Oregon State Beavers’ Cooper Hjerpe, Justin Boyd, Will Frisch sign professional contracts

It didn’t take lengthy for 3 of Oregon State’s most excessive profile picks of the Main League Baseball draft to signal skilled contracts.

Cooper Hjerpe, Justin Boyd and Will Frisch have signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs, respectively, signaling the official begin to their skilled baseball careers.

The Cardinals drafted Hjerpe Sunday within the first spherical with the No. 22 total choice, making the gifted left-hander the thirteenth Beavers participant to go the primary spherical. Hjerpe was overpowering in his remaining season in Corvallis, ending 11-2 with a 2.53 ERA and 161 strikeouts — most at school historical past and most within the nation. The dominance earned Hjerpe a number of Nationwide Pitching of the Yr awards, whereas making him a unanimous First-Group All-American and a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy.

The Reds chosen Boyd with the No. 73 total decide within the Aggressive Steadiness Spherical B, which follows the second spherical. An outfielder with pace, energy and a rocket arm, Boyd led the Pac-12 Convention in batting common (.373) and stolen bases (24), whereas including 9 dwelling runs, 14 doubles, 4 triples and 53 RBIs. He was named an All-American by the Nationwide Collegiate Baseball Writers Affiliation and earned All-Pac-12 Defensive Group honors.

The Cubs nabbed Frisch with the seventh decide of the sixth spherical at No. 173 total. The hard-throwing right-hander was scheduled to be a key a part of the Beavers’ weekend rotation, however he underwent elbow surgical procedure in March and missed the complete 2022 season. Frisch completed 3-0 with a 2.38 ERA in 2021, incomes Freshman All-American honors.

Hjerpe, Boyd and Frisch had been a part of an eight-player draft class by Oregon State, essentially the most over 20 rounds and tied for second-most in any draft at school historical past. The remainder of the category — Jacob Melton (Houston Astros), Wade Meckler (San Francisco Giants), Gavin Logan (Arizona Diamondbacks), Jake Pfennigs (Oakland Athletics) and DJ Carpenter (Cardinals) — has till Aug. 1 signal contracts with their organizations.

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