When major league scouts were at Missouri State baseball games last season to watch a certain third baseman, they left thinking about a shortstop.
That shortstop, Jeremy Eierman, spent the year watching teammate Jake Burger live up to the hype of being one of the nation’s top prospects.
This year, it's Eierman's turn.
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Eierman enters the 2018 season as one of the highest-profile prospects in the history of the school.
D1Baseball, a college baseball website, had Eierman ranked as the 66th best college player in the country going into his sophomore year.