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Carter Stewart to Sign Overseas, Forgoing 2019 Draft

May 22, 2019

Just two weeks ahead of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft, a top prospect has shocked the baseball world. Carter Stewart, who was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the eighth overall pick last June but didn...

Q & A with 2016 MLB Draft Prospect Nick Shumpert

Marvin Oliva

Dec 24, 2015

College, Draft, Features, Interviews

Throughout baseball history you’ll find names that have become familiar over multiple eras. Nick Shumpert, son of Terry Shumpert, will add to that tradition as he is one of the more highly rated shortstops duri...

Fifty Years of the Major League Draft

Gershon Rabinowitz

Jun 8, 2015

Baseball History, Draft, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball

Anticipation reaches its apex. Spans of eighteen to twenty years are devoted to an adoration of the sport, as childhood aspirations emerge into a prospective career. The toils, sweats, and effort culminate with...

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Carter Stewart to Sign Overseas, Forgoing 2019 Draft

Q & A with 2016 MLB Draft Prospect Nick Shumpert

Fifty Years of the Major League Draft