The Marlins picked power-hitting LSU third baseman Jacob Berry with the sixth choice in Major League Baseball’s newbie draft on Sunday night time.
Berry, who turned 21 in May, transferred to Baton Rouge and the Southeastern Conference final season after a freshman yr in Tucson with the University of Arizona. Berry grew up in Queen Creek, Arizona.
“Very excited about this player,” Marlins normal supervisor Kim Ng stated Sunday night time in an internet information convention. “Everything from just being a pure hitter to his knowledge of the strike zone, his plate discipline. His competitiveness certainly struck a chord in our discussions when we were talking about him. All the things that you would love to have in a player.”
Against a lot better competitors (half of the 2022 College World Series groups had been from the SEC, whereas the Pac-12 had two in 2021, one among which was Berry’s Wildcats), Berry’s on-base-plus-slugging share solely fell off barely, from 1.115 to 1.094. His slugging share decreased from .676 to .630, whereas his on-base ticked up from .439 to .464.
After he was drafted, Berry stated on on MLB Network he was “speechless” and it was a “dream come true.”
The Marlins grabbed 18-year-old right-handed pitcher Jacob Miller out of Liberty Union High School in Baltimore, Ohio, within the second spherical with the forty sixth choice, the primary of many right-handed pitchers the Marlins drafted.
In the third spherical on Monday, the Marlins drafted right-handed pitcher Karson Milbrandt from Liberty Senior High in Missouri at No. 85.
In the fourth spherical at No. 112, the Marlins picked RHP Marcus Johnson from Duke, and the fifth spherical it was righty Josh White of California at No. 142. At No. 172 within the sixth spherical, RHP Jared Poland of Louisville joined the gathering, and one other right-handed pitcher, Kyle Crigger of Louisiana Tech, adopted within the the seventh spherical at No. 202.
In the eighth spherical, at No. 232 the Marlins broke the streak and drafted a left-handed pitcher, Dale Stanavich from Rutgers.
Staff author Kathy Laughlin contributed to this report.
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