Three From @MizzouBaseball Drafted on Final Day
6/12/2016 8:25:00 AM | Baseball
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A trio of Mizzou Baseball standouts were selected on the final day of the 2016 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft on Saturday (June 11). Senior RHP Reggie McClain (Duluth, Ga.), junior CF Jake Ring (Ingleside, Ill.) and senior LHP Austin Tribby (Springfield, Mo.) were all taken, moving Mizzou's draft total to four after SS Ryan Howard (St. Charles, Mo.) was taken on day two Friday.
McClain was drafted in the 13th round by the Seattle Mariners and was Mizzou's first pitcher taken in 2016. Undrafted a year ago, McClain put together a stellar senior season, ranking in the top five nationally in both strikeout-walk ratio and walks per nine innings. He compiled a 3.65 ERA in 14 starts and went over the 100-inning mark for the second consecutive season. He walked just nine batters all season and struck out 94 with three complete games.
Ring was selected in the 31st round by the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .317 with 12 doubles, three triples and a pair of homers as a junior. He also scored 37 runs and drove in 25 while stealing 25 bases, the third-best single season total ever at Mizzou. The 25 steals were also second in the SEC at the end of the regular season.
Tribby was taken in the 35th round by the Minnesota Twins after a work horse career at Mizzou. After making 31 appearances as both a sophomore and junior, Tribby made 28 appearances as a senior, starting five games, and compiled a 4.78 ERA in 52.2 innings, striking out 54 batters.
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