Mike Moustakas 8 3B

Mike Moustakas  8 3B

Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the first round (No. 2 overall) of the June 2007 First-Year Player Draft out of Chatsworth (Calif.) High School ... signed by John Ramey...graduated from Chatsworth (Calif.) High School ... was a member of Chatsworth's 2004 National Champion squad (USA Today and Baseball America) ... helped his team win the Los Angeles City Section Championship by batting .577 with 24 home runs as a senior, which earned him national player of the year honors from Collegiate Baseball, the National High School Coaches Association and EA Sports ... named an All-American by Louisville Slugger (2005, 2006, 2007), ABCA (2007) and EA Sports (2006, 2007) ... also named to the USA Today All-USA team ... voted the state player of the year by the California Baseball Coaches Association ... honored as California's sophomore player of the year in 2005, junior player of the year in 2006, and Mr. Baseball in 2007 ... holds the state record with 54 career home runs ... his uncle, Tom Robson, played for the Texas Rangers from 1974-75 and coached with the Rangers, Mets, Reds and the Chiba Lotte Marines ... Moustakas and Matt Dominguez, drafted No. 12 overall by the Marlins, became just the sixth set of high school teammates to be selected in the first round of the same draft ... Ranked No. 7 among Top 50 Prospects by MLB.com entering 2011 season.