From K-State K-State pitcher Jordan Wicks adds to his historic freshman season as he was named a 2019 Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the publication announced Wednesday. Wicks, the 2019 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, is the ninth Wildcat to be named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and first since Will Brennan and Cameron Thompson did so in 2017. He is the fifth K-State pitcher to earn the honor from the publication. Wicks became just the second Wildcat to be named Big 12 Freshman of the Year, joining pitcher Jake Matthys in 2013. In his initial campaign, Wicks…
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From K-State K-State junior two-way player Will Brennan was selected in the eighth round (No. 250 overall) by the Cleveland Indians in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft Tuesday. Brennan, a Preseason All-Big 12 selection as a utility player, led K-State with 14 doubles and 13 stolen bases while hitting .291 to go with a career-best four home runs in 2019. On the mound, Brennan finished second the team with 39 strikeouts while collecting three saves in 17 appearances (eight starts). For the third straight season, the Stilwell product ended the season as the toughest player to strike out in…
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(AP) With the No. 2 choice, the Kansas City Royals grabbed Texas high school shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., son of former big league pitcher Bobby Witt. The younger Witt has draft-day bragging rights on his father, who won 142 games over 16 seasons after being selected No. 3 overall by Texas in 1985. “Now I’ve got him beat,” Bobby Witt Jr. said on MLB Network. The Witts became the highest-drafted father-son duo, topping Tom Grieve (No. 6, 1966) and Ben Grieve (No. 2, 1994). They are the seventh father-son combination of first-rounders and the first since Delino DeShields (1987) and…
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Adrian Sampson struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings and earned his first major league win as a starter, leading the Texas Rangers over the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Sunday. Texas won three of four in the series. The Royals ended a 1-6 trip that left them with a major league-worst 8-23 road record. Sampson (4-3) posted his previous three victories in relief of an opener. He gave up one run and eight hits, and walked none. Texas reliever Jesse Chavez pitched a scoreless ninth to run his shutout streak to 18 1/3 innings. Brad Keller…
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From K-State Kansas State guard Xavier Sneed is withdrawing his name from the 2019 NBA Draft process and will return to school for his senior season in 2019-20. “After much consideration, my family and I feel that it is in my best interest to return to Kansas State University to complete my undergraduate degree and continue my basketball development program,” said Sneed. A 6-foot-5, 220-pound three-year lettermen from St. Louis, Missouri, Sneed enters his senior season in 2019-20, ranking 29th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,008 points having seen action in 105 career games at K-State with 72…