Grant Dyer grew up watching the MLB draft. As the end of his junior year approached and the draft landscape materialized, it became pretty clear that the righty would make an appearance in the 2016 rendition of the first-year player draft. Read more...
Photo: Eric Filia couldn’t have asked for a better transition to pro ball. The outfielder was MVP of his class-A short-season league, and made it all the way up to AAA in his first professional season. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jarron Silva hasn’t yet stepped foot on the field for UCLA baseball, but he’s already helping elevate the Bruins’ brand this summer. The incoming freshman outfielder has been one of the most impressive players for the Victoria HarbourCats of the West Coast League, a development that’s been of little surprise to Victoria general manager Brad Norris-Jones. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt sophomore first basemen Zander Clarke along with four other Bruins earned spots on their summer league’s All-Star teams. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
John Savage didn’t think he was going to lose this one. Almost every year, the UCLA baseball coach loses one or two of his recruits to the Major League Baseball draft. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Savage knew he was going to lose at least a couple recruits to MLB teams in this year’s draft, but this year he lost one player that he thought had a chance to hold onto. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant photo editor)
Five current UCLA baseball players were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft from June 9-11, with just one taken in the draft’s opening 11 rounds. The total was three fewer than 2015. Read more...
Photo: The Philadelphia Phillies drafted rising senior RHP Grant Dyer in the eighth round of the 2016 MLB draft. Dyer was the first of five Bruins who were selected. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
A group of UCLA baseball seniors sits in the locker room and thinks. The players look back to June 2013, and try to describe what it was like to win the first College World Series in school history. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Eric Filia, Christoph Bono, Brett Urabe and Trent Chatterton are four of the key remaining holdovers from the 2013 national championship team. They will all graduate from UCLA this spring. (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The first catcher on the depth chart wasn’t going to be able to play. The second catcher on the depth chart quit. That left UCLA baseball with options three and four. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/ Illustrations director)
John Savage was optimistic. Leaning back in his chair and signaling toward the wall full of plaques and celebratory photos his program had garnered throughout his tenure at UCLA, the baseball coach expressed high hopes for the Bruins at the beginning of 2016. Read more...
Photo: Junior first baseman Luke Persico led the Bruins with a .323 average, but the team as a whole struggled to hit, compiling an overall .250 average. The mark was only good for ninth in the Pac-12. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
