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Illinois State baseball standouts not feeling a draft

Pantagraph | June 13, 2020

Related Topics: Major League Baseball, Illinois State University, Steve Peplow, Illinois State Redbirds football, Joe Butler

Illinois State's Joe Butler blasts a home run in the bottom of the second inning during the Redbirds' game against Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on May 23, 2019, at Duffy Bass Field.

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Illinois State's Joe Butler, right, is greeted by teammate Gunner Peterson after Butler's home run in the bottom of the second inning during the Redbirds' 10-7 victory over Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on May 23, 2019, at Duffy Bass Field.

In any other year, Illinois State baseball players Colton Johnson, Joe Butler and Connor Peplow would be agreeing to a signing bonus and preparing to begin their professional careers about now.

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