CLEMSON – The Clemson baseball program took a few lumps in the MLB Draft and now faces the challenge of replacing two of its three weekend starters and its closer. The good news? That is all that was lost, and a stacked recruiting class helps ease the pain.
Junior lefthander Sam Weatherly was selected in the third round (No. 81 overall) by the Colorado Rockies and sophomore righthander Spencer Strider was picked in the fourth round (No. 126 overall) by the Atlanta Braves.
Weatherly (Howell, Mich.), was Clemson’s highest-drafted pitcher since 2014 (Daniel Gossett, 2nd round), was a third-team All-American and Clemson’s Friday starter in 2020.