Pro Baseball: Kevin James Ahrens, Dunedin Blue Jays

Kevin James Ahrens went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and scored a run in the Dunedin Blue Jays's 7-0 loss at the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Thursday. Ahrens graduated from Houston Memorial High School.

Ahrens is a 2007 graduate of Memorial High School and was named a first-team high school all-American left fielder as a senior (2007). He was a first-round draft pick (16th overall) of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft. He was named the Blue Jays third-best prospect in 2008 and the sixth best in 2009, both by Baseball America. Through 2010, he was a career .239 hitter with 21 home runs and 142 RBIs. Ahrens was born April 26, 1989 in Houston.