2008 mlb draft Stories - McCovey Chronicles
Zac Elgie and Lee Ridenhour - Welcome to KU! Fall 2008 Baseball Roster set.
A big welcome to Lawrence goes out to Zac Elgie and Lee Ridenhour. Elgie and Ridenhour were drafted in June by MLB teams. The signing deadline ended last night at midnight eastern time. Both Elgie and Ridenhour declined offers to play professional baseball, preferring instead to come to the...
Les Walrond and Travis Metcalf called up to MLB
A quick update on some former KU baseball players. Two former Jayhawks, Les Walrond (P - Phillies) and Travis Metcalf (3B - Rangers) were called up to the major leagues yesterday. Walrond pitched for the Royals briefly in 2003 and for the Cubs in 2006. The big left hander played first base at KU...
John Allman signed by Cleveland Indians
The one player I was most surprised to not see selected in last week's MLB draft was outfielder John Allman. Allman was one of the better baseball players to ever wear the crimson and blue. He is a plus corner outfielder defensively. While not a guy who will steal a lot of bases Allman remained...
Assessing Day One from the NL West
Your going to read a lot about the Rockies picks in the coming days, but before any of these prospects take the professional field, I thought I'd make a quick and probably highly inaccurate assessment of how our divisional rivals did on their drafts yesterday. I think I'll wait to assess the other...
Erik Morrison drafted by the Texas Rangers
This from the KU news release: LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas senior Erik Morrison has been selected by the Texas Rangers in the 46th round of the Major League Baseball first year player draft. Morrison is the fifth Jayhawk to go in this year’s draft. He joins teammates Sam Freeman (St....
Andres Esquibel drafted by Seattle Mariners
This from the KU news release: LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas senior Andres Esquibel has been selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 38th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Esquibel is the fourth Jayhawk to go in this year’s draft, joining teammate Nick Czyz (35th...
Nick Czyz drafted by Seattle Mariners
This from the KU news release: LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas junior Nick Czyz has been selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 35th round of the Major League Baseball first year player draft. Czyz is the third Jayhawk to go in this year’s draft as junior pitcher Sam Freeman (St. Louis) was...
Ryne Price drafted by San Fransico Giants
This from the KU news release: LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas senior Ryne Price has been selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 33rd round of the Major League Baseball first year player draft. Price is the second Jayhawk to go in this year’s draft, as Sam Freeman was taken in the 32nd...
Sam Freeman drafted by St. Louis Cardinals
From the KU news release: LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas junior Sam Freeman has been selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. Freeman is the first Jayhawk to go in this year’s draft with the No. 965 pick. Freeman, a...
Draft Discussion (Day 2)
Will the Rockies go 50 rounds or will they quit before then? We have a few hours before we find out. Draft starts again in less than 20 minutes.
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