Monday was a big day for Daniel Lopez. It was his 19th birthday, for one. It was also a day on which, as he was working out at the gym, he learned the Baltimore Orioles had picked him in the 12th round of the MLB Draft, No. 364 overall. “I just started getting random texts,” Lopez ...
Michael Brooks, a versatile infielder who spent three years at Kansas as one of the foundational pieces of Dan Fitzgerald's rebuild, has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Athletics, KU announced on Wednesday afternoon. Brooks played primarily at second base during his fifth and final ...
Updated 7:46 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2025: Three Kansas baseball players, including one graduating senior in Brady Counsell and two players with additional collegiate eligibility in Alex Breckheimer and Derek Cerda, were selected in the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday. "Having guys drafted is one of ...
Frisco, Texas — The announcement of Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald’s amended six-year contract in June provided some insight into KU’s future plans in the wake of the House v. NCAA settlement by suggesting that the baseball program would receive “an increase in ...
As intricate as the college baseball offseason already is, it just keeps getting more complicated. As Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald pointed out in a recent conversation with reporters, with one transfer portal window recently closed, and the MLB Draft approaching on Sunday, the NCAA has ...
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald is in it for the long haul. “We were so specific in coming to Kansas and had so many reasons why KU was the fit,” he said on Wednesday, “and then as we’ve gotten into this three years, it’s just been confirmed over and over and over. And working ...
One of the Kansas baseball team’s top young players entered the transfer portal right before it could close, but he might not make it to another school at all. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Cooper Moore decided to transfer, as was first reported by Baseball America on Tuesday night. But ...
Whatever Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald and his staff did last season to plan for KU’s potential losses to the MLB Draft clearly worked. Despite losing a significant chunk of its projected 2025 roster as six players who had remaining eligibility signed professional deals, KU went on ...
