With the 1st pick in the 31st Round (939th overall), the Astros select 6'2" 215lb catcher M.P. Cokinos, a Junior out of St. Mary's University in Texas.
Cokinos, a Memorial HS grad, transferred to St. Mary's from the University of Houston, but started all 60 games for St. Mary's, hitting .333/.405/.527. He struck out just 17 times, with 30 walks, and 26 extra-base hits, and committed just one error all season.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
