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Kentucky's baseball squad experienced a disappointing season this year and in a correlated occurrence only four players were drafted from the team - three juniors and one senior.
Team | Round | Pick | Player |
Red Sox | 5 | 143 | Corey Littrell |
Padres | 6 | 178 | Trevor Gott |
Athletics | 10 | 311 | Jerad Grundy |
Marlins | 13 | 382 | J.T. Riddle |
Jerad Grundy was drafted in the 27th round last year so returning to school was definitely a good decision, even if his season didn't go as well as I'm sure he wanted. On a personal note, I'm thrilled that he went to the A's - he should have a good chance to move up the organization assuming he pitches well.
Littrell and Gott are most likely gone - I will be very surprised if they don't sign with their teams. Riddle will probably sign too, but it's the Marlins so I wouldn't put it past Jeffrey Loria to find a way to screw it up.
In addition to current members of the Wildcat squad, five members of next year's recruiting class were selected in the draft, the same number as last year.
Team | Round | Pick | Player |
Angels | 2 | 59 | Hunter Green |
Cubs | 38 | 1128 | Zack Brown |
Cubs | 12 | 348 | Trevor Clifton |
Blue Jays | 2 | 47 | Clinton Hollon |
Brewers | 37 | 1112 | Javon Shelby |
Unlike last season, UK will probably not see all five players on campus. Green and Hollon will probably sign, although Matt Garioch - a writer for SBN's Minor League Ball site - thinks there is at least some chance that Hollon might end up on campus. The others should end up on campus, although it's possible the Cubs might try to go over slot for Clifton.