4 with ties to SCV chosen on MLB Draft’s final day
Five Oklahoma State Cowboys have been selected thus far in the Major League Baseball draft.
This makes Lin the first Taiwanese to be picked up during Major League Baseball draft. Pitcher J.D. Busfield was drafted on Friday in the seventh round by the Tampa Bay Rays, and catcher Cassidy Brown was selected on Saturday in the 12th round by the Cincinnati Reds.
Former Stockdale standout Justin Kelly, a left-handed pitcher, was taken in the 33rd round (No. 996 overall) by the Los Angeles Angels. The 6-4, 230-pound Isaac went 14-3 with a 2.33 ERA and had 147 strikeouts in 127 innings pitched as a senior for NAIA Vanguard University this season.
At least one Florida Atlantic baseball player has been drafted for the 11th straight year.
Frailey was an all-WAC selection, batting.376 with 12 doubles, nine triples and four home runs. While Miroglio did play a season in Westwood, he transfered to USF which explains why I didn’t know who he was when I saw his name in the Draft Tracker and incorrectly counted him as an eligible Bruin in my draft article on Thursday.
The Detroit Tigers selected shortstop Dalton Britt in the 31st round, while pitcher Parker Bean was chosen in the 36th round by the Milwaukee Brewers.
McKay struck out 66 batters and limited his opponents to a.222 batting average, both the best marks among FAU’s starting pitchers.
Entering his junior year in 2016, Serrano was listed as No. 18 on D1Baseball.com’s Top 20 Juniors List, as well as the No. 42 MLB Draft Prospect by Baseball America.