Draft may alter UL's outlook
A couple of just-graduated seniors. A trio of players who are draft-eligible juniors. One player who left with academic difficulties late in the season. Three players who figure to join the program this fall.
What do they all have in common, along with their involvement in the University of Louisiana baseball program?
All could have their names called out today and Wednesday when Major League Baseball holds its annual first-year draft.
"It's kind of like it's in three phases for us," said Ragin' Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "We want the seniors to get an opportunity to play, and we want our juniors and our incoming recruits to get a chance to play pro ball as long as they're not prostituting themselves along the way."
Among the Cajun names that could pop up are senior outfielders John McCarthy and Jeanerette's Josh Landry, both of whom finished their careers in May; eligible juniors in pitcher Jason Fernandez, infielder/catcher Jefferies Tatford and infielder Devery Van De Keere; pitcher and academic departure Chad Beck; and incoming signees Dillon Guillory, a catcher at Teurlings Catholic, and pitchers Corey Chapman of LSU Eunice and Brent Solich of Manatee Junior College in Florida.
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Dan McDonald
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