Three UCF baseball gamers heard their names referred to as Monday throughout Day 2 of the MLB Draft.
Sophomore infielder Alex Freeland was taken a hundred and fifth general within the third spherical by the Los Angeles Dodgers turning into the highest-drafted Knight since Eric Skoglund in 2014.
Two rounds later, a pair of UCF pitchers had been taken with back-to-back picks.
The Kansas City Royals took left-hander redshirt sophomore Hunter Patteson with the 145th general choose within the fifth spherical.
One choose later, the Colorado Rockies chosen right-hander redshirt sophomore Connor Staine.
The choices mark the primary time that UCF baseball has had not less than three gamers picked throughout the opening 5 rounds of a single MLB draft since 1998.
All three handled accidents this previous season with Freeland solely taking part in in 42 of UCF’s 60 video games.
The Cape Coral native hit 11 residence runs to go together with 38 RBI whereas batting .282 this previous season. As a freshman the yr prior, he completed tied for second on the squad with 10 doubles.
Patteson began all 7 video games that he appeared in, posting a 1.82 ERA over 29.2 innings pitched. He was shut down for the season as a result of an damage close to the tip of April.
With a 2-1 file, the Vero Beach native struck out 41 batters on the yr.
After transferring to UCF from the University of Maryland, Staine tallied 51 strikeouts all through his 43.1 innings of labor.
Staine posted a 4-1 file as a starter with a 1.87 ERA in 12 appearances. Against No. 2 Ole Miss on March 5, Staine struck a career-high 10 batters.
Both Staine (No. 88) and Freeland (No. 170) had been ranked inside the highest 200 prospects forward of the draft by MLBPipeline.com.
The closing day of the draft, which options Rounds 11-20, begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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