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As draft looms, MSU prospect Jake Burger concentrates on playing TCU

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Jake Burger says his focus lies on trying to reach the College World Series.

He may soon have more than 3 million reasons to think critically about life beyond his time at Missouri State University. Missouri State (43-18) starts NCAA Super Regional play against TCU (45-16) in Fort Worth on Saturday. Two days later, a Major League Baseball team could select Burger in the opening round of the 2017 MLB Draft.

“This team is great and the chemistry with this team keeps me off thinking about (the draft).