The Arizona Diamondbacks chose Kansas junior right-hander Jackson Goddard with the 99th overall selection in the Major League Baseball draft Tuesday.
A native of Tulsa, Goddard missed six weeks this past season with a strained abdominal muscle, but finished the season strong enough to be selected late in the third round. The 99th pick has a salary slot of $565,100.
Goddard, 21, became KU’s highest pick since Tom Gorzelanny was chosen in the second round by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003.
Goddard wasn’t the first player with KU ties chosen in the draft. Texas high school shortstop Jordan Groshans, brother of Goddard’s catcher this season, Jaxx Groshans, was taken by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 12th selection of the first round Monday night. He had committed to play at Kansas. That pick comes with a salary slot of $4.2 million, downgrading the chances of him ever playing for Kansas from slim to none.