Shea Patterson Drafted
Shea Patterson was drafted today by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the MLB draft as a 3rd baseman despite not playing baseball since his JR year of high school. The end of the draft always gets a little funky.
Im guessing he has some connection to the franchise but did not find anything
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2018/06/…
So...that pretty much excludes anyone associated with Michigan State athletics.
Our quarterback was drafted by a Major League Baseball team as a third baseman? Thanks for the Drew Henson flashbacks.
Oddly enough, my freshman year roommate (WMU) and long term close friend is the scout for the Rangers that drafted him.
He told me in advance (1 day) that it was going to happen. I would have posted it here but I didn't believe him. He's not a M fan (Iowa) so I thought he was just screwing with me.
Apparently he was really good in high school.
The MLB draft is weird, man.
I'm not sure Patterson was eligible. I believe so long as you're enrolled in a four year program, you're not eligible until after three years; i.e., Juniors and Redshirt Sophomores. I believe you can beat that by dropping out of school or more easily, transferring to a JuCo program.
I think he was eligible. For some reason, I understood that anybody is eligible at the first draft after their 21st birthday.
So you can get drafted on 3 occasions:
(1) The year you graduate high school,
(2) Three years later or the year you turn 21 or when you finish a JuCo program, whichever comes first, and
(3) The year you finish college or declare you are finished with college.
I think people just interpret #2 to mean after 3 years of college, even though that's not always the case.
Thanks. That's helpful.