It is an annual ritual for baseball’s best amateur talents. Together with their families, they gather around living rooms and kitchen tables waiting for the phone to ring.
They hope that on the other end of the line will be a Major League Baseball general manager or scouting director, offering their congratulations on being selected in that year’s iteration of the draft. Sometimes, the call of a lifetime follows. Many times, though, the phone sits silent.
Fortunately, that phone rang several times for the University of San Diego’s newest class of alumni. Seven players were selected in this June’s MLB draft, with six signing contracts to begin their professional careers.