Cubs draft Oklahoma righty Cade Horton with 7th overall pick

Cade Horton pitches during the Men’s College World Series last month in Omaha, Neb.The Cubs are banking heavily on Cade Horton’s upside after selecting the Oklahoma redshirt freshman right-hander with the seventh overall pick Sunday night in the MLB Draft.

“The Cubs were on the radar,” Horton said during a Zoom conference call with reporters. “I didn’t know where.”

Horton struck out 49 in his last 31 innings for the Sooners, including a 13-strikeout performance against eventual champion Mississippi at the College World Series.

Horton also struck out 11 against Notre Dame at the CWS, and he was 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA in his last five starts.

“It was awesome to be on that stage,” Horton said of his…