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Cooper Hjerpe to the St. Louis Cardinals: Oregon State Beavers left-hander picked in 1st round of MLB draft
Oregon State Beavers ace Cooper Hjerpe is headed to the St. Louis Cardinals after they drafted him with the twenty second total decide of the 2022 MLB draft on Sunday.
Hjerpe garnered a number of nationwide pitcher of the 12 months awards after a stellar 2022 season wherein he went 11-2 with a 2.53 ERA. Hjerpe led the nation in strikeouts with 161, which got here throughout 103 1/3 innings and likewise had been a faculty report. The left-hander additionally was named a finalist for each the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy, given to varsity baseball’s nationwide participant of the 12 months.
In 41 complete appearances for the Beavers over three seasons, Hjerpe went 15-9 with a 3.37 ERA and 275 strikeouts.
Hjerpe, who’s from Capay, California, is the thirteenth Beavers participant to be chosen within the first spherical. He’s Oregon State’s first pitcher to be taken within the opening spherical since Drew Rasmussen in 2017.
St. Louis has beforehand taken 10 different Oregon State gamers within the draft, the latest being Dylan Pearce in 2019.