The wait is over for Arizona State shortstop Drew Swift. The Oakland Athletics selected Swift with the 248th overall pick in the eighth round of the MLB Draft on Monday afternoon.
In a year in which he wasn’t even supposed to be Sun Devil, Swift was the unquestioned veteran leader of a team known for its youth and inexperience. He brought the poise of a weathered senior to a lineup that for the most part had never been through a full college baseball season.
The redshirt junior shortstop known affectionately as “Mr. Sun Devil” had a career year in 2021.