BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana baseball program heard its first name come off the board in the 2022 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft, as right-handed pitcher Jack Perkins came off the board in the sixth-round pick of the Oakland Athletics.
Indiana has seen nine pitchers drafted under head coach Jeff Mercer, with seven of those being picked in the top 10 rounds. Perkins is the 101st Hoosier drafted all-time for a total of 112 total draft picks. He is the 30th right-handed pitcher picked (34 overall selections) and the fifth Hoosier picked by the Oakland Athletics organization.