Two Aggies Selected on Day Two of MLB Draft
COLLEGE STATION, Texas –
Seniors Mikey Reynolds and Kyle Martin were both selected on the second
day of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Friday.
Reynolds
was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round with the 163rd
overall pick. Martin was chosen by the Boston Red Sox in the ninth
round with the 263rd overall selection.
Reynolds
earned All-SEC Second Team recognition in 2013, hitting .342 with 43
runs, 15 doubles, one triple, one home run, 25 RBI and 19 stolen bases.
He also picked up NCAA Corvallis Regional All-Tournament honors. During
the season he rattled off a school-record 45-game streak of reaching
base at least once via hit, hit-by-pitch or walk and posted hit streaks
of 22 games and 15 games. Reynolds earned All-Big 12 recognition in his
first season in Aggieland, batting .306 with 23 RBI and 21 stolen bases
as a junior.
Reynolds was previously selected by
the Baltimore Orioles in the 30th round of the 2011 MLB First-Year
Player Draft and the New York Yankees in 20th round of the 2012 MLB
First-Year Player Draft.
Martin finished his
career ranked third on the Aggies’ all-time appearance list, pitching
in 98 games. He went 3-4 with a 4.91 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 58.2
innings as a senior in 2013. Last year, Martin went 6-5 with seven
saves and a 3.20 ERA in 56.1 innings and garnered All-Big 12 Honorable
Mention.
Martin was previously selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 35th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Aggies’
signee Casey Shane, a right-handed pitcher from Centennial High School
in Burleson, Texas was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the sixth
round with the 171st overall pick.
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