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Another Look at DJ

Not DJ LeMahieu, the recent AL Player of the Week, DJ Peters who was selected by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Western Nevada College. Peters became the highest draft pick in the history of the junior college located in Carson City.

Peters had previously been selected twice in the June Draft in the 36th round and became the third Wildcat selected in three straight MLB drafts. He was taken in the 36th round in 2014 by the Chicago Cubs following his senior year at Glendora High School and again in the same round in 2015 by the Texas Rangers after his first year with the Western Nevada Wildcats.