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For Mizzou, the coronavirus spoiled a promising season but in turn might have bolstered the Tigers’ roster for next year.
Mizzou expected to have as many as eight players and four signed recruits chosen in next month’s MLB draft. But with that trimmed from 40 to five rounds to limit spending during the pandemic-fueled shutdown, Mizzou’s roster turnover should be minimal. Junior pitcher Ian Bedell and incoming freshman outfielder Isaiah Greene are widely projected among the draft’s top 100 prospects. MLB.com’s prospect rankings have Greene, 18, from Corona, Calif., as the draft’s 62nd-best player and fifth-best high school outfielder. Bedell, 20, is ranked No. 89.
Otherwise, the rest of coach Steve Bieser’s draft-eligible players and recruits could be in Columbia next spring — including Zimmermann, one of the Southeastern Conference’s most improved hitters.
FULL STORY by Dave Matter: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_a34fd412-e567-5e3d-beeb-5b25e83e26a3.html
For Mizzou, the coronavirus spoiled a promising season but in turn might have bolstered the Tigers’ roster for next year.
Mizzou expected to have as many as eight players and four signed recruits chosen in next month’s MLB draft. But with that trimmed from 40 to five rounds to limit spending during the pandemic-fueled shutdown, Mizzou’s roster turnover should be minimal. Junior pitcher Ian Bedell and incoming freshman outfielder Isaiah Greene are widely projected among the draft’s top 100 prospects. MLB.com’s prospect rankings have Greene, 18, from Corona, Calif., as the draft’s 62nd-best player and fifth-best high school outfielder. Bedell, 20, is ranked No. 89.
Otherwise, the rest of coach Steve Bieser’s draft-eligible players and recruits could be in Columbia next spring — including Zimmermann, one of the Southeastern Conference’s most improved hitters.
FULL STORY by Dave Matter: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_a34fd412-e567-5e3d-beeb-5b25e83e26a3.html
