St. John's News

Five Red Storm baseball players were selected in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Senior pitcher George Brown and junior pitchers Scott Barnes, Justin Gutsie, Colin Lynch and Jared Yecker were drafted by five different teams.

Barnes was the first St. John's player to get selected this year. The lefty was picked in the 8th round (237 overall) by the San Francisco Giants. A back-to-back first team All-BIG EAST selection, Barnes was 7-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 15 starts this season. The lefty had 90 strikeouts in 90.1 innings and allowed opponents just a .216 batting average. The junior's 90 strikeouts rank seventh all-time in a single season and the 90.1 innings rank tied for seventh.

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