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It’s official: Drew Vettleson selected No. 42 overall

June 7th, 2010 at Mon, 7th, 2010 at 7:29 pm by wesleyremmer

Central Kitsap High School senior Drew Vettleson has been selected No. 42 overall by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2010 Major League Draft.

The second-round selection was right around where scouts and experts projected the senior would go. I talked to Central Kitsap coach Bill Baxter about an hour ago, and speaking like he knew the future, he told me he had an inkling Vettleson would go to either the Rays or Florida Marlins.

Baxter said a scout, calling from Florida, asked about Vettleson’s character for about 25 minutes this morning. The scout didn’t say which organization he was working with, only that he was calling from Florida.

The scout must have liked what Baxter said.

Vettleson is the second Central Kitsap player to go pro, the other being 1998 grad Todd Linden, who was picked No. 41 by the San Francisco Giants in the 2001 draft. Linden’s career never got off the gorund and he bounced around from team to team, eventually going to Japan.

Now, Vettelson is faced with a big decision: Go pro, or go to college? He has committed to Oregon State University, a baseball powerhouse.

We’ll have more later.

wesleyremmer Welcome! I'm the sports writer for the Bremerton Patriot and Central Kitsap Reporter, covering five high schools, Olympic College and various pro and semiprofessional teams who call Kitsap County home. You can find me on the sidelines, in the bleachers or floating around the practice field looking for the next story. Have a story idea? Call me at the office, (360) 308-9161, find me on Twitter or email wremmer@bremertonpatriot.com.

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