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Sooners leads Oklahoma universities in MLB Draft picks since 2003

No school in Oklahoma has sent more players to the MLB Draft than the University of Oklahoma since 2003, with players like Kyler Murray, Cade Cavalli, and Cade Horton leading the way.

While baseball isn’t the first sport people think of when they think of the University of Oklahoma, no school in Oklahoma has sent more players to the MLB Draft than the Sooners since 2003. After 11 Sooners were taken in the 2022 draft, Oklahoma leads the state with 121 players selected.

Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts round out the top three with 113 and 66 draft picks.

A full list of every single Sooner draft pick can be found on The Baseball Cube’s website. OU has had three first-round draft picks since 2018, [autotag]Kyler Murray[/autotag], [autotag]Cade Cavalli[/autotag], and [autotag]Cade Horton[/autotag].

Cavalli is the Washington Nationals No. 4 prospect and made his MLB debut back in August. Cade Horton is the Chicago Cubs No. 4 prospect and signed with the Cubs following the last year’s draft.

While the Oakland Athletics still own Kyler Murray’s MLB rights after drafting him back in 2018, Murray’s contract with the Arizona Cardinals is worth more money per season than the A’s entire payroll.

After OU’s run to the National Championship, Skip Johnson received a contract extension and a hefty raise. The Sooners’ skipper is getting $750,000 per year and is under contract through the 2026 season.

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Oklahoma’s Cade Cavalli picked No. 22 overall by Washington Nationals in 2020 MLB Draft

Cade Cavalli came to Oklahoma as a two-way player as a hitter and a right-handed arm. He leaves as the No. 22 pick by Washington.

For the second time in three years, an Oklahoma baseball player has been selected in the first round of the MLB Draft. For the second time in eight years, an Oklahoma pitcher has been selected in the the first round of the MLB Draft.

Cade Cavalli came to the Sooners as a two-way player as a power-hitter and a power-right handed arm. He leaves as the No. 22 pick by the Washington Nationals in the 2020 MLB Draft.

The Bixby, Oklahoma, native was Oklahoma’s Friday night starter as a sophomore and a junior. Before the coronavirus pandemic shut things down, Cavalli struck out 37 hitters in 23.2 innings pitched and only walked five batter in 2020.

His sophomore year performance lead to a USA Collegiate National Team selection. Cavalli boasted a 5-3 record with 59 strikeouts in 60.1 innings pitched and only walking 35 batters. He played both ways as a sophomore in 2019, hitting .319 with four home runs and 17 RBI.

Kyler Murray was the last first round selection by Oklahoma as the No. 9 pick by the Oakland Athletics in the 2018 MLB Draft. Jonathan Gray was the last pitcher selected in the first round by Oklahoma as the No. 3 overall pick by the Colorado Rockies in the 2013 MLB Draft.

The Sooners are set to return southpaw and Saturday starter Levi Prater and dominant reliever and fourth starter Wyatt Olds in 2021. Sunday starter Dane Acker is expected to get picked in the 2020 MLB Draft and take the offer.

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Oklahoma pitching rotation, game times for series against San Diego State

Oklahoma is hot heading into the fourth weekend of the season. The Sooners have won three-straight against ranked opponents and are 11-3.

Oklahoma is hot heading into the fourth weekend of the season.

The No. 9/11 Sooners (11-3) have won three-straight games against ranked opponents (Arkansas, LSU and Dallas Baptist) and welcome in another tough opponent to end their week at home.

San Diego State (9-4) split is coming off a split four-game series at home against Oregon State last weekend before winning a midweek game against No. 17/17 ranked Long Beach State. The Astecs head on the road as the 55th ranked team in RPI.

Oklahoma has already played 11 quadrant one games (teams in RPI top-100) and are 8-3. The Sooners losses have come to Virginia (6-0), Illinois State (7-5) and Missouri (8-7).

Skip Johnson’s pitching staff has lived up to the expectations thus far. The Sooners boast a 2.54 ERA as a staff, striking out 174 hitters in 124 innings while only walking or hitting 53. Opponents are batting a staggering .197 against Oklahoma’s pitching staff.

Sunday starter Dane Acker threw a no-hitter last weekend against LSU.

Here is everything you need to know about Oklahoma’s weekend series against San Diego State.

PITCHING ROTATION

FRIDAY

Oklahoma: Cade Cavalli—JR—RHP—1-1, 3.24 ERA, 16.2ip, 16h, 6r/6er, 2bb, 28k
San Diego State: Michael Paredes—SO—RHP—0-1, 4.20 ERA, 15.0ip, 18h, 9r/7er, 4bb, 13k

SATURDAY

Oklahoma: Levi Prater—JR—LHP—0-0, 4.32 ERA, 16.2ip, 15h, 8r/8er, 8bb, 20k
San Diego State: Troy Melton—SO—RHP—3-0, 1.06 ERA, 17ip, 10h, 2r/2er, 6bb, 21k

SUNDAY

Oklahoma: Dane Acker—JR—RHP—1-1, 2.57 ERA, 21ip, 7h, 6r/6er, 4bb, 25k
San Diego State: TBA

WHERE: Norman, Oklahoma

WHEN:

Friday—6:30 p.m. CT
Saturday—2 p.m. CT
Sunday—1 p.m. CT

HOW TO WATCH/STREAM: SoonerSports.tv

HOW TO LISTEN: Sportstalk 99.3 FM/1400 AM KREF in Oklahoma City

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Oklahoma baseball wins three against Illinois State in four-game series

The Oklahoma baseball team continued its winning ways in the second weekend of play. The Sooners took three of four from Illinois State.

NORMAN, Okla. — The No. 16/23 ranked Oklahoma baseball team continued its winning ways in the second weekend of play.

The Sooners hosted Missouri Valley Conference member Illinois State for a four-game series. The two played doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday to get the four-game set complete. Oklahoma came out victorious, winning three, despite the margin being very thin.

Head coach Skip Johnson got the weekend started with his deep pitching staff. Oklahoma notched two wins while only allowing nine hits and two runs in the doubleheader on Friday.

Ace Cade Cavalli provided seven innings in his first home start in game one, allowing six hits, a walk, a run and struck out nine. Wyatt Olds did much of the same in game two, throwing six innings in his first start of the year, allowed one hit, two walks, one run and also struck out nine. Jason Ruffcorn picked up two saves in two opportunities on Friday—one a one-run save, the other a three-run save.

Oklahoma won game one 2-1 and game two 4-1.

Saturday, though, had a lot less control.

The Sooners and Illinois State we’re tied up at two in the eighth inning of game three. A Peyton Graham sacrifice fly to right-center scored Tanner Tredaway to break the tie. Jaret Godman picked up a one-out save in the ninth inning with Oklahoma winning 3-2.

Levi Prater has a productive first start in game three. The junior southpaw was barreled up more than he’d like, but he finished with 6.1 innings pitched, allowing six hits, two walks, two runs and struck out seven.

The Missouri Valley Conference foes got on the board in game four. A grand slam and solo home run in back-to-back fashion against Oklahoma’s Dane Acker in the third inning of game four proved to be too much. Illinois State tacked on two more in the eighth to ensure the 7-5 win.

Acker had a quality start outside of that one big inning. In his home debut, the San Jacinto College native went seven innings, allowed six hits, five runs, three walks and struck out eight.

Against what was an above average at best pitching staff, Oklahoma managed to only hit .221 as a team, hit .119 with runners in scoring position and outscore Illinois State 14-11 in the four game series. The bright spot was center fielder Tanner Tredaway, who went 8-for-17 on the weekend with three doubles, two triples and a home run.

As expected, the Sooners staff dominated, holding Illinois State to .195 hitting as a team on the weekend and allowed six runs in 35-of-the-36 innings played.

Oklahoma has the week off before traveling to Houston for the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic. The Sooners will take on college baseball powers Arkansas, LSU and have a game against Missouri sandwiched in-between.

Oklahoma’s Cade Cavalli named to Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list

Oklahoma’s ace received some more preseason recognition on the eve of the first pitch of the 2020 season. 

Oklahoma’s ace received some more preseason recognition on the eve of the first pitch of the 2020 season.

Junior right-hander Cade Cavalli has already had plenty of buzz heading into the season, but he was named a member of the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list on Thursday for the top amateur baseball player in the country for the 2020 season.

No Oklahoma player has ever won the Golden Spikes Award.

Cavalli spent the summer of 2019 with USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team. He made one appearance, throwing 2.2 innings and giving up three hits, two walks, one earned run while striking out one.

This came on the heels of a stellar sophomore campaign. Cavalli was Oklahoma’s Friday night starter, getting 12 starts and throwing 60.1 innings. The junior finished 5-3 with a 3.28 ERA and struck out 59 batters.

Skip Johnson will give the ball to Cavalli for the first time in the 2020 season on Friday. Oklahoma will take on Virginia in Pensacola, Florida, at 6 p.m. CT.

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