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Draft History: 2004 Red Sox Draft
 
 
  Notable Draft Picks  
  2nd
Dustin Pedroia
Dustin Pedroia
  3rd
Andrew Dobies
Andrew Dobies
  4th
Tommy Hottovy
Tommy Hottovy
  5th
Ryan Schroyer
Ryan Schroyer
  6th
Cla Meredith
Cla Meredith
  8th
Kyle Bono
Kyle Bono
  12th
Mike Rozier
Mike Rozier
  14th
RJ Swindle
RJ Swindle
 

  Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Bonus $
College
Commitment
               
 
2 65 Dustin Pedroia
SS, Arizona St.
JR $575,000 ---
               
  3 95 Andrew Dobies
LHP, Virginia
JR $400,000 ---
             

4 125 Tommy Hottovy
LHP, Wichita St.
SR $110,000 ---
             
  5 155 Ryan Schroyer
RHP, San Diego St.
SR $90,000 ---
             
 
6 185 Cla Meredith
RHP, VCU
JR $135,000 ---
             
  7 215 Patrick Perry
C, Northern Colorado
JR $95,000 ---
             
8 245 Kyle Bono
RHP, Central Florida
SO $432,000 ---
               

9 275 Matt Vanderbosch
OF, Oral Roberts
SR $10,000 ---
             
 

10 305 Steve Pearce
1B, South Carolina
SR --- ---
               
  11 335 Ryan Phillips
LHP, Barton County
JC2 N/A N/A
               
 
12 365 Mike Rozier
LHP, Henry County (GA)
HS $1,575,000 North
Carolina
               
  13 395 Matt Ciaramella
OF, Utah
JR N/A ---
               
 
14 425 RJ Swindle
LHP, Charleston Southern
JR N/A ---
               
  15 455 Dustin Kelly
SS, Cuesta
JC2 N/A N/A
               
16 485 Matt Clarkson
C, Arkansas-FS
JC2 --- Oklahoma
State
               
 
17 515 Jeremy Haynes
OF, Madison County (FL)
HS --- Tallahassee
               
  18 545 Randy Beam
LHP, Florida Atlantic
SR N/A ---
               
  19 575 Logan Sorensen
1B, Wichita St.
JR N/A ---
               
  20 605 Brian Van Kirk
C, Westminster (FL)
HS --- Miami-Dade
             
  21 635 Chuck Jeroloman
SS, Auburn
JR N/A ---
               
  22 665 Tim Burgess
1B, Georgia St.
SR N/A ---
               
  23 695 Matt Goodson
RHP, Texas
JR N/A ---
               
  24 725 Matt Spencer
1B, Morristown West (TN)
HS --- North
Carolina
               
  25 755 Mike Jones
OF, Arizona Western
JC2 N/A N/A
               
  26 785 Jake Renshaw
RHP, Ventura
JC1 --- ---
         
  27 815 Justin Phillabaum
RHP, Royal Palm Beach (FL)
HS --- Indian
River
               
  28 845 Mike James
RHP, UConn
SR N/A ---
               
  29 875 David Seccombe
RHP, UNLV
JR N/A ---
               
  30 905 Drew Ehrlich
RHP, Stanford
SR N/A ---
             
  31 935 Brendan Winn
RHP, South Carolina
JR --- ---
               
  32 965 Brad Hertzler
LHP, East Providence (RI)
HS --- CCRI
               
  33 995 John Wells
LHP, Timbercreek (FL)
HS N/A None
               
  34 1025 Andrew Pinckney
3B, Emory
JR N/A ---
               
  35 1055 Bo Lanier
RHP, Georgia
JR --- ---
               
  36 1085 Cooper Eddy
RHP, New Mexico
SR N/A ---
               
37 1115 Glenn Swanson
LHP, Cal-Irvine
JR --- ---
               
  38 1145 Colby Summer
RHP, Hawaii
JR --- ---
               
 
39 1175 Zak Farkes
SS, Harvard
JR N/A ---
               
  40 1205 Nick Francona
LHP, Lawrenceville (NJ)
HS --- Pennsylvania
             
 
41 1235 Steven Edlefsen
SS, Barton County
JC1 --- ---
               
  42 1264 Kyle Peter
CF, Archbishop O'Hara (MO)
HS --- Cloud
City CC
               
  43 1293 Tyler Latham
RHP, Hewitt Trussville (AL)
HS --- None
               
  44 1322 Beau Mills
3B, Golden West (CA)
HS --- Fresno
State
               
  45 1351 Adam Campbell
3B, British Columbia
JR --- ---
               
  46 1380 Tom Caple
OF, San Diego
SR N/A ---
               
  47 1409 Austin Easley
1B, Florida
JR N/A ---
               
  48 1437 Felipe Garcia
C, CS-Fullerton
JR --- ---
               
  49 1465 Blake Tillett
LHP, Brandon (FL)
HS --- South
Florida
               
  50 1493 Raudel Alfonso
RHP, Hialeah Senior (FL)
HS --- Miami
               
 
Undrafted Free Agents
  Tags Rd Pick Player
Position, School
Class Bonus $
Cap #
College
Commitment
               
  UDFA   Scott Shoemaker
RHP, San Diego St.
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Jake Glanzmann
LHP, George Mason
JR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Bret LeVier
IF, Sacrameno St.
JR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Randy Newsom
RHP, Tufts
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Jeff Justice
OF, LeMoyne
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Mike Leonard
C, UConn
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   John Otness
IF, Washington
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Nate Purvis
1B, Mississippi Valley St.
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Nolan Moser
RHP, Cal Poly
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Bret Underwood
1B, Delaware St.
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Bryan Pritz
CF, Richmond
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Mike Snapp
RHP, Texas-Arlington
JR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Brad Hoffar
RHP, Palm Beach Atlantic
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Corey Willey
LHP, Salisbury
SR N/A ---
               
  UDFA   Mitch Stachowsky
C, Southern Idaho
JC2 N/A N/A
               
 
 
 
2004 Draft Notes
 
Dates: June 7-8, 2004
General Manager: Theo Epstein
Director of Amateur Scouting: David Chadd
Players selected: 13 High School, 6 JuCo, 30 College

Team lost pick #24 for signing Keith Foulke in free agency.

Links
2004 Draft Retrospective: The picks (7.2.2020)
Pedroia symbolizes Red Sox successes (7.3.2020)
More Details on 2004 Unsigned Picks (maintained)

2004 Draft Legend
 
Tags
: Player currently in Red Sox organization
: Player on Restricted List
: Player did not sign with Red Sox
: Played has MLB experience with Red Sox
: Player has MLB experience, not with Red Sox
: Player released by Red Sox
: Player traded by Red Sox
: Player waived by Red Sox
: Player selected from Red Sox in Rule 5 Draft
: Player retired from Red Sox
: Player left Red Sox as an MLB free agent
: Player left Red Sox as a minor league free agent


Bold Player Name: Currently in Red Sox organization
Bonus $: Signing Bonus

JC1:
Junior College, 1st year
JC2:
Junior College, 2nd year
 
 
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Prospect Scouting Scale
 

7.5-8: Franchise Player
6.5-7: Regular All-Star
6: Impact Everyday Player
5.5: Above-Average Regular
5: Average Regular
4.5: Bench/Utility Player
4: Up & Down Player
3: "Org" High Minors Contributor
2: Non-Prospect
 
More Detail on Scouting Scale


Grades listed for each player are MLB projection; Floor-Ceiling