In June, the Maryland baseball team lost the program's best-ever pitcher to the Boston Red Sox. A month later, the Terps were happy not to lose his heir apparent to the Orioles.
A 17th-round pick in last summer's draft, Tyler Blohm (Archbishop Spalding) passed on signing with his hometown club in July to honor his commitment to Maryland. He'll next be eligible for the draft after his junior year in College Park, which means that the Terps will follow three years of All-American Mike Shawaryn with another three of a left-hander who has "progressed about as quick as any guy I've been around," according to coach John Szefc.