FWST: TCU players popular on draft’s final day
From staff and wire reports
Six players from TCU were drafted on the final day of the Major League Baseball Draft.
Relief pitcher Brian Trieglaff led the way by being drafted in the 13th round by the New York Yankees. Trieglaff is 4-1 with a 2.41 ERA this season. He has struck out 33 batters in 41 innings.
Starting pitcher Brian Howard and relief pitcher Mitchell Traver were drafted in the 17th round by the Houston Astros and Cincinnati Reds, respectively.
Howard is 8-2 with a 3.48 ERA this season. He has struck out 78 batters in 86 innings and has held hitters to a .234 average. Traver is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA and has struck out 20 batters in 18Â 1/3Â innings.