ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals addressed a general need rather than a specific one with their first pick in the 2002 Draft, taking high school shortstop Calvin Hayes from Salisbury, N.C.

Hayes attended East Rowan High School. A right-handed hitter, he is listed at 5 feet, 9 inches tall and turned 18 in March.

"He's a guy that we've been zooming in all along, hoping that he'd get to us in the third round," said Cardinals director of amateur scouting Marty Maier. "We're thrilled about this guy. He's a guy who's not a real tall guy and that's the knock on this guy, he's not a real big guy. But he's an above-average runner. He's got outstanding hands. He's got a chance to hit and hit with some power down the road.

"The tools on this guy are right off the board. He's a good fielder, he's a good runner and he's got a chance to hit. There's three major league tools right there. When you can get a guy like that in the third round, you gotta be excited about it."

The Cardinals are set at shortstop for the foreseeable future with Edgar Renteria, who is signed through 2003 with club options for 2004 and 2005. However, the selection of Hayes is a small step toward replenishing a farm system that is somewhat depleted in position players. Most of the Cardinals' best prospects are pitchers, though the organization has some intriguing young hitters in Class A.

The Cardinals lost their first- and second-round picks in this year's draft as compensation for signing free-agent pitcher Jason Isringhausen and first baseman Tino Martinez.

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The club instead has chosen to tout three recent signings from last year's draft, so-called "draft-and-follows." Right-handed pitchers Blake Hawksworth and Shane Reedy and outfielder Terry Evans were all late-round picks in 2001. All three played junior college baseball this past season, which left them eligible to sign with St. Louis up until the beginning of this year's draft.

The Cardinals consider Hawksworth to be a first-round-caliber talent and Reedy to be approximately a second-rounder.

	CARDINALS 2002 DRAFT PICKS
	102	CALVIN L HAYES	SS	EAST ROWAN HS
	132	JOHN K BOYER	SS	DIXIE COL
	162	JOSHUA L BELL	C	NORTH SIDE HS
	192	CODY L HAERTHER	3B	CHAMINADE PREP HS
	222	DAVID C WILLIAMSON	LHP	U MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL
	252	TYLER K PARKER	C	GEORGIA TECH
	282	TRAVIS O HANSON	SS	U PORTLAND
	312	MATTHEW J LEMANCZYK	CF	SACRED HEART U
	342	DAVID F BROCKMAN	RHP	GRAND CANYON U
	372	ROBERT D RUNYON	RHP	FRESNO ST U
	402	REID E GORECKI	CF	U DELAWARE
	432	JOSEPH J VANGORDER	LHP	WEST VIRGINIA U
	462	DAYLON MONETTE	CF	OKLAHOMA ST U
	492	BRADLEY J THOMPSON	RHP	DIXIE COL
	522	CHAD T CLARK	RHP	U SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
	552	STEPHEN S SCHWEITZER	LHP	KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE
	582	RYAN T MULHERN	OF	SOUTH ALABAMA U
	612	HARRY E CHAFEY	LHP	FRANCIS MARION U
	642	GABRIEL A VELOZ	2B	NEW MEXICO ST U
	672	ANDREW W DAVIDSON	LHP	CALIFORNIA ST U
	702	RICHARD SCALAMANDRE	RHP	DOMINICAN COL
	732	KEVIN D COLEMAN	RHP	U FLORIDA
	762	KYLE W MCCLELLAN	RHP	HAZELWOOD WEST HS
	792	MITCH S MAIO	RHP	U UTAH
	822	MATTHEW R ELLIOTT	RHP	BASIC HS
	852	MELVIN J FALU	2B	SOUTHERN ARKANSAS U
	882	WES R JAILLET	RHP	ST LOUIS U
	912	ZACHARY J CATES	1B	OKLAHOMA ST U
	942	GARRIS A GONCE	LF	U SOUTH CAROLINA
	972	SEAN F KASMAR	SS	LAS VEGAS HS
	1002	JOSHUA A BRIDGES	C	MARTIN METHODIST COL
	1032	MICHAEL H MCCOY	2B	U SAN DIEGO
	1062	JULIAN D WILLIAMS	CF	LONG BEACH CC
	1092	JAMES A MONDESIR	RHP	DOMINICAN COL
	1122	TYLER R DURHAM	2B	NORTHWESTERN ST U
	1152	MATTHEW R VARNER	RHP	ANGELINA COL
	1182	JEFFERY A TOLOTTI	LF	U NEVADA
	1212	BRIAN FLYNN	RHP	ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COL
	1242	JONATHAN A ESTES	RHP	FREED HARDEMAN COL
	1272	KEVIN ESTRADA	SS	PEPPERDINE U
	1301	JOEY G VANDEVER	OF	U EVANSVILLE
	1329	BROCK W JACOBSEN	OF	DIXIE COL
	1356	SEAN K CLARK	RHP	CHAMINADE PREP HS
	1382	JASON W GALBRAITH	LHP	CONCORDIA COL
	1408	ROBERT C GIBSON	1B OF	BELLEVUE EAST HS
	1434	PHILIP A PERRY	RHP	GEORGIA TECH
	1458	DAVID C DENNIS	LHP	VALHALLA HS
	1482	JOHN H POWELL	RHP	MCGEHEE HS

Matthew Leach covers the Cardinals for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.