@MizzouBaseball 2019 MLB Draft Recap, Three Taken on Final Day
6/5/2019 5:39:00 PM | Baseball
16 Tigers have now been selected under Coach Bieser
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Baseball saw three additional student-athletes be selected Wednesday in the final day of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft. Junior LHP Jacob Cantleberry was chosen in the 13th Round (pick 401) by the Los Angeles Dodgers, junior SS Chris Cornelius was chosen in the 16th Round (pick 480) by the Philadelphia Phillies and senior RHP Cameron Dulle was chosen in the 30th Round (pick 905) by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Under head coach Steve Bieser (2017-present), 16 total Tigers have now been selected in the annual MLB Draft. Cantleberry, Cornelius and Dulle joined teammates junior OF Kameron Misner and junior LHP TJ Sikkema, who were each selected Monday evening in the Competitive Balance Round A.
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Junior LHP Jacob Cantleberry kicks off Day Three of the MLB Draft for the Tigers!
Congrats, Jacob!#MIZ #ShowMe #C2E ??? pic.twitter.com/UMr3p1s66F
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Junior SS Chris Cornelius stepped up his game in 2019 at the plate & in the field. The Tigers' most consistent hitter throughout the entire season ??
Congrats, Chris! #MIZ #ShowMe #C2E ??? pic.twitter.com/EI1364BlMg
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Senior RHP @cam_dulle was one of the SEC's best relievers in 2019. The St. Louis native will join his hometown team ??
Congrats, Cameron!#MIZ #ShowMe #C2E ??? pic.twitter.com/xm00GH4kVF
Mizzou has garnered four-plus selections in the MLB Draft in five consecutive years (2015-present). Historically, the Tigers have secured at least one player selected in the MLB Draft in each of the past 24 years (1996-present).
The 16 players taken the past three seasons is Mizzou's most in a three-year stretch since 2008-10. A total of 17 Tigers were selected in the MLB Draft over that respective run. Historically, Mizzou's current three-year run of players chosen ranks tied for second all-time, matching the Tigers' 16 players selected from 1957-59.
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