BLUE JAYS SIGN THREE FROM 2012 DRAFT

courtesy of the Toronto Blue Jays

The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have signed LHP ALONZO GONZALEZ, OF NATHAN DESOUZA and 1B DANIEL DEVONSHIRE from the 2012 draft. GONZALEZ was selected in the 18^th round (585^th overall), DESOUZA from Milton, Ontario was chosen in the 26^th round (805^th overall) and DEVONSHIRE was selected in the 37^th round (1135^th overall).

The Blue Jays have now signed 28 of their 44 selections in the 2012 draft.

Below is a list of all signed players from the 2012 draft.

*indicates player is Canadian

**indicates non-drafted free agent

Round            Name                                     Pos.    School

1 (17)           D.J. Davis                         OF      Stone County High School

1 (22)           Marcus Stroman                 RHP    Duke University, NC

1A (50)         Matt Smoral                      LHP    Solon High School

1A (58)         Mitchell Nay                      IF       Hamilton High School

1A (60)         Tyler Gonzales                            RHP    James Madison High School

2 (81)           Chase DeJong                    RHP    Woodrow Wilson High School

3 (112)         Anthony Alford                   OF      Petal High School

4 (145)         Tucker Donahue                 RHP    Stetson University, FL

5 (175)         Brad Delatte                      LHP    Nicholls State University, LA

6 (205)         Eric Phillips                        IF/OF  Georgia Southern University, GA

7 (235)         Ian Parmley                      OF      Liberty University, VA

8 (265)         Harrison Frawley                C        Coastal Carolina University, SC

9 (295)         Jordan Leyland                  IF       Azusa Pacific University, CA

10 (325)        Alex Azor                          OF      US Naval Academy, MD

13 (415)        John Silviano                     C        Summit Christian School, FL

14 (445)        Zakery Wasilewski              LHP    Tazewell High School, VA

*17 (535)      Shane Dawson                            LHP    Lethbridge Community College, AB

18 (585)        Alonzo Gonzalez                LHP    Glendale College, CA

19 (595)        Jorge Flores                      IF       Central Arizona College, AZ

20 (625)        Dennis Jones                     OF      Hillsborough Community College, FL

21 (655)        Colton Turner                              LHP    Texas State University, TX

25 (775)        Jason Leblebijian                IF       Bradley University, IL

*26 (805)      Nathan Desouza                 OF      EC Drury High School

28 (865)        Daniel Klein                       C        Kansas State University

31 (955)        Derrick Chung                    IF       Sacramento State University, CA

32 (985)        Jorge Saez                        C        Lee University, TN

37 (1135)      Daniel Devonshire               1B      Colby Community College

*39 (1195)     Shaun Valeriote                  IF       Brock University, ON

**               Kyle Anderson                     LHP    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

**               Justin James                       RHP    Ave Maria University

**               Justin D’Alessandro              RHP    University of America

**               Robert Joseph Brosnahan     RHP    University of Michigan

**               Charles Ghysels                   RHP    Truett McConnell College

**               Tim Nicolas Brechbuehler      RHP    Louisburg Community College

**               Joseph Spano                     LHP    University of Notre Dame