Five Houston players taken in 2019 MLB Draft

Devon Roedahl joined four of his teammates as members of MLB’s class of 2019. | Trevor Nolley/The CougarFive Houston players, including four on Wednesday’s final day, heard their names called June 3-5 as they were selected in the 2019 MLB Draft.

The quintet, made up of junior infielder Jared Triolo, junior relievers Sean Bretz and Devon Roedahl, senior infielder Joe Davis and junior pitcher Fred Villarreal, surpassed the 150 mark for the Cougars’ all-time drafted players list and brought the amount of drafted players under head coach Todd Whitting to 37.

The first to go was Triolo late Monday night. Triolo, who calls Austin home, was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates with pick No. 72. UH’s…