CHICAGO – Kyle Farmer was a four-year starter at the University of Georgia and he set school fielding records at shortstop.
It still took him five years before he received another opportunity at the position. He was drafted as a catcher by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth round of the 2013 MLB Draft, a position he never played.
It wasn’t just the Dodgers, either. All teams wanted to move him to catcher after his senior season at Georgia.
“Every single team wanted me to catch, Farmer said. “After our season was done at Georgia, I went back home to wait on the draft.