Junior shortstop Kevin Newman is likely to become the 10th University of Arizona player selected in the first round of the modern baseball regular draft Monday; Baseball America’s final mock draft on Friday ranked him No. 23 overall.
Newman doesn’t know this, and probably wouldn’t care, but if there is such a thing as a jinx in UA sports, it is being selected in the first round of the baseball draft.
None of Arizona’s nine first-round picks enjoyed a long and productive playing career. Here’s the sad roll call:
- Terry Francona, No.