Wes Clarke drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers
He joins fellow teammate Brannon Jordan, who was also taken by the Brewers in the 9th round Monday evening.
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.
The former Clemson Tiger won for the fourth time in his career, the most recent in 2011 at Quail Hollow.
The 23-year-old Acuña tore the ACL in his right knee in the fifth inning of Atlanta’s 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said Acuña was being evaluated Saturday night and the team hoped to know more about his status by Sunday morning.
Tyler Tolbert and Juan Carlos Negret both etched their names into the Columbia record books with their performances Friday night at Segra Park.