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Four taken in draft

Three Pitt baseball players were selected Friday in the later rounds of last week’s Major… Three Pitt baseball players were selected Friday in the later rounds of last week’s Major League Baseball amateur draft.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher and third-team All-Big East performer Kyle Landis was the first Panther off the board, taken in the 21st round, 557th overall, by the Cleveland Indians.

David Kaye, a senior right-handed pitcher and Pitt recruit from nearby Riverview High School, was selected in the 30th round by the Chicago Cubs. The 6-foot-2 Kaye led the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League in strikeouts this past season with 95, according to a release on pittsburghpanthers.com.

Senior right-hander Paul Nardozzi was then selected in the 31st round by the Detroit Tigers. Nardozzi, who also was a third-team All-Big East selection, finished his career as Pitt’s all-time strikeouts leader.

In the 41st round, redshirt freshman Jordan Herr was selected by the Chicago Cubs.

The MLB amateur draft lasts 50 rounds and went on throughout last Thursday and Friday.

Check next week’s issue of The Pitt News for further details about each player’s plans.

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