Former Gamecock Peter Mooney retires from professional baseball
Mooney started at shortstop for the Gamecocks on the 2011 National Championship team, then was taken in the 21st round of the MLB Draft that summer by the Toronto Blue Jays.
Highly-touted baseball prospect Will Taylor will go to school after all.
Peters anchored the South Carolina bullpen in 2021, appearing in 19 gams and posting a 4-1 record with a 3.62 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 32.1 innings.
He joins fellow teammate Brannon Jordan, who was also taken by the Brewers in the 9th round Monday evening.
Jordan, a senior from Collinsville, Okla., posted a 5-6 record and a 4.58 ERA across 15 starts as the primary Saturday night pitcher for South Carolina.
Coastal Carolina’s Parker Chavers was selected as the 214th overall pick in the seventh round by the Chicago Bubs in the 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft on Monday, July 12.
It took until the 5th round of the 2021 MLB Draft for the first Gamecock to be taken off the board, but the wait for No. 2 and 3 was not nearly as long.
He posted a 5-1 record with a 2.15 ERA and struck out 84 batters in just 54.1 innings working primarily out of the bullpen last season.
Chandler was a top-rated recruit for the Clemson baseball team, and expected to be a backup QB for D.J. Uiagalelei on the football team this fall.
Tyler Tolbert and Juan Carlos Negret both etched their names into the Columbia record books with their performances Friday night at Segra Park.
Mooney started at shortstop for the Gamecocks on the 2011 National Championship team, then was taken in the 21st round of the MLB Draft that summer by the Toronto Blue Jays.