WATCH: Mississippi State baseball second baseman Justin Foscue is selected as the 14th overall pick to the Texas Rangers while shortstop Jordan Westburg is selected as the 30th overall to the Boston Orioles.
The highest draft pick from mississippi state since 2013 goes to second baseman justin foscue foscue, is picked up by the texas rangers as the no.
14th overall pick...the highest since hunter renfroe going as 13th overall seven years back foscue is the first bulldog to go in the first round of this year's m-l-b draft through his 67 games in 2019, foscue picked up 14 homers and 60 r-b- i's foscue saying after being selected that it took plenty of work to become first round material "i've never been the top ranked kind of player.
In high school, i was never high touted or heavily recruited but i always felt i belonged in the s- e-c and the acc.
That kind of level of play.
I had a chip on my shoulder to prove people wrong.
I believed in myself and just went to work.
I put my head down and i didn't listen to the outside noise with ranking and such.
Just having that ability to not worry about the noise and distractions and always believing in myself.
That's how i got myself to this point."
Foscue may have been the first, however, he wasn't the only bulldog to come off the board going as the 30th overall pick to the boston orioles is shortsto jordan westburg westburg played 66 games for the maroon and white during the 2019 season with 6 homeruns and 61 r- bi-s and hitting .294 westburg is the second bulldog to receive a 2020 invitation to the major leagues also, something to note...state committ austin hendrick won't be making his way to dudy noble field in 2021 the outfielder out of high school went as the 12th overall pick to the cincinnati reds.... however, still available to go through the rest of the draft... a couple more out of high school...infielder blaze jordan and pitcher jackson fristoe of course, nobody can forget about sophomore pitcher jt ginn...ginn was selected 30th overall back in 2019 by the los angeles dodgers...not the case this year as he remains on the board
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