The unexpected did hit Oklahoma baseball during the 2020 MLB Draft.
Among the names expected to be called were all the starting pitchers and highly-touted signees Ed Howard and Daxton Fulton. Not even Oklahoma baseball included any other names besides Cade Cavalli, Levi Prater and Dane Acker on its MLB Draft central page.
Catcher Brady Lindsly was Cavalli’s battery mate for the last two season. The two will get to continue that.
The Washington Nationals selected Lindsly with the 123rd pick in the fourth-round of the 2020 MLB Draft.
With the 123rd pick in the 2020 @MLB Draft, the World Series Champion Washington Nationals select…
Brady Lindsly – C (Oklahoma)#MLBDraft // #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/DuVnc90npa
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 12, 2020
A senior from Keller, Texas, Lindsly was a fixture for Oklahoma baseball in all four seasons. He was expected to return for the 2021 season after the NCAA , but the Washington Nationals had other plans. In four seasons, Lindsly made 121 starts and 148 appearances.
Off to a slower start to 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic shut things down for college baseball, the left-handed hitting catcher hit .291 in 2019 as a junior with five home runs and 35 RBI.
Oklahoma will return budding catcher Justin Mitchell in 2021.
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