Recent Stanford graduate Ryan Seawell of Menlo Park has signed a professional baseball contract with the Detroit Tigers.
Seawell, a graduate of Menlo School, received a call from the Detroit Tigers on June 26, caught a flight early the next morning to the Tigers’ spring training facility in Lakeland, Florida, and signed a contract the following morning.
Seawell will be assigned either to the Oneonta Tigers in the New York-Penn League or to the Lakeland Tigers of the Gulf Coast League.
Seawell batted .290 for the Cardinal during an up-and-down 28-28 season in 2007. He had 36 hits, five home runs and a .435 slugging percentage.
