Three Tar Heels Named To Baseball America Freshman All-America TeamGianluca Dalatri, Josh Hiatt and Ashton McGee were named Baseball America Freshman All-Americans, the magazine announced Monday. Dalatri went 7-3 with a 3.34 ERA across 15 starts in his rookie season. Hiatt was a bullpen stalwart who registered 13 saves and had a 0.29 ERA in ACC competition. McGee hit .327 with 10 doubles and seven home runs. (GoHeels.com)
Miami Marlins expected to send Brian Miller to Class A Greensboro GrasshoppersThe Miami Marlins have signed their top three draft picks, with two former area college standouts expected to play for the Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League. Trevor Rogers is a left-handed pitcher who just finished high school in Carlsbad, N.M. Brian Miller is a center fielder who played at UNC. Joe Dunand is a shortstop from NC State. (Burlington Times News)
Stress-tested Andrew Miller returns to 'high-leverage' innings for Cleveland IndiansAndrew Miller, bullpen flip flop or no bullpen flip flop, is back to being Andrew Miller. Wednesday, with closer Cody Allen in Cleveland where his wife gave birth, Miller relieved Carlos Carrasco in the seventh. The Indians led 3-0, but the Orioles had the bases loaded with nobody out. This was one of those high-leverage innings the Indians were supposedly trying to steer Miller away from. (Cleveland.com)
UNC Pitching Coach Robert Woodard Named To USA Baseball Tournament Of Stars StaffUSA Baseball announced the coaching staffs that will lead 80 of the nation's best 18-and-under players in the 2017 Tournament of Stars presented by Major League Baseball on Thursday, and UNC pitching coach Robert Woodard is among those included. The staff will guide and evaluate this year's athletes in the event at the National Training Complex June 26-July 1. (GoHeels.com)
Cubs No. 1 pick Brendon Little determined to remain on rapid ascentA little over a year ago, Brendon Little was a freshman pitcher at UNC who almost never got to play. He was so far down the Tar Heels’ totem pole, he didn’t even travel on most road trips. Yet two weeks ago, there he was at Wrigley Field for a workout with the Cubs. Three days after that, the Cubs made him the 27th pick in the MLB Draft. And on Wednesday, they made him a rich man. (Chicago Sun-Times)
Trevor Kelley takes side road to Carolina League All-Star GameTrevor Kelley figured his career might be over. It was 2012, and he was a freshman languishing on the bench at the University of North Carolina. He couldn’t throw strikes. He had no realistic path to playing time. Five years later, he finds himself as the most unlikely of Salem’s six representatives in Tuesday’s Carolina League All-Star Game. (Roanoke Times)
Astros Draft Profile: J.B. BukauskasWith the 15th overall selection in the 2017 MLB Draft, the Houston Astros selected right-handed pitcher JB Bukauskas from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At North Carolina, Bukauskas progressed his way to becoming the ace of his pitching staff, which is no small feat at a powerhouse college baseball program like UNC. (Astros Insider)
UNC baseball's Zack Gahagan to return for senior seasonSo far Zack Gahagan has been drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds were the latest to grab the former North Henderson baseball star. The Reds drafted the UNC player in the 39th round of the Major League Baseball draft last Wednesday. Gahagan, however, has decided to return to the Tar Heels for his senior season. (Hendersonville Times-News)
Degrees In Hand, UNC Baseball Alums Take On New ChallengesWith professional baseball careers behind them, Andrew Carignan and Tim Fedroff are pointed toward their next successes and took a big step in that direction on May 14 when they both graduated from UNC. The two are latest in a long line of Carolina baseball players who have left school early for professional careers but made returning for their degrees a priority. (GoHeels.com)
Cleveland Indians' Terry Francona on lefty Andrew Miller: "I think I pitched him too much''It is the thin line that every manager walks: do everything necessary to win today, but don't wear out your best arms for tomorrow. Francona says he momentarily crossed that line with Andrew Miller. It's why Miller pitched the ninth inning Saturday night in the second game of a doubleheader and again on Sunday as the Indians swept a four-game series from the Twins. (Cleveland.com)
Matt Harvey pitched with a broken bone in his shoulderMatt Harvey’s velocity just wasn’t there on Wednesday, and even though he picked up five strikeouts against one walk, he also gave up three homers and lasted just four innings and 58 pitches. The Mets were concerned about what Terry Collins described as being a “tired arm,” so they sent Harvey to the hospital: It turns out Harvey has a broken bone in his shoulder. (SB Nation)
Bukauskas, Warmoth ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-AmericansThe 2017 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams have been released by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods, and North Carolina juniors J.B. Bukauskas and Logan Warmoth were both named to the first team. Bukauskas and Warmoth have pulled in a number of honors following their standout seasons. (GoHeels.com)
Cleveland Indians' Andrew Miller: 'I think I'm a better pitcher than I've shown the last two nights'Andrew Miller has been so good for so long that when he isn't good it looks like an optical illusion. But when Miller gets attacked by a Kiki Hernandez's tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as he did Wednesday, well, that ball isn't coming back. And the Dodgers' 6-4 victory is going to count as much Thursday as it did Wednesday after 3 hours and 35 minutes of baseball. (Cleveland.com)
Cody Roberts and Zack Gahagan taken on final day of MLB DraftCatcher Cody Roberts got the call in the 38th round by the Miami Marlins, where he will be joining teammate Miller with the Fish. Somewhat surprisingly, the Marlins decided to list Roberts as a right-handed pitcher instead of a catcher. Zack Gahagan, who was used all over the infield in his time with the Heels, got the call in the 39th round as a pick of the Cincinnati Reds. (Tar Heel Blog)
UNC’s Gianluca Dalatri Named to USA Baseball Collegiate National TeamComing off a fabulous debut season in Chapel Hill, it was announced last week that UNC freshman right-hander Gianluca Dalatri has earned himself a spot on the USA Baseball National Collegiate Team. Dalatri was named to the Freshman All-American team in 2017, after posting a 7-3 record with a 3.34 ERA at UNC this past year. (Chapelboro.com)
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