Kyle Seager Picked By Mariners In Third Round

Posted Jun 10, 2009
North Carolina junior third baseman Kyle Seager was selected in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Tuesday by the Seattle Mariners, just two rounds after the organization took fellow Tar Heel All-America Dustin Ackley second overall. Seager and Ackley join right-hander Alex White, who was picked 15th overall by the Cleveland Indians, as first-day selections from Carolina. (Tar Heel Blue)

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