Texas State Updates: Bobcats in Baseball

MLB draft likely to include
Bobcats’ Carson Smith

Carson Smith

The Major League Baseball amateur draft starts today with a prime-time special on MLB.com.

The first round begins at 6 p.m., with rounds 2-30 scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Tuesday and rounds 31-50 beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Texas State’s Carson Smith, Texas State’s third All-American and the two-time Southland Conference pitcher of the year, has been mentioned as a potential high-round selection. Smith, who transferred to Texas State from Grayson County College and today is the school’s all-time strikeout leader, was profiled in his hometown paper on Sunday.

Texas State Updates: Bobcats in Baseball

Former Texas State pitcher
posting great stats in Class A

Here’s the weekly statistical report on former members of the Texas State baseball team playing professionally around the country, from Mobile to Tulsa.

Pitcher Mike Hart has turned into one of the stoppers in the bullpen for the Burlington (Iowa) Bees in the Class A Midwest League. Opposing hitters are batting just .188 against him, and he has 26 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings this season, with just 10 walks.

Player	Team	League	Level	Avg.	HR	RBI
Thomas Field	Tulsa (Rockies)	Texas	2A	.228	4	19
Paul Goldschmidt	Mobile (D’backs)	Southern	2A	.333	15	43
Jason Martinson	Hagerstown (Nationals)	South Atlantic	A	.263	2	12
Matt Miller	Reading (Phillies)	Eastern	2A	273	0	11
Iggy Suarez	Somerset	Atlantic	Ind.	.154	0	4
Ben Theriot	NW Arkansas (Royals)	Texas	2A	.167	0	4
Pitcher	Team	League	Level	W-L	ERA	S
Mike Hart	Burlington (A’s)	Midwest	A	3-1	2.33	0
Kane Holbrooks	Fort Myers (Twins)	Florida State	A	2-6	3.33	0
Scott Linebrink	Braves	National	ML	0-1	5.87	0
Josh Walter	Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)	California	A	2-1	4.95	0