No Shockers selected in abbreviated MLB Draft

Senior Preston Snavely steps to throw a pitch to one of the yellow team players during game 5 of the Black and Yellow Fall World Series on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Eck Stadium.FILE PHOTO/EASTON THOMPSON

For the first time since 1978, no Wichita State players were chosen in the MLB Draft, which ended Thursday. The MLB shortened the two-day draft from 40 rounds to five due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Draft-eligible players will still have the option to sign with teams as an undrafted free agent, but their signings are capped at $20,000. Fourteen WSU players were draft-eligible this year.

Earlier this offseason, three of WSU’s five seniors — Preston Snavely, Alex Jackson and Tommy Barnhouse — expressed…