Six UA baseball players were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft this week, with junior third baseman Bobby Dalbec as the first Wildcat off the board, being picked by the Boston Red Sox in the fourth round at 118th overall.
"It’s pretty cool," Dalbec said after Arizona's win over Mississippi State University on Friday. "I got to play out there for two summers, and got to do those workouts in Fenway [Park]. It’s people’s dreams to play in Fenway, so this is obviously a step closer to that."
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Dalbec, selected as a positional player, pitched 8.