Ball State in the MLB Draft 69 8 Major League Draft Picks Cardinals Drafted in the 1st Round Drey Jameson 2019 (34th pick) Luke Hagerty Diamondbacks 2002 (32nd) Drey Jameson, a draft-eligible sophomore fireballer, was picked Luke Hagerty spent six 34th overall in 2019 by the Arizona seasons in Diamondbacks. after being selected as the 32nd Jameson set school records pick in the first round of the 2002 with 146 and 14.33 Draft by strikeouts per 9 innings and was the Chicago Cubs. He pitched MAC of the Year in 2019. in 45 games at the professional He was also picked all-district level and struck out 86 batters in and second team All-American by 95 innings pitched. Hagerty was Collegiate Baseball News. listed as the seventh best prospect in the Chicago Cubs organization in 2003.

Kolbrin Vitek 2010 (20th pick) Boston Sox Kolbrin Vitek, one of three 2002 (1st pick) finalists for the College Baseball Pirates Foundation’s inaugural John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Bryan Bullington, who was Year Award in 2010, was the 20th coached at Ball State by current pick in the first round of the 2010 Cardinals’ head coach Rich Major League Baseball Draft. Maloney, was the No. 1 selection Vitek was named the Mid- in the 2002 Major League American Conference Player Baseball Draft. He was selected of the Year as a junior at Ball by the and is State before being drafted by the the highest draft pick in Ball State . He reached as and Mid-American Conference high as A baseball with the history. Red Sox, playing for the Portland Sea Dogs in 2012 and 2013. Bullington made his major league debut in 2005 for the Pirates. After sitting out the 2006 season with an injury, Bullington worked his way back up to the 2003 (18th pick) -A All-Star Game in 2007 and was called up to the Pirates later that season, appearing in five games with three starts. Brad Snyder became Ball Bullington pitched for the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue State’s sixth first-round draft Jays in 2008. He stayed in the Blue Jays’ system in 2009 and in pick when he was selected 18th 2010 reported to the . On Aug. overall by the Cleveland Indians in 15, 2010, Bullington pitched eight shutout innings, while only giving the 2003 Major League Baseball up two hits against the in Kansas City for his first Draft. major league win. He made his first trip to the After the 2010 season, Bullington signed with the Toyo major leagues in 2006 when he Carp of ’s . Bullington played for Hiroshima was called up to the Indians late from 2011-14 before moving to the in 2015. in the season. For the second year in a row in 2007, Snyder was called up to the major leagues with the Indians. He saw action in the majors with the Chicago Cubs in 2010 and 2011. Snyder last appeared in an MLB game in 2014 with Texas.

