There’s a wall inside Indiana’s clubhouse at Bart Kaufman Field that lists the name of every Hoosier taken in the Major League Baseball Draft. At the rate that IU is producing professional ballplayers, that wall is receiving regular updates.
While a few Hoosiers are currently enjoying life in The Show, many more are getting back to work at the lower levels after last summer’s lost season. With the Minor League Baseball season now a week old, we figured we’d check in on our former IU baseball pals and see where they are and what they’re up to:
Major League Baseball
Kyle Schwarber, Washington Nationals: We’re still getting used to seeing Schwarber without a Chicago Cubs “C” on his cap after he signed a one-year deal with Washington this past offseason.