DRIVEN TO BE THE BEST

For all of the first-round draft picks Missouri has produced over the years on the mound—from Max Scherzer to Aaron Crow to Kyle Gibson to Tanner Houck—position players taken that high have been few and far between.

Just one Missouri position player, catcher Steve Patchin in 1971, has gone in the first round, and the school’s highest-drafted position player to eventually crack the big leagues was shortstop Dave Silvestri, who was taken in the second round in 1988.

Outfielder Kameron Misner could soon give Missouri another first-round position player. He has ranked as high as No. 5 on the BA draft prospects ranking and projects to be drafted in the first round

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