The second day of baseball’s 2024 First-Year Player Draft included 12 selections from Alabama high schools and colleges.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2024, 6:02 p.m.Auburn pitcher Chase Allsup delivers to the plate against Iowa on Feb. 23, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla.Pitcher Chase Allsup got Auburn on the board at Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft, and prospects from South Alabama, Alabama State, Montevallo and Troy followed as the first picks from their schools in the 60th annual event on Monday.
· The Atlanta Braves chose Montevallo pitcher Logan Samuels in the eighth round at No. 251.· The Toronto Blue Jays chose Mississippi State pitcher Colby Holcombe in the ninth round at No. 277.Those 12 prospects joined the four who played at Alabama high schools and colleges who were picked on Sunday night:Vanderbilt pitcher Bryce Cunningham in the second round at No. 53.
A 6-foot-5 left-hander, Bauman pitched two seasons at Auburn. In 2024, he posted a 3-2 record with a 4.57 ERA in 20 games, with six starts. Bauman had 47 strikeouts and 16 walks in 41.1 innings last season. The Royals drafted two SEC pitchers on Monday who were Alabama high school standouts and former Jacksonville State teammates. Causey had a 13-3 record and 125 strikeouts in 91.1 innings for Tennessee’s College World Series championship team in 2024. Jones went 3-1 in 12 starts for Texas A&M last season. In the 2022 and 2023 seasons at JSU, Jones was 9-7 in 37 games, including 25 starts, and Causey was 9-6 in 40 games, including 15 starts.
Myers batted .323 and, with 62 walks, posted a .487 on-base average for Troy in 2024. Across his two seasons with the Trojans, Myers hit 25 home runs.
@Jsu @Troy @Alabamastate Gage Miller Chase Allsup AJ Causey Tanner Jones Will Turner Greg Farone Joseph Sullivan Randy Flores Logan Samuels Tanner Bauman Colby Holcombe Kole Myers
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