Couple of local picks - 3B Koby Clemens, Rogers' son, and RHP Ryan
Mitchell from Magnolia.

ASTROS PICKS
• 1. 24. Brian Bogusevic LHP Tulane
• 1A. 38. Eli Iorg SS Tenn.
• 2. 72. Ralph Henriquez C Key West HS, Fla.
• 3. 89. Thomas Manzella SS Tulane
• 3. 104. Joshua Lindblom RHP Harrison HS (Ind.)
• 4. 134. Joshua Flores OF Trenton College (Ill.)
• 5. 164. Wilson Hart 3B USC
• 6. 194. Brandon Barnes LF Cypress College (Calif.)
• 7. 224. Timothy Johnson SS Wissachickon (Pa.)
• 8. 254. Koby Clemens 3B Memorial High School
• 9. 284. Jordan Meaker RHP Flower Mound HS (Tx.)
• 10. 314. Allen Langdon OF Eagle HS (Ind.)
• 11. 344. Cory Lapinski LHP Illinois Wesleyan University
• 12. 374. Tip Fairchild RHP Southern Maine, Monmouth, (Me.)
• 13. 404. Eric King SS Tennessee/Antioch, (Calif.)
• 14. 434. Mark Ori 1B Northwestern/Niles, (Ill.)
• 15. 464 Eric Sheridan RHP Saddleback CC/Mission Viejo, Calif.
• 16. 494. Aaron Bulkley OF Le Moyne College/Port Bryon, N.Y.
• 17. 524. Andrew Kroeker C Biola University/Clovis, Calif.
• 18. 554. Brian Needham RHP Dulles HS
• 19. 584. Drew Himes RHP Illinois Wesleyan University
• 20. 614. Ryan Mitchell RHP Magnolia HS
• 21. 644. Sarver Scott LHP Cal State Fullerton

June 8, 2005, 12:18PM

Astros go local again on Day 2
Day after choosing Clemens' son, Astros take Magnolia pitcher
From staff and wire reports

The Astros' selections are underway on the second day of the 2005
Major League Baseball draft. The 50-round draft continues today at
noon and concludes this evening. Eighteen rounds were completed
yesterday.

With the 20th pick, the Astros went for homegrown talent, selecting
righthanded pitcher Ryan Mitchell from Magnolia High School.

Roger Clemens' oldest son, Koby Clemens, who just finished at
Memorial High School was one of 20 players the Astros drafted during
the first 18 rounds yesterday.

The Astros began the day today by selecting Illinois Wesleyan
pitcher Drew Himes with their 19th round pick. Himes was the second
player chosen by the Astros from the Division III school. The
righthanded pitcher joins lefty hurler and college teammate Cory
Lapinski, who was chosen by the Astros in the 11th round.

Houston picked Tulane ace Brian Bogusevic with the 24th overall
pick, making him the first lefthander drafted by the Astros in the
first round since they selected Billy Wagner in 1993.

A few hours later, the club surprised Koby Clemens by selecting him
with the 254th pick. Astros scouts watched nearly every high school
game Koby Clemens played this year. He also impressed scouts and
team personnel at a workout last week at Minute Maid Park.

Arizona selected infielder Justin Upton with the first pick in the
draft yesterday. The 17-year-old Upton, the Virginia player of the
year, was mainly a shortstop at Great Bridge High School in
Chesapeake, Va., but also played third base and the outfield.

He batted .519 with 11 home runs and 32 RBIs in just 54 plate
appearances. He and his brother B.J., the second pick in 2002 by
Tampa Bay, are the highest-drafted siblings.