Laweryson, Silva Selected in 2019 MLB Draft
6/5/2019 7:25:00 PM | Baseball
SECAUCUS, N.J. – Right-handed pitchers Cody Laweryson and Nick Silva became the latest University of Maine baseball players to be selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The Minnesota Twins selected Laweryson with the 12th pick in the 14th round, while Silva was taken with the third pick in the 40th round by the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
Laweryson, the 419th overall pick, earned America East First Team honors this past season. He led the conference in batting average against (.224) WHIP (1.13) and hits allowed per nine innings (7.31), while ranking second in the conference in ERA (2.85) and fourth in strikeouts (79).
🐐y Laweryson‼️@Codebreaker49er ➡️ @Twins #BlackBearNation x #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/Xqjfyz1tp4
— Maine Baseball (@MaineBaseball) June 5, 2019
The Moscow, Maine native allowed two runs or less in 11 of his 14 starts. He struck out a career-high 12 batters in his final game against UMass Lowell in the America East Championships, earning a spot on the America East All-Tournament Team. He was awarded the America East Pitcher of the Week after not allowing an earned run while striking out eight in seven innings against UMass Lowell on April 14.
Silva, the 1,190th pick in the draft, posted a 5.45 ERA in 14 starts on the season, striking out 59 batters in 72.2 innings pitched. The Miami product earned America East Pitcher of the Week three times over the course of the season, including tossing a seven-inning no-hitter against UMass on April 19. He finishes his Black Bear career with 219 career strikeouts, picking up his 200th strikeout against Stony Brook on May 4th.
Nick Silva is headed to the Windy City‼️@Nick__silva17 ➡️ @whitesox #BlackBearNation x #WhiteSox pic.twitter.com/hQIZRnD9Eg
— Maine Baseball (@MaineBaseball) June 5, 2019
Over the course of his career, Silva was named America East Pitcher of the Week on six different occasions.
In 2018, both Jeremy Peña (3rd round, Houston Astros) and Christopher Bec (5th round, Toronto Blue Jays) were both selected in the MLB Draft. Since 1965, Black Bears have been selected 74 times in major league baseball drafts.
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