemoine	Texas Rangers	P	MLB	2022-2022
2015	7	210	Patrick Weigel	Atlanta Braves	P	MLB	2020-2021
2015	8	255	Kyle Survance	Los Angeles Angels	OF	High-A
2015	12	368	Chris Iriart	Oakland Athletics	IF	High-A
2015	12	370	Kyle Dowdy	Detroit Tigers	P	MLB	2019-2022
2015	26	795	Taylor Cobb	Los Angeles Angels	P	Rookie
2015	28	846	Ashford Fulmer	San Francisco Giants	OF	A
2015	29	863	Ian Rice	Chicago Cubs	C	AAA
2014	21	645	Casey Grayson	St. Louis Cardinals	IF	AA
2014	27	820	Tyler Ford	Detroit Tigers	P	High-A
2014	29	866	Aaron Garza	Milwaukee Brewers	P	-		Returned to School
2014	32	968	Jared West	Cleveland Indians	P	Rookie		Transferred
2014	33	984	Chase Wellbrock	Toronto Blue Jays	P	A
2013	9	278	Austin Pruitt	Tampa Bay Rays	P	MLB	2017-2024
2013	14	408	Daniel Ponce de Leon	Chicago Cubs	P	MLB	2018-2021
2013	23	697	Matt Hernandez	Los Angeles Angels	P	High-A
2013	40	1200	Frankie Ratcliff	Arizona Diamondbacks	IF	-		Returned to School
2012	28	862	MO Wiley	Cincinnati Reds	P	A
2012	29	896	John Cannon	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	AAA
2012	34	1053	Jared Ray	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	Rookie
2011	11	337	Caleb Ramsey	Washington Nationals	OF	AAA
2010	10	296	Blake Kelso	Washington Nationals	3B	High-A
2010	13	390	Michael Goodnight	Cleveland Indians	P	High-A
2010	16	483	Chris Wallace	Houston Astros	C	AAA
2010	26	787	Ty Stuckey	Cincinnati Reds	P/1B	Indy		Returned to School
2010	33	999	William Kankel	Milwaukee Brewers	P	-
2010	38	1155	Jared Ray	Minnesota Twins	P	Rookie		Returned to School
2009	3	88	Donnie Joseph	Cincinnati Reds	P	MLB	2013-2014
2009	9	271	Wes Musick	Colorado Rockies	P	AAA
2009	19	562	Frank Corolla	Washington Nationals	P	Indy
2008	24	717	Wes Musick	San Francisco Giants	P	AAA		Returned to School
2008	26	777	Ryan Lormand	San Francisco Giants	SS	AAA
2008	27	831	Michael Goodnight	Cleveland Indians	P	High-A		Returned to School
2008	34	1033	Bryan Pounds	Detroit Tigers	3B	AAA
2008	46	1391	Jimmy Cesario	Colorado Rockies	2B	AAA
2007	9	285	Aaron Brown	Seattle Mariners	P	Low-A
2006	1	4	Brad Lincoln	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	MLB	2010-2014
2006	12	356	Matt Weston	San Francisco Giants	OF	High-A
2006	26	781	Brett Logan	Washington Nationals	C	AA
2006	34	1036	Isa Garcia	St. Louis Cardinals	2B	AA
2005	5	145	Kevin Roberts	Milwaukee Brewers	P	AA
2005	7	211	Justin Vaclavik	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	AA
2005	23	681	Travis Tully	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF	Low-A
2004	3	86	Garrett Mock	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	MLB	2008-2010
2004	4	123	Rob Johnson	Seattle Mariners	C	MLB	2007-2013
2004	11	312	Matt Varner	San Diego Padres	P	High-A
2004	20	610	Rickey Putman	San Francisco Giants	P	Low-A
2004	21	615	Patrick Breen	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	AA
2004	34	1020	Brett Cooley	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Indy
2003	1	14	Ryan Wagner	Cincinnati Reds	P	MLB	2003-2007
2003	1	25	Brad Sullivan	Oakland Athletics	P	High-A
2003	4	115	Michael Bourn	Philadelphia Phillies	CF	MLB	2006-2016
2003	5	130	Danny Zell	Detroit Tigers	P	AA
2003	7	188	Brian Henderson	Tampa Bay Rays	P	AAA
2003	23	687	Brett Cooley	Montreal Expos	1B	Indy		Returned to School
2002	2	61	Jesse Crain	Minnesota Twins	P	MLB	2004-2013
2002	2	68	Chris Snyder	Arizona Diamondbacks	C	MLB	2004-2013
2002	33	997	Brett Cooley	San Francisco Giants	1B	Indy		Returned to School
2002	41	1239	Keith Whatley	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	High-A
2000	5	154	Greg Runser	Texas Rangers	P	AA
2000	8	240	Kyle Crowell	Oakland Athletics	P	AAA
2000	11	327	Shane Nance	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	MLB	2002-2004
2000	12	354	Kris Wilken	Baltimore Orioles	3B	AAA
2000	12	355	Brandon Caraway	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	High-A
2000	14	409	John Woodward	San Diego Padres	1B	A
2000	18	547	Eric Lee	Houston Astros	RF	A
2000	19	554	Aaron Melebeck	Kansas City Royals	SS	Low-A
