Last Monday, the San Francisco Giants announced that they had drafted Tech catcher Joey Bart with the second overall pick in the MLB Amateur draft. Bart, ranking among the finest athletic talent to ever come out of Tech, is expected to sign with the Giants for upwards of several million dollars — the no. 2 overall pick from the 2017 draft, Hunter Greene, signed with the Cincinnati Reds for $7.23 million last year — and joined the Giants minor league system as early as this summer.
Bart’s selection in the MLB draft ties him for the highest ever selection of a Tech athlete in a professional sports draft.