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Tyler Dyson drafted in the 5th Round, pick #153, by the Nationals. Pick value $346,800. What will he do?
Hunter Barco still undrafted. Looks like UF may finally get a big time lefty pitcher.
 

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Tyler Dyson drafted in the 5th Round, pick #153, by the Nationals. Pick value $346,800. What will he do?
Hunter Barco still undrafted. Looks like UF may finally get a big time lefty pitcher.

Is Barco falling because he isn't as good as draft experts thought or is it about him going to UF and teams don't want to risk the pick?

Dyson going that high shocks me since he is such a massive headcase.
 

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Almost through with Round 8 of the MLB draft and Hunter Barco, Langworthy & Dalton are still undrafted. Looking more & more like we'll have those 3 guys on next year's team. And if Matt Allan turns down the $668,000 his pick slot is worth (as it's stated he was looking for at least $4 mil.), that could be great news for O'Sullivan.
 

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Wil Dalton drafted at the end of the 8th Round, pick #257 by the Red Sox, value $159,700. Hunter Barco still undrafted, meaning he's probably told them he's going to college.
 

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One more player has been drafted out of our recruiting class. RHP Brandon Sproat out of Pace H.S. near Pensacola. Taken with pick #205 in the 7th round by the Rangers, pick value $220,000. Not counting, him, Barco & Allan, we have 5 more RHP's and 1 LHP in the class, along with 2 catchers, 3 infielders and an outfielder. Nathan Hickey, from Jacksonville, was a pitcher, catcher, outfielder and SS in high school, but is projected as a college catcher and is supposed to be the real deal, not only behind the plate but with the bat. He is coming to UF for sure.
 

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Ocala, can you update before the fall semester starts on who is coming in as frosh and who might return, if drafted? maConnell gone for sure. Bat will be missed but his glove will not. Dalton probably gone, but won;t be missed. Kid who was #5 overall is not coming for good reason. Saw that Allan was drafted 3rd round, but was projected 1st round? High school guy projected that high could show up on campus. Dyson probably gone, even tho could improve his stock with a good year. But history shows he will have an 'injury" if he stays here. I suspect he will forgo his last year.
 

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Ocala, can you update before the fall semester starts on who is coming in as frosh and who might return, if drafted? maConnell gone for sure. Bat will be missed but his glove will not. Dalton probably gone, but won;t be missed. Kid who was #5 overall is not coming for good reason. Saw that Allan was drafted 3rd round, but was projected 1st round? High school guy projected that high could show up on campus. Dyson probably gone, even tho could improve his stock with a good year. But history shows he will have an 'injury" if he stays here. I suspect he will forgo his last year.
Sometimes it's hard to get info on the baseball team in the late summer & fall, but I'll try. Here's the latest on our 2019 recruiting class:
Perfect Game USA - World's Largest Baseball Scouting Service
 

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Excited for my next step and to be a part of @GatorsBB !! Road to Omaha starts now #GatorNation – at University Of Florida
 

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Nelson Maldonado drafted in the 21st round by the Cubs. 642nd overall pick. Hunter Barco drafted in the 24th round by the Mets. 718th overall pick. Langworthy still undrafted.
 

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2019 baseball commit Tyler Owens of Ocala Trinity Catholic was drafted by the Braves in the 13th round with pick #397. No monetary value assigned. He's a 5'10" RHP/SS. Also, 3B/SS Joshua Rivera from IMG Academy & Avon Park, was drafted by the Padres in the 22nd round with Pick #653, no monetary value. More than likely, both will end up at UF.
 

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So the kid from Ocala has a tough decision? Says he was a "10", so was it b/c of injury that he went 13th round? Are the Braves going to drop a 7fig signing bonus in his lap? NO!. If the kid just wants to get his pro ball career going then fine, but if he wants to grow and try for a better signing bonus, I don;t see much of a decision.
 

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So the kid from Ocala has a tough decision? Says he was a "10", so was it b/c of injury that he went 13th round? Are the Braves going to drop a 7fig signing bonus in his lap? NO!. If the kid just wants to get his pro ball career going then fine, but if he wants to grow and try for a better signing bonus, I don;t see much of a decision.
I think he ends up at UF, too. But some of these kids don't want to go to college. And then there's the 12 baseball scholarships that have to be divided among 30 players or so. Don't know his family situation, but playing college baseball ain't a free ride like in football and basketball and many of these kids are expected to pay their own way, or at least a big chunk of the cost.
 

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Just posted on another side that Brad Weitzel is no longer on the baseball staff. Major opening since Weitzel has been with O'Sullivan the whole 12 years at UF.
 

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