Marty Lehn Drafts UBC Otterman in 7th Round!

Milwaukee Brewers scout and Big League Experience owner Marty Lehn is happy with this year’s MLB draft as he was finally able to get the monkey off his back and draft a player from the University of British Columbia.   It’s been a couple of year’s in which Lehn has been in the hunt to get a Thunderbird but other teams beat the Brewers to the punch. Not this year as the “Brew Crew” selected David Otterman a Left handed pitcher from Coquitlam in the 7th round. Lehn comments “It’s a great program and Terry and his staff do a great job and I am excited to be able to finally get one of their guys”. David is a hard throwing Left hander that has been UBC’s #1 pitcher over the past two year’s.  With a fastball reaching 92 MPH and the ability to mix it up with his breaking pitches and Change up has proved havoc to the hitters at the college level.   The next step for David is to report to Arizona (training facility of the Brewers) for mini camp and then be placed with one of the minor league clubs.  Good luck David and we’re looking forward to seeing you help the Brewers win a championship one day.

Here is a list of players Marty Lehn has drafted/signed over the past 5 years while with the Brewers;

2006 – Ricky Alvernaz – 3rd baseman – White Rock, B.C. – 50th round – White Rock Tritons

2007 – Ryan Jensen – OF – Langley, B.C. – 32nd round – Langley Blaze

-Travis Nevakshonoff – Trail, B.C. 29th round – Langley Blaze

2008 – Brett Lawrie – Langley, B.C. – 1st round – Langley Blaze/Team Canada

– Stosh Wawrzasek – Langley, B.C. – 16th round – Langley Blaze/Team Canada

2009 – Kyle Dhanani – Kamloops, B.C. – 43rd round – Thompson Rivers University

– Jordan Wong – Calgary, Alberta – 46th round – Vauxhall Academy/Team Alberta

2010 – Rowan Wick – N.Vancouver, B.C. – 19th round – Vancouver Canons/Team Canada

2011 – Dustin Houle – Penticton, B.C. – 8th round – Langley Blaze/Team Canada

– Jalen Harris – Toronto, Ont. – 41st round – Victoria Mariners/Team Canada

2012 – David Otterman – Coquitlam, B.C. – 7th round – University of British Columbia

– Chris Shaw – , Alta – 38th round – Okotoks Dawgs/Team Canada