Kellin Deglan
Kellin Lee Deglan (born May 3, 1992) is a Canadian professional baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers organization. He was drafted out of R.E. Mountain Secondary School in 2010 by the Rangers.[1]
Despite not being able to play high school baseball, Deglan gained enough attention playing with the Langley Blaze of the wood-bat British Columbia Premier Baseball League (which had produced Justin Morneau) and with the Canadian Junior National Team to be drafted 22nd overall by the Texas Rangers in the 2010 MLB draft. He signed for a below-slot bonus of $1 million. Baseball America viewed Deglan as a second or third round talent, praising his defense and power potential but seeing concerns about his overall offensive profile.
Beginning his professional career in 2010 as an 18-year-old with the Arizona League Rangers in the rookie class Arizona League, Deglan spent all of 2013 with the High-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans, but was returned to Class-A Hickory Crawdads for 2014.
Deglan was a member of the Canadian national baseball team for the 2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualification tournament, appearing in the September&nbps;22 game against Germany as a defensive replacement.[2] He also played for the Canadian national team in the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 WBSC Premier12.
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- 1966: Tom Grieve
- 1967: John Jones
- 1968: Don Castle
- 1969: Jeff Burroughs
- 1970: Charles Maxwell
- 1971: Roger Quiroga
- 1972: Roy Howell
- 1973: David Clyde
- 1974: Tommy Boggs
- 1975: Jim Gideon
- 1976: Billy Simpson
- 1977: David Hibner
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- 1979: Jerry Don Gleaton
- 1980: Tim Maki
- 1981: Ron Darling, Al Lachowicz
- 1982: No first round pick
- 1983: Jeff Kunkel
- 1984: Oddibe McDowell
- 1985: Bobby Witt
- 1986: Kevin Brown
- 1987: Brian Bohanon, Bill Haselman, Mark Petkovsek
- 1988: Monty Fariss
- 1989: Donald Harris
- 1990: Dan Smith
- 1991: Benji Gil
- 1992: Rick Helling
- 1993: Mike Bell
- 1994: No first round pick
- 1995: Jonathan Johnson
- 1996: R.A. Dickey, Sam Marsonek, Corey Lee
- 1997: Jason Romano
- 1998: Carlos Peña
- 1999: Colby Lewis, Mike Head
- 2000: Scott Heard, Tyrell Godwin
- 2001: Mark Teixeira
- 2002: Drew Meyer
- 2003: John Danks
- 2004: Thomas Diamond, Eric Hurley
- 2005: John Mayberry, Jr.
- 2006: Kasey Kiker
- 2007: Blake Beavan, Michael Main, Julio Borbon, Neil Ramirez, Tommy Hunter
- 2008: Justin Smoak
- 2009: Matt Purke, Tanner Scheppers
- 2010: Jake Skole, Kellin Deglan, Luke Jackson, Mike Olt
- 2011: Kevin Matthews, Zach Cone
- 2012: Lewis Brinson, Joey Gallo, Collin Wiles
- 2013: Chi Chi Gonzalez, Travis Demeritte
- 2014: Luis Ortiz
- 2015: Dillon Tate
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