‘It’s a dream come true’: Kirn is selected in 14th round of MLB draft by Athletics

Former Quincy University left-handed pitcher Griffin Kirn, who is also a 2020 graduate of Quincy Notre Dame, was selected by Athletics in the 14th round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — The conversations Griffin Kirn has with representatives of 22 different Major League Baseball teams during the pre-draft allowed him to be fairly confident he’d be selected in the two-day draft. Still, that “what if” still lingered in a small way. Just what if everyone passed and the 6-foot-3, 215-pound left-handed pitcher wasn’t picked?…

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University of Arkansas pitcher with Quincy ties is drafted by Giants in eighth round

University of Arkansas pitcher Ben Bybee, who father, Kevin, played on Quincy High School's fourth-place boys basketball team in 1990, was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the eighth round of the MLB draft. | Photo courtesy University of Arkansas athletics

QUINCY — The University of Arkansas baseball program’s record-setting day in the 2025 MLB draft included a pitcher with Quincy ties being selected. Ben Bybee, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound junior right-hander, was selected in the eighth round Monday by the San Francisco Giants. He was one of 11 Razorbacks selected in the 20-round draft, which tied…

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Schuckman: While watching MLB Draft, Palmyra’s Kroeger realizes ‘Holy cow, this is going to happen’

Maryville left-hander Jacob Kroeger, a Palmyra product, signed a contract with the Atlanta Braves organization Monday night after being selected in the 10th round of the MLB Draft. | Matt Schuckman photo

QUINCY — Jacob Kroeger’s day began job hunting and ended with flight plans. That’s quite a way to start the week. Monday morning, the former Palmyra multi-sport athlete and recent All-American left-handed pitcher at Maryville University had a meeting about a potential graduate assistant position with a regional college athletic program. Monday night, he signed…

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Schuckman: Should Loos get draft call, it would be historic moment for Payson, Adams County

Payson native Lucas Loos could get a call during the Major League Baseball draft, which is scheduled for 20 rounds from July 14-16. | Photo courtesy Eastern Illinois University athletics

QUINCY — Random musings after digging into the archives on a random July night … • Lucas Loos finds his name on Baseball America’s list of the top 100 college senior sign targets for the upcoming Major League Baseball amateur draft. Because the Payson Seymour and John Wood Community College graduate has exhausted his NCAA…

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