Chances are USF fans aren’t going to be glued to their TVs or computers tonight.
The first three rounds of the Major League Baseball draft starts at 6 p.m., but it’s doubtful any Bulls players will be taken.
The draft runs into Wednesday and Thursday, which is a more likely scenario to hear a USF name whether current player or incoming recruit.
Of the current USF squad, here are the names that could go: Mike Consolmagno, Trey Manz, Chris Rey, Brandon Smith, Peter Brotons, Joe Cole, Teddy Kaufman, Matt Quevedo, Andrew Salgueiro, Shawn Sanford, Ryan Garcia, Ryan Lockwood, Matt Stull and Junior Carlin.
Some of those players aren’t in Tampa, participating in summer league baseball. The University athletics Web site has a good page on that.
I talked via telephone to one of those playing in Virginia, Todd Brazeal, who was named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball on Wednesday. Along with him, Sam Mende was honored as well.
Both Mende and Brazeal are inelligible for the draft because of NCAA rules, which state that a player has to complete their junior years (redshirt sophomers are OK) or be 21 years old in order to be taken after entering college.
If anyone goes, I’m sure you’ll see it here!
-KK
