Former Cal Poly Mustang starting pitcher Drew Thorpe was drafted No. 61 overall by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 2022 MLB Player Draft on Sunday, July 17. Thorpe joins teammate Brooks Lee as the second…
Mathias selected in third round of MLB draft, Mundell in seventh
Two Cal Poly players have been selected after 10 rounds.
Six Mustangs selected in 2014 MLB Draft
Starting pitcher Matt Imhof was Cal Poly’s third-highest selection ever
Athletes go from SLO to the ‘Show’
According to a NCAA study, the probability of a college baseball player making it professionally sits at a meager 9.7 percent. So when Michael Holback was cut from the Cal Poly baseball team in 2011, the chances of him playing professional baseball were close to zero.
Midwest bound: Haniger selected in first round by Brewers
Mitch Haniger still can’t describe it. That moment he felt as his name flashed across the bottom of the screen during this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was too much to digest. In the middle of cheers…