3 Area Players Drafted Local Pitchers Get Call to Mlb

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With Texas Rangers team president and living legend Nolan Ryan watching behind the batting cage, Jerad Eickhoff tried his best not to be intimidated.

"The area scout (Derek Lee) who knows me personally congratulated me," said Eickhoff, a Mater Dei High School graduate who was drafted in the 15th round by the Rangers on Tuesday, the second day of the three-day Major League Baseball amateur draft. "He said I did a good job in front of the guys. I didn't try to overdo it. I was just myself and fortunate enough that it

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3 Area Players Drafted Local Pitchers Get Call to Mlb

was a good workout."

Eickhoff, who completed his sophomore season at Olney Central, pitched for Ryan and other...

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