It has not been the easiest road for Clemson’s Grayson Byrd. But through a transfer and multiple injuries he always kept preserving and finished his collegiate baseball career with an outstanding final season.
Byrd now has the opportunity to take his talents to the next level as the Chicago Cubs selected him in the 24th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft last week.
“It’s a big deal to me,” Byrd recently told The Clemson Insider. “Obviously growing up around the game I’ve always wanted to play professional baseball and try to get the chance to make it to the big leagues like my dad.