Indiana left-handed pitcher Tommy Sommer was taken in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox with the No. 305 overall pick. With right-handers McCade Brown and Gabe Bierman going in the third and seventh round respectively, the Hoosiers had their entire weekend starting pitching rotation taken in Day 2 of the draft. Sommer posted a 6-4 record and 4.60 ERA in 2021 and finished 10th in the Big Ten with 85 strikeouts in 74 1/3 innings pitched.
Author: Dustin Dopirak
Indiana right-handed pitcher Matt Litwicki was drafted in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball draft on Monday with the 286th overall pick. Litwicki missed the entire 2018 season after Tommy John surgery and pitched limited innings out of the bullpen throughout his career. In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, he posted a 0.90 ERA and six strikeouts in 10 innings. This season, he posted four saves and 17 strikeouts in 10 innings, but posted a 4.50 ERA.
Indiana right-handed pitcher Gabe Bierman was drafted in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball draft Monday by the Miami Marlins with the No. 209 overall pick. Bierman becomes the second Indiana pitcher drafted on the second day of the draft, joining rotation mate McCade Brown, who was taken by the Rockies in the third round. The 6-foot-2 Bierman was named second-team All-Big Ten this season, his third with the program. He posted a 5-4 record this season with a 2.68 ERA, which ranked second in the Big Ten. He struck out 80 batters in 74 innings, which put…
DJ Moore’s measurables jump off the page, frankly, because there’s a lot to measure. The rising senior offensive lineman at Fort Wayne Snider is listed on the Rivals.com website at 6-foot-6, 335 pounds, which makes him big enough to play any position on a college offensive line. But what really makes him valuable, Snider coach Kurt Tippmann said, is his ability to move that weight around. He’s agile enough to play both guard and tackle, to protect against the pass and get upfield against the run and obviously strong enough to manhandle whatever defenders he finds. That’s why he’s a…
Indiana right-handed pitcher McCade Brown was selected in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft Monday by the Colorado Rockies with the No. 79 overall pick. The 6-foot-6 Brown was named second-team All-Big Ten this season, posting a 5-4 record, a 3.39 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched. He finished ninth in the Big Ten in ERA, fifth in strikeouts, and first in opponent batting average, holding hitters to a .164 mark.
DJ Moore, a four-star offensive lineman from Snider High School in Fort Wayne, announced on his Twitter account Monday that he has committed to Indiana for the Class of 2022. He is the highest rated offensive lineman to ever commit to Indiana. Moore, listed at 6-foot-5, 315 pounds, had offers from Ohio State and Oregon as well as Purdue, Arizona State, Penn State, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas A&M and West Virginia. He is the No. 413 player in the class, the No. 15 interior offensive lineman and the No. 10 player in the state of Indiana according to…
Indiana begins one of the most important seasons in the history of its football program on Sept. 4. The Hoosiers are coming off a 6-2 campaign and an Outback Bowl berth in 2020 and are expected to be a preseason Top 25 team. We are profiling each of the 12 teams Indiana will face this season as they try to build on that momentum Opponent: Cincinnati Date/Time/TV: Sept. 18, noon, ABC or ESPN Location: ABC or ESPN 2020 record/bowl result: 9-1 overall, 6-0 American Athletic Conference, lost 27-24 to Georgia in Peach Bowl Returning Lettermen: 52 (22 offense, 28 defense,…
Colson Montgomery, a shortstop from Southridge High School and an Indiana recruit, was selected No. 22 overall by the Chicago White Sox in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft on Sunday night. The 6-foot-4 left-handed hitter also starred in basketball and football for Southridge, and led the school to the Class 3A state title game. He hit .333 this season with seven home runs and 17 extra-base hits and scored 42 runs. The slot value on the pick is $3,027,000, making it highly likely he will forego his college career and enter professional baseball.
Jaquez Smith says he considers himself a miniature version of D.K. Metcalf. It’s a bit of an odd comparison to make, because the defining characteristic of the Seattle Seahawks wide receiver is his size. He’s listed at 6-foot-4, 229 pounds but he looks like something out of a comic book, and he can somehow run a 10.4 second 100-meter dash. Smith is plenty fast and he showed big playmaking ability at Westlake High School in Georgia, but at 6-1, 200 pounds, he doesn’t draw comparisons to the All-Pro Metcalf. However, what Smith admires most about Metcalf is not the talent…
Bray Lynch, a three-star offensive tackle from Westlake High School in Austin, Texas announced on his Twitter account on Friday evening that he has committed to Indiana for the Class of 2022. Lynch is the No. 952 player in the class according to 247Sports.com’s composite rankings, the No. 95 offensive tackle and the No. 132 player in the state of Texas. The 6-foot-4, 280-pounder helped lead Austin Westlake to a Class 6A Division I state championship in 2020. Lynch chose Indiana over Duke and Oklahoma State, the other two finalists for his services. he also had scholarship offers from Colorado…