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Herd baseball’s Finfer has no regrets passing on MLB in favor of collegiate career, education

The MLB Draft can be an exciting, depressing, surprising and emotional experience for baseball players all over the country. Kids start out playing the sport when they learn how to walk in hopes of one day making it to the big leagues.

For many players that dream doesn’t come true. But for one of Marshall’s own, it may have come true a little too soon.

Sam Finfer, a junior catcher and outfielder from Bellevue, Washington, started playing baseball at a really young age just like many of his friends. He found enjoyment out of more than just baseball though.