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July 19, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

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Around/About Central Georgia

Three Mercer players go on Day 2 of MLB draft/state update

The first 10 rounds of the major-league draft are over, and three (former) Mercer players have been picked.

Outfielder Colby Thomas went in the third round to Oakland, Mercer’s fourth-highest pick ever and second-highest this century, after Kyle Lewis went to Seattle 11th in 2016.

Catcher Collin Price went three rounds later to Houston, and outfielder Bill Knight four rounds later to Seattle.

All three, however, were in the transfer portal. Thomas posted last month on Twitter that he was committing to Florida, and Knight posted earlier this month he was heading to Mississippi State. also entered the transfer portal. Price doesn’t appear to have made any decision public.

Knight led Mercer with a .337 average, 64 RBI, and 82 hits, and was tied for second with 17 home runs. He was also 10 of 11 in stolen bases.

Price was third at .315, with a team-leading 18 homers, second with 58 RBI.

Thomas played in 42 games, and hit .325, with 17 homers and 45 RBIs. His season ended early, in May, with a labrum injury.

Knight is a rising senior from Burke County, Price a junior from Lambert, and Thomas a sophomore from Valdosta.

Thomas was picked in the 37th round of the 2019 draft by Baltimore as a senior at Valdosta.

The Bears have other prospects, and can tie the school record of four picks easily. The MLB draft tracker has Angelo DiSpigna and Jackson Kelley as potential picks.

Others from Georgia high schools and colleges that went Tuesday, in order, with round and team: Georgia pitcher Jonathan Cannon, third, Chicago White Sox; Woodward outfielder Chandler Pollard, fifth, Texas; Georgia Tech outfielder Tres Gonzalez, fifth, Pittsburgh; Tech pitcher Zach Maxwell, sixth, Cincinnati; Georgia Premier Academy pitcher Javier Santos, seventh, Cleveland; GPA pitcher Jonah Tong, seventh, NY Mets.

Also: Tech pitcher Chance Huff, eighth, Washington; Georgia State shortstop Griffin Cheney, ninth, Texas; Tech first baseman Andrew Jenkins, ninth, Det4roit; Georgia second baseman Cory Acton, ninth, Atlanta; Kennesaw State outfielder Josh Hatcher, 10th, Texas.

Rounds 11-20 start at 2 p.m. on Tuesday on www.mlb.com.

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