Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Talking Chop continues its stroll down NCAA Division II memory lane with a look at the 2018 MLB draft class. In case you are new to the series, here’s a quick look at what you’ve missed:
We ‘ll go ahead and skip over the 2017 MLB draft class, because there wasn’t much of a success story. The selection of Bruce Zimmermann in the fifth round was interesting to say the least. Mount Olive is a NCAA DII regular in producing solid seasons and good pitching, and Zimmermann was arguably not even the best pitcher on his team that year. That’s what makes it odd that he went so high. His full arsenal seemed under developed at the time, but he made a living filling the strike…
