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.