Left-hander John Rooney made his third appearance of the 2018 season on Monday night, the first in the Class A Midwest League.
Rooney was a bit surprisingly selected by the Dodgers in the third round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft.
The 6’5”/235-pound native of Melrose, New York attended Hoosie Valley High School in Schaghticoke where he posted a 35-0 win-loss record. That is not a typo.
Following graduation he headed off to Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. His first two seasons with the Pride were rather pedestrian. However, in his junior year he definitely caught the attention of the college baseball nation.