Pitchers Andrew Dobies and Jeff Kamrath along with pitcher/first baseman Joe Koshansky and shortstop Mark Reynolds were all picked during the first two days of this week's Major League Baseball First Year Player draft.
Dobies was selected in the third round by the Boston Red Sox (95th overall) is the fourth highest a Virginia player has ever gone in the draft. The southpaw starter finished the 2004 campaign with a 6-2 record and a 3.41 ERA, earning him a second team All-ACC selection.
Koshansky was the next Cavalier to be named, going in the sixth round (170th overall) to the Colorado Rockies. He became the first player to win the ACC Player of the Year award this season, posting an 8-3 mark and 2.98 ERA on the mound and batting .302 with a team-high 16 home runs.
The Arizona Diamondbacks used their 16th round pick (476th overall) to select Reynolds, who is second all-time at Virginia for most home runs, slugging 35 during his career. In 2004 he batted .274 and knocked 11 out of the park. Kamrath went in the 36th round to the Cleveland Indians (1,067th overall). The right-handed starter sat out the 2004 season with an injury. In 2003, he compiled a 3-1 record and posted a 2.72 ERA.
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