Eustace, Gloucester Catholic products, all pitchers, taken in baseball draft
Bishop Eustace Prep and Gloucester Catholic High were well-represented Friday on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft, as two graduates from each school were selected.
Bishop Eustace Prep and Gloucester Catholic High were well-represented Friday on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft, as two graduates from each school were selected.
Righthander Zac Gallen was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round with the 106th pick. The Bishop Eustace graduate and North Carolina junior had a 2.68 ERA in 902/3 innings for the Tar Heels this season.
Another Eustace graduate, Devin Smeltzer, was taken in the fifth round, 161st overall, by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The lefthander played at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas, this season after spending one year at Florida Gulf Coast.
Smeltzer had a 9-3 record and a 1.18 ERA over 912/3 innings.
Mike Shawaryn, a graduate of Gloucester Catholic, was drafted by the Boston Red Sox as a fifth-round pick, 148th overall. The junior righthander set several single-season records at Maryland, including a record 13 wins and 138 strikeouts. He finished with 24 career wins, the most in school history.
Gloucester Catholic senior Tyler Mondile was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the sixth round, 168th overall.
The righthander had a 1.43 ERA and .335 batting average this season.
