A fun part for some of us-the first D3 pick was in the 8th round when the Dodgers chose Tommy Bergjans, a pitcher from Haverford College (PA). He has some gaudy numbers including over 14K's per 9 innings. Great stuff for D3!
Pretty cool that a D3 player goes this early. Gather it doesn't happen often. But good to see.
So, in that same round of HR Derby at Scorps Weekend last summer where the video I posted previously of B-Rod came from also came some other video.
I believe Pick 582, Joe Genord, may have actually beat B-Rod that night in the HR Derby.
Here is some of his round.
Congrats to him and the Scorpions.
Rich
Congrats to golfball's son & welcome to So Cal....drafted by the Angels in the 20th round!! 
Congrats to golfball's son & welcome to So Cal....drafted by the Angels in the 20th round!!
Great stuff. The young man will get his shot! golfball is a great guy and I am very happy for his son and family!
A fun part for some of us-the first D3 pick was in the 8th round when the Dodgers chose Tommy Bergjans, a pitcher from Haverford College (PA). He has some gaudy numbers including over 14K's per 9 innings. Great stuff for D3!
Pretty cool that a D3 player goes this early. Gather it doesn't happen often. But good to see.
It's not surprising it's a pitcher. Velocity is a measured number regardless of where it's thrown. D3 position players face the question of the overall quality of the week to week pitching they face. Some overcome it by playing summer ball with D1 players.
Awesome news again! Congrats to Tyler, justbb, and family. Tell these kids to watch Mathew Dellevedova play for the Cavaliers. Nobody thinks he can play except him. Go out and prove everybody wrong. Good stuff indeed.
Congrats to golfball's son & welcome to So Cal....drafted by the Angels in the 20th round!!
golfball congratulations on KT getting drafted. Very well deserved! 
So, in that same round of HR Derby at Scorps Weekend last summer where the video I posted previously of B-Rod came from also came some other video.
I believe Pick 582, Joe Genord, may have actually beat B-Rod that night in the HR Derby.
Here is some of his round.
Congrats to him and the Scorpions.
Rich
I think Joe lost by one... Still ridiculously impressive, and great kid!
Congrats to Justbaseball and son!
Congrats to shoveit and family!
Congratulations to those drafted and their families! Still to this day, one of my favorite moments in son's baseball career. Here's to many healthy and successful seasons!!!!
Congrats to Justbaseball and son!
Yes indeed....congrats to Justbaseball & his son TD, who joins his older brother in professional baseball...pretty cool.
My son's best friend was selected by the Kansas City Royals today in the 21st Round....our family is extremely excited for him!
Yes...congrats Tom, you are going to be a busy man following Tyler & Erik around the country!
Congrats to shoveit and family!
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Yes...congrats Tom, you are going to be a busy man following Tyler & Erik around the country!
This is so well deserved. I know just about every one of the guys getting picked has worked hard. None would be above Tyler Davis in what he gave for the last 4 years and more to get his name selected.
Thanks so much for all the good thoughts and wishes. It is humbling!! We just couldn't be more happy for Tyler...and relieved at the same time. He doesn't fit any profile anyone would expect. He is 5'-10" and has maybe touched 90 mph a handful of times in his life. But he always believed he was better than his older brother and he works his backside off. Through the many kind hearts and caring souls that he was surrounded by since he was a kid, he found a way to prove he could do it, over and over again. And I have confidence he can do it again simply because Tyler has confidence he can do it again.
Tyler is a role model for his brothers and sisters...and for my wife and me. We are constantly in awe of his drive...in what he has done and what he will do...wherever that is.
Amongst all of the wonderful texts, emails, tweets and phone calls we got today, the one linked below is a terrific summary of who Tyler is. It was posted on Facebook late today by his HS coach, Bill Hutton, of Archbishop Mitty HS in San Jose, CA. I've written about Coach Hutton a lot on here - he is all any player or family could ever want in a coach at any level...a wonderful human being and the best HS coach in America. My wife once told him she loved him and quite honestly, its a love everyone in our family shares.
At least to us, his family, the text below the picture in the link - #Priceless
Just baseball,
congrats, what a great LL,photo, best of luck to Tyler
Congrats to all of your boys!
Congrats to all those drafted...what an incredible achievement!
JBB, I couldn't be happier to see TD's name called...true grit!
Ten D-III players were drafted in the 2015 MLB draft.
http://www.d3baseball.com/nota...2015-players-drafted
Congrats to all those who were drafted or who have family who was drafted.
My kid is pretty excited that 9 kids out of his club program were drafted. Thats on top of the 14 last year. A mix of HS and college kids.
One of my son's college teammate Andrew Elliott was drafted last night. A huge night for that young man and his family. He came into the program as a middle infielder, after a couple years had elbow surgery. came back as the closer and for last 2 years has been the rock at the back end of WSU bullpen. relief pitcher of year Horizon League 2 years running. FB mid 90's regularly. Great night to end a great season for WSU
A client from my facility did not play baseball this year due to ineligibility. He was undrafted out of JC and just trained hard, improving his velocity to 92-95 off an indoor mound and gaining 20 pounds. He was drafted in the 29th round by the Indians.
Didn't play a single game in front of scouts this year. Just uploaded a YouTube video of him with a radar gun in the shot to verify his velo, and threw twice in front of scouts. And bam, drafted and offered a (small) bonus. But at 21 years old with zero college playing this year, it's about as good as we could have realistically expected, and it was with the team he most wanted to go to given their pitching instruction.
What a story!
Congrats to my son's college teammate Mike Odenwaelder who was selected by the Orioles in the 16th round.He was the first NESCAC player taken in the draft !
Also, congrats to another Amherst teammate whose brother George Thanopolous of Columbia was taken in the 35th round by the Mets.
Really cool
