Major League Baseball’s 2016 First-Year Player Draft has come to a close after 40 rounds over three days, and Cincinnati pitcher Andrew Zellner was not selected by any MLB club, despite being eligible to be selected early as a Junior. Zellner led the UC pitching staff in wins (7), ERA (2.32), innings pitched (108.2), strikeouts (66), complete games (4), and shutouts (2), so it came as a surprise to me that the first-team all-AAC selection went undrafted completely as a Junior. In fact, no Bearcats were taken in this year’s draft, which makes you wonder if perhaps Butch Jones had a hand in assembling the roster that UC head baseball coach Ty Neal inherited from ex-coach Brian Cleary in 2014.
Bearcats’ Andrew Zellner Not Selected in 2016 MLB Draft
