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"We tried to load up on some pitching today," said director of amateur scouting Marty Maier. "Make sure we had enough guys to go to (rookie league) Johnson City and New Jersey. Fill those clubs up and make sure we had enough. We took a lot of regular players yesterday. We tried to get back into some pitching. The depth of this draft wasn't huge, but it did have some pitching."

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Perhaps more telling was that 18 of St. Louis' last 28 selections came from the four-year college ranks. That was a strategic decision, based largely on signability.

"We were looking to get some college pitching down here and we needed the guys that we could sign "We did take some flyers on some younger guys later on, some high school guys that we'll see if we can sign.

"Definitely we felt like we wanted to make sure we got guys we could sign. But we're still getting some quality guys down below."

Fittingly, since the Cardinals picked last in every round, they also had this year's "Mr. Irrelevant," the final pick in the draft. Selection No. 1,482 overall was high school right-hander John Powell. The Cardinals see Powell as a potential "draft-and-follow" player.

"Powell is a high school player out of Arkansas who, our scouts saw him pitch, and he's going to junior college. He's a guy that we think might be a pretty good pitcher down the road. We'll watch him this summer, see how he goes."

Maier said that the Cardinals have yet to sign any of their draft picks, but that some players could begin to sign in the coming days.

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

	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