The University of Alabama baseball team had two players drafted in the MLB first year player draft on Tuesday.
Both Adam Morgan and Taylor Dugas will now be playing at the next level; the Philadelphia Phillies took Morgan in the third round, and the Chicago Cubs drafted Dugas in