MLB Draft Concludes with Nine Razorbacks Selected

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The 2022 MLB Draft has concluded with 9 Razorbacks chosen for the second 12 months in a row.

Pitcher Mark Adamiak, taken by the Oakland Athletics within the fifteenth spherical (No. 454 total), was Arkansas’ lone choice on the third and closing day of the draft. The suitable-hander logged a 2-0 file with a 3.95 ERA in 13 2/3 innings final season.

Adamiak joins infielder Cayden Wallace (Kansas Metropolis Royals – second spherical, No. 49 total), pitcher Peyton Pallette (Chicago White Sox – second spherical, No. 62 total), infielder Robert Moore (Milwaukee Brewers – CB-B, No. 72 total), infielder Jalen Battles (Tampa Bay Rays – fifth spherical, No. 164 total), pitcher Evan Taylor (Miami Marlins – ninth spherical, No. 262 total), pitcher Connor Noland (Chicago Cubs – ninth spherical, No. 263 total), catcher Michael Turner (Chicago [AL] – ninth spherical, No. 281 total) and pitcher Zebulon Vermillion (New York Mets – tenth spherical, No. 299 total) as a part of the Razorbacks’ 2022 draft class.

Arkansas’ 9 draftees tied with Oklahoma State for third most of any faculty program. Future SEC member Oklahoma (11) and present SEC foe Tennessee (10) had essentially the most and second-most choices, respectively, on this 12 months’s draft, whereas the SEC led all conferences with 83 whole choices.

Excluding 2020’s shortened draft because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Arkansas has now had six or extra gamers chosen yearly since 2016 in addition to 5 or extra pitchers drafted yearly since 2017. Seven or extra Hogs have been scooped up within the prime 20 rounds in 4 consecutive years, not together with 2020’s five-round draft.

Along with the Razorbacks’ 9 choices, three signees – pitcher Cole Phillips (Atlanta Braves – second spherical, No. 57 total), infielder Jordan Sprinkle (Chicago [AL] – fourth spherical, No. 131 total) and outfielder Mason Neville (Cincinnati Reds – 18th spherical, No. 543 total) – had been additionally taken on this 12 months’s MLB Draft.

The deadline for drafted gamers to signal, aside from gamers who’ve exhausted faculty eligibility, is 4 p.m. CT Monday, Aug. 1.

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