2000	20	588	Jeremy Swindell	Detroit Tigers	P	A
2000	30	901	Jason Pekar	San Francisco Giants	OF	Low-A
2000	33	979	Jarrod Bitter	San Diego Padres	C	AAA
1999	11	327	Erick Burke	Detroit Tigers	P	AAA
1999	13	386	Bryan Moore	Florida Marlins	P	A
1999	18	550	Brandon Caraway	Colorado Rockies	OF	High-A		Returned to School
1999	24	734	Shane Nance	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	MLB	2002-2004	Returned to School
1998	38	1138	Shaun Skrehot	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	AAA
1997	4	121	Goef Tomlinson	Kansas City Royals	OF	AAA
1997	22	684	Dustin Carr	Tampa Bay Rays	3B/OF	AAA
1997	31	926	Mark Manbeck	Philadelphia Phillies	P	A
1995	27	741	Jason Farrow	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	A
1995	32	875	Tom Maleski	Chicago Cubs	3B/C	A
1994	6	173	Shane Buteaux	Chicago White Sox	P	AA
1994	7	198	Matt Beech	Philadelphia Phillies	P	MLB	1996-1998
1994	19	526	Ricky Freeman	Chicago Cubs	1B	AAA
1993	4	125	Jason McDonald	Oakland Athletics	OF	MLB	1997-2000
1993	17	479	Brian Clark	Texas Rangers	OF	Low-A
1993	24	669	Matt Beech	Detroit Tigers	P	MLB	1996-1998	Returned to School
1992	5	134	Jeff Haas	Kansas City Royals	P	A
1992	38	1054	R.D. Long	New York Yankees	SS	AAA
1992	39	1100	Chris Tremie	Chicago White Sox	C	MLB	1995-1999
1991	4	108	Vaughn Eshelman	Baltimore Orioles	P	MLB	1995-1997
1991	8	229	Scott Sheldon	Oakland Athletics	IF	MLB	1997-2001
1991	20	536	Ben Weber	Toronto Blue Jays	P	MLB	2000-2005
1991	29	765	Al Benavides	San Francisco Giants	P	High-A
1989	23	595	Ben Pardo	Kansas City Royals	P	Low-A
1989	26	680	Mark Cerny	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Low-A
1988	28	729	Mike Rhodes	New York Yankees	OF	High-A
1988	28	732	Woody Williams	Toronto Blue Jays	P	MLB	1993-2007
1988	47	1192	Lane Mallet	Chicago White Sox	OF	Rookie
1987	12	313	Jody Supak	Detroit Tigers	P	-
1987	17	441	Omar Brewer	Texas Rangers	OF	High-A
1987	20	521	Larry Coker	Detroit Tigers	P	A
1987	29	758	Lonnie Walker	New York Mets	OF	A
1987	38	978	Anthony Young	New York Mets	P	MLB	1991-1996
1986	2	29	Mike Walker	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	MLB	1992-1992
1986	2	32	Paul Kuzniar	Cleveland Indians	P	AA
1986	2	54	Steve Cummings	Toronto Blue Jays	P	MLB	1989-1990
1986	11	286	Pat Hewes	St. Louis Cardinals	C	High-A
1986	18	456	Mike Basso	San Diego Padres	C	AAA
1986	25	621	Jeff Banister	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	MLB	1991-1991
1985	19	478	Stu Stauffacher	Montreal Expos	P	A
1984	10	248	Riley Epps	Texas Rangers	C	High-A
1984	13	316	Greg Brinkman	Seattle Mariners	P	AA
1984	31	728	Dan Larson	Seattle Mariners	2B	AA
1983	5	114	Rayner Noble	Houston Astros	P	AAA
1983	11	279	Doug Drabek	Chicago White Sox	P	MLB	1986-1998
1983	13	329	Alejandro Garcia	Detroit Tigers	P	AA
1983	16	414	Greg Brinkman	Philadelphia Phillies	P	AA		Returned to School
1983	20	504	Mark Dickman	Toronto Blue Jays	P	AA
1983	32	760	Daniel Swindell	New York Mets	2B	A
1982	17	433	Jeff Jacobson	Houston Astros	2B	AA
1982	24	620	Stan Floyd	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	-
1981	18	460	Jeff Achilles	Boston Red Sox	P	-
1980	20	498	Terry Byrum	Oakland Athletics	SS	High-A
1980	21	540	Alvin Ruben	Montreal Expos	1B	-
1980	23	572	Tom Lukish	Toronto Blue Jays	P	AAA
1980	24	597	Thomas Penney	Toronto Blue Jays	C	-
1979	24	597	John Shannon	Atlanta Braves	P	-
1979	35	821	Terry Byrum	New York Mets	SS	High-A		Returned to School
1978	16	391	Felix Lopez	Atlanta Braves	OF	Rookie
1978	19	486	Gary Weiss	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	MLB	1980-1981	Returned to School
1977	13	337	Rocket Wheeler	Toronto Blue Jays	2B	AA
1977	19	472	Mark David	St. Louis Cardinals	P/OF	High-A
1977	23	570	Gary Weiss	San Diego Padres	SS	MLB	1980-1981
1976	10	217	Jerry Williford	Houston Astros	C	-
1969	16	382	Jim Sparkman	Montreal Expos	OF/P	-
1969	37	836	Phil Rose	California Angels	C	-
1968	5	89	Tom Paciorek	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF/1B	MLB	1970-1987

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