He came in looking like a lumberjack, wearing #19, and playing first base - giving Frog fans flashbacks to the last big blond slugger to man the corner for TCU. And while Jake Guenther wasn’t Luken Baker, he wasn’t that far off, showing a penchant for finding a way on base and putting the ball into orbit.
Now, the junior transfer will face a tough decision, as he was selected in the seventh round, #218 overall, but the Tampa Bay Rays.
Guenther made the most of his first, and possibly only, season in Fort Worth, reaching base safely in his first 52 games while leading the team in batting average (.