NEW YORK – University of South Alabama junior outfielder Travis Swaggerty was selected in the first round (10th overall pick) of the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Monday by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Swaggerty is the fifth Jaguar to be selected in the first round of the draft, joining Glenn Borgmann (Minnesota Twins, 1971, ninth overall), Alex Pastore (Cleveland Indians, 1973, 13th overall; St. Louis Cardinals, 1974, 18th overall), Pat Putnam (Texas Rangers, 1975, 22nd overall) and Mike Zimmerman (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1990, 27th overall).
Swaggerty finished his junior campaign at USA ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in walks (54), fifth in on-base percentage (.