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Draft picks choose GCU
7/13/2019 10:45:00 AM | Baseball
Mechals returns, 3 incoming pitchers also pick Lopes
Top-right photo courtesy of Alex Gagne
Four selections in this year's MLB Draft chose to join the Grand Canyon baseball program and postpone signing professional contracts following Friday's signing deadline.
Pitcher Kade Mechals will return for his senior season, pitcher Dawson McCarville joins the program from Glendale (Ariz.) Community College, and incoming freshmen Shane Murphy and Luke Bell come from the Arizona high school ranks.
Combined with four players who signed professionally, eight players associated with GCU were selected in this year's MLB Draft. Quin Cotton and Kona Quiggle were junior signees while Preston Pavlica and Tyler Wyatt signed after their senior seasons. For an update on how GCU's pro players are performing, click here.
Mechals was selected in the 40th round by the Miami Marlins but elected to return. The first team All-WAC starting pitcher and All-West Region honoree made a name for himself as a junior with the Lopes. The McMinnville, Ore., native quickly and aptly took on the role of staff ace, going 11-1 with a shiny 2.16 ERA. He was the nation's co-leader in victories prior to the start of the NCAA tournament while leading the WAC in opponent batting average (.193) and ranking second in strikeouts (100) and ERA.
McCarville was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the draft after his sophomore season at Glendale Community College. The 6-foot-4 right-hander tossed 162 2/3 innings in his two seasons at the junior college level, compiling a 2.55 ERA with 134 strikeouts. The Sandra Day O'Connor High School alumnus is spending this summer in the Cape Cod League with the Orleans Firebirds.
Murphy went in the 31st round to the Philadelphia Phillies. The 6-4 left-handed pitcher was one of eight Arizona high school seniors to be drafted this year. In his senior season at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Murphy helped lead his team to the 6A state title. He went 9-0 with a 0.60 ERA in leading the Huskies to a 27-7 record.
Bell was a 34th-round selection of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who makes that pick annually in honor of Cory Hahn. A right-hander from Seton Catholic High School in Chandler, Bell went 10-2 with a 2.80 ERA as a senior and compiled 179 innings of work in four varsity seasons. Coming from a baseball family, Bell will join the program as a freshman in the fall.
With the return of Mechals, GCU is set to return approximately 480 of its 534 innings pitched from the 2019 team that set a program Division I record for wins (36).
Mechals and McCarville each will be eligible for the 2020 draft, while Murphy and Bell will become draft-eligible in 2022.
Four selections in this year's MLB Draft chose to join the Grand Canyon baseball program and postpone signing professional contracts following Friday's signing deadline.
Pitcher Kade Mechals will return for his senior season, pitcher Dawson McCarville joins the program from Glendale (Ariz.) Community College, and incoming freshmen Shane Murphy and Luke Bell come from the Arizona high school ranks.
Combined with four players who signed professionally, eight players associated with GCU were selected in this year's MLB Draft. Quin Cotton and Kona Quiggle were junior signees while Preston Pavlica and Tyler Wyatt signed after their senior seasons. For an update on how GCU's pro players are performing, click here.
Mechals was selected in the 40th round by the Miami Marlins but elected to return. The first team All-WAC starting pitcher and All-West Region honoree made a name for himself as a junior with the Lopes. The McMinnville, Ore., native quickly and aptly took on the role of staff ace, going 11-1 with a shiny 2.16 ERA. He was the nation's co-leader in victories prior to the start of the NCAA tournament while leading the WAC in opponent batting average (.193) and ranking second in strikeouts (100) and ERA.
McCarville was picked by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the draft after his sophomore season at Glendale Community College. The 6-foot-4 right-hander tossed 162 2/3 innings in his two seasons at the junior college level, compiling a 2.55 ERA with 134 strikeouts. The Sandra Day O'Connor High School alumnus is spending this summer in the Cape Cod League with the Orleans Firebirds.
Murphy went in the 31st round to the Philadelphia Phillies. The 6-4 left-handed pitcher was one of eight Arizona high school seniors to be drafted this year. In his senior season at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Murphy helped lead his team to the 6A state title. He went 9-0 with a 0.60 ERA in leading the Huskies to a 27-7 record.
Bell was a 34th-round selection of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who makes that pick annually in honor of Cory Hahn. A right-hander from Seton Catholic High School in Chandler, Bell went 10-2 with a 2.80 ERA as a senior and compiled 179 innings of work in four varsity seasons. Coming from a baseball family, Bell will join the program as a freshman in the fall.
With the return of Mechals, GCU is set to return approximately 480 of its 534 innings pitched from the 2019 team that set a program Division I record for wins (36).
Mechals and McCarville each will be eligible for the 2020 draft, while Murphy and Bell will become draft-eligible in 2022.
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