Don’t look now but Dan McDonnell is reloading.
Dace Kime, a right-handed pitcher selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates during the eighth round of the recent Major League Baseball draft, has decided he prefers playing baseball at the University of Louisville over the rigors of minor league play. Source.
Kime, from Defiance, Ohio, compiled a 7-1 won-lost record with a 1.31 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 69.2 innings. His team finished 29-2 and advanced to the state semifinals in 2010. He was selected 237th overall.
“I know there are no guarantees, but now I get the chance to go to school to get an education and still play baseball,†he told the Defiance (Ohio) Crescent-News. “My focus now is going to be on doing the best I can in the classroom and on the baseball field. I’m very excited about going to Louisville.â€
U of L baseball fans are exuberant. Here’s a video from MLB draft day: