Seven former members of the Hays Larks were drafted in the MLB First Year Player Draft which wrapped up earlier this week. Devlin Granberg, Jax Biggers, Aaron Fletcher, Stephen Yancey, Keegan Curtis and Daniel James were selected during the second and third day of the 40-round draft.

Granberg was the highest selection, going in the sixth round (190th overall) to the Boston Red Sox. The Dallas Baptist senior was a member of the 2016 team before leaving to join the Junior College National Team at the NBC World Series. Granberg was named the Joe Carter Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year after posting a Dallas Baptist record .443 batting average and winning his second consecutive MVC batting title.

Jax Biggers, who was also on the 2016 team and also left to join the JUCO National Team, was an eighth round pick (239th overall) by the Texas Rangers.

Aaron Fletcher, who played for the 2015 Larks, was chosen by the Washington Nationals in the 14th round (431st overall). Fletcher is a left-handed pitcher out of the University of Houston.

Right-handed pitcher Stephen Yancey, who also played in 2016, was selected in the 20th round (600th overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays. Yancey played collegiately at Texas Wesleyan.

Keegan Curtis, who played in 2015 and 2016, was taken by the New York Yankees in the 22nd round (667th overall). Curtis played collegiately at the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

Daniel James, a pitcher out of UT-Arlington who played for the Larks in 2016, was picked by the Kansas City Royals in the 26th round (782nd overall).

Right-handed pitcher Jake Norton, who was a member of the 2017 Larks, was chosen in the 32nd round (957th overall) by the Miami Marlins. Norton played collegiately at Stephen F Austin.