University of Missouri right-hander Ian Bedell sat in a jammed-pack Busch Stadium last October watching former Mizzou pitcher Max Scherzer face the Cardinals in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
Bedell looked at the wild atmosphere, smiled and said to a friend nearby, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could pitch here in a game like this someday?”
That someday could be just around the corner.
Bedell was chosen by the Cardinals in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft on Thursday.
The 6-foot-2, 198-pounder was the 122nd overall selection in the abbreviated five-round draft, which was shortened from its usual 40 rounds to limit spending during the shutdown.