Congrats to the three current Pitt baseball players who were selected in this week’s MLB Draft.
Three current Pitt baseball players were selected on day two of the Major League Baseball draft on Friday, including Kyle Landis, Paul Nardozzi and Jordan Herr. Also drafted was Pitt signee David Kaye, a right-handed pitcher from Oakmont, Pa.
Landis was picked by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round. He led the Panthers in earned run average and earned All-Big East Third Team honors in 2007. Nardozzi is the only Pitt senior who was selected, taken by the Detroit Tigers in the 31st round. He’s a RHP who became Pitt’s all-time leader in strikeouts earlier in the season and completed his four years with the Panthers with 260 strikeouts. Herr is an outfielder picked in the 41st round by the Chicago Cubs. He played in 49 games on the year and batted .263 on the year with a .983 fielding percentage.
Also picked was a Pitt signee, David Kaye, from Riverview High School. Kaye was selected in the 30th round by the Toronto Blue Jays. He led the WPIAL in strikeouts this season with 95.
The road to making the Major Leagues is a long and tough one with a ton of work being put in through the minor league systems. Realistically, we’ll probably never hear of these guys again as MLB players unless they excel on the farm clubs they’ll be playing for. Either way, good luck to these guys with their baseball careers.