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Ball State Draft Picks First Round Draft Picks Drey Jameson 2019 (34th pick) Kolbrin Vitek 2010 (20th pick) Boston Red Sox Brad Snyder 2003 (18th pick) Cleveland Indians Bryan Bullington 2002 (1st pick) Pittsburgh Pirates Luke Hagerty 2002 (32nd pick) Chicago Cubs 1999 (21st pick) Larry Bigbie Jeff Urban 1998 (41st pick) Giants 1999 (21st pick) 1986 (11th pick) Padres Baltimore Orioles Chayce McDermott 2021 (4th round) Larry Bigbie became Ball State’s 2019 (29th round) third Major League Baseball Evan Marquardt 2018 (20th round) Cincinnati first round draft pick when he Colin Brockhouse 2017 (24th round) was selected 21st overall in the 2016 (37th round) Pittsburgh Pirates 1999 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Alex Call 2016 (3rd round) Jarett Rindfieisch 2016 (9th round) Miami Marlins Orioles. Zach Plesac 2016 (12th round) Cleveland Indians Bigbie made his major league T.J. Weir 2014 (17th round) debut in 2001 with Baltimore and Sean Godfrey 2014 (22nd round) also played at the big league level Nestor Bautista 2014 (32nd round) Miami Marlins with the and the Cody Elliott 2011 (21st round) Cleveland Indians St. Louis Cardinals. Perci Garner 2010 (2nd round) Phillies Zack Dygert 2010 (22nd round) He also played professional 2009 (4th round) Boston Red Sox for the Brenden Stines 2009 (33rd round) Houston Astros BayStars. Zach Dygert 2009 (48th round) Washington Nationals 2008 (26th round) San Diego Padres Kyle Heyne 2008 (32nd round) San Diego Padres Jeff Urban 2007 (27th round) 1998 (41st pick) Ben Snyder 2006 (4th round) Brad Miller 2006 (18th round) Arizona Diamondbacks San Fran. Giants 2004 (49th round) Toronto Blue Jays Jeff Urban was selected with Mike Sullivan 2006 (31st round) Jeff Loveys 2006 (48th round) New York Yankees the 41st pick of the 1998 Major Joe Ness 2005 (6th round) Cleveland Indians League Baseball Draft by the San Matt Singleton 2005 (33rd round) Francisco Giants. Michael Hale 2004 (35th round) New York Yankees He spent eight years in Lorenzo Scott 2003 (17th round) Baltimore Orioles professional baseball and pitched Brian Lynch 2003 (23rd round) Colorado Rockies Ben Schroeder 2003 (26th round) Florida Marlins in 214 games, including starts in Mike Johnston 2003 (41st round) San Francisco Giants 105 contests. From 1998 through Paul Henry 2002 (7th round) Baltimore Orioles 2004, Urban played in the San Doug Boone 2002 (36th round) New York Yankees Francisco Giants system. 2001 (15th round) Florida Marlins Urban played in the independent Justin Wechsler 2001 (4th round) Arizona Diamondbacks leagues in 2006 and 2007 with Jason Paul 2001 (49th round) Minnesota Twins Jason Hickman 2000 (8th round) Dodgers the Somerset Patriots and the St. 1999 (42nd round) San Francisco Giants Paul Saints. Shayne Ridley 2000 (19th round) Baltimore Orioles Adam Sheefel 2000 (17th round) Jeremy Ridley 2000 (34th round) Toronto Blue Jays Jonathan Kessick 1999 (3rd round) Baltimore Orioles Thomas Howard Travis Minix 1999 (23rd round) Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1986 (11th pick) Chris Cabaj 1999 (25th round) Kansas City Royals San Diego Padres Sam McConnell 1997 (11th round) Pittsburgh Pirates Bruce Stanley 1997 (18th round) Kansas City Royals Thomas Howard spent 11 1996 (11th round) Baltimore Orioles years in the major leagues from Ed Farris 1997 (27th round) Oakland Athletics 1990 through 2000. He started Nick Witte 1996 (27th round) San Diego Padres Darrell Betts 1995 (11th round) St. Louis Cardinals his career with the San Diego Kenny Reed 1993 (18th round) Baltimore Orioles Padres before going on to play for Curt Conley 1993 (26th round) Colorado Rockies the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Mike Shebek 1987 (38th round) Baltimore Orioles Reds, Houston Astros, Los Dru Kosco 1986 (13th round) Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Mike Roesler 1985 (17th round) Cincinnati Reds Cardinals. Scott Goss 1984 (28th round) Chicago White Sox Clint Wickensheimer 1979 (18th round) Howard .264 for his career Greg Dikos 1979 (28th round) Atlanta Braves with 44 home runs and 264 RBIs. Dennis Barry 1972 (7th round) Angels Homer Jackson 1966

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Since 1966, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State position players 32 times in the annual draft. Below is a complete listing of the Ball State draft history for position players from 1966 through 2021.

Year Player Round Selected Organization 1966 Homer Jackson N/A New York Mets 1972 Dennis Barry 7th California Angles 1979 Greg Dikos 28th Atlanta Braves 1984 Scott Goss 28th Chicago White Sox 1986 Thomas Howard 1st (#11 overall) San Diego Padres 1986 Dru Kosco 13th Seattle Mariners 1987 Mike Shebek 38th Baltimore Orioles 1993 Kenny Reed 18th Baltimore Orioles 1995 Darrell Betts 26th St. Louis Cardinals 1997 Ed Farris 27th Oakland Athletics 1999 Larry Bigbie 1st (#21 overall) Baltimore Orioles 1999 Jonathan Kessick 3rd Baltimore Orioles 2000 Jeremy Ridley 34th Toronto Blue Jays 2000 Shayne Ridley 19th Baltimore Orioles 2001 Doug Boone 15th Florida Marlins 2002 Doug Boone 36th New York Yankees 2003 Ben Schroeder 26th Florida Marlins 2003 Brad Snyder 1st (#18 overall) Cleveland Indians 2003 Lorenzo Scott 17th Baltimore Orioles 2004 Brad Miller 49th Toronto Blue Jays 2005 Matt Singleton 33rd Oakland Athletics 2006 Mike Sullivan 31st Detroit Tigers 2006 Brad Miller 18th Arizona Diamondbacks 2008 Dean Anna 26th San Diego Padres 2009 Zach Dygert 48th San Diego Padres Alex Call 2009 Jeremy Hazelbaker 4th Boston Red Sox 2010 Zach Dygert 22nd Houston Astros 2010 Kolbrin Vitek 1st (#20 overall) Boston Red Sox 2011 Cody Elliott 21st Cleveland Indians 2014 Sean Godfrey 22nd Atlanta Braves 2016 Alex Call 3rd Chicago White Sox 2016 Jarett Rindfleisch 9th Miami Marlins

Players selected in the top 10 rounds highlighted in RED.

Sean Godfrey Jarett Rindfleisch

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Since 1979, Major League Baseball teams have selected Ball State pitchers 36 times in the annual draft. Here is a complete listing of the Ball State draft history for pitchers from 1979 through 2021. Year Player Round Selected Organization 1979 Clint Wickensheimer 18th Los Angeles Dodgers 1985 Mike Roesler 17th Cincinnati Reds 1996 Bruce Stanley 11th Baltimore Orioles 1996 Nick Witte 27th San Diego Padres 1997 Sam McConnell 11th Pittsburgh Pirates 1997 Bruce Stanley 18th Kansas City Royals 1998 Jeff Urban 1st (#41 overall) San Francisco Giants 1999 Travis Minix 23rd Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1999 Chris Cabaj 25th Kansas City Royals 1999 Jason Hickman 42nd San Francisco Giants 2000 Jason Hickman 8th Los Angeles Dodgers 2000 Adam Sheefel 17th Cincinnati Reds 2001 Justin Wechsler 4th Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 Jason Paul 49th Minnesota Twins 2002 Bryan Bullington 1st (#1 overall) Pittsburgh Pirates 2002 Luke Hagerty 1st (#32 overall) Chicago Cubs 2002 Paul Henry 7th Baltimore Orioles 2003 Brian Lynch 23rd Colorado Rockies 2003 Mike Johnston 41st San Francisco Giants 2004 Michael Hale 35th New York Yankees 2005 Joe Ness 6th Cleveland Indians 2006 Ben Snyder 4th San Francisco Giants 2006 Jeff Loveys 48th New York Yankees Colin Brockhouse 2007 Kyle Heyne 27th Minnesota Twins 2008 Kyle Heyne 32nd San Diego Padres 2009 Brenden Stines 33rd Houston Astros 2010 Kolbrin Vitek (P/2B) 1st (#20 overall) Boston Red Sox 2010 Perci Garner 2nd 2014 T.J. Weir 17th San Diego Padres 2014 Nestor Bautista 32nd Miami Marlins 2016 Zach Plesac 12th Cleveland Indians 2016 Colin Brockhouse 37th Pittsburgh Pirates 2017 Colin Brockhouse 24th Toronto Blue Jays 2018 Evan Marquardt 20th Cincinnati Reds 2019 Drey Jameson 1st (#34 overall) Arizona Diamondbacks 2019 John Baker 29th Miami Marlins 2021 Chayce McDermott 4th Houston Astros

Pitchers selected in the top 10 rounds highlighted in RED.

An additional eight Cardinals have signed free agent contracts with professional teams in recent years.

(Additional Free Agent Signings) Year Player Team Signed By 2005 Erik Morrison New York Yankees 2006 Jason Bucholtz Washington Wild Things (Independent) 2006 Kory Bucklew (Independent) 2007 Jeff Michael Washington Wild Things (Independent) 2009 Tom Mueller (Independent) 2017 Alex Maloney Chicago White Sox 2017 Kevin Marnon Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers (USPBL) Perci Garner 2019 Nick Floyd Gary SouthShore Railcats

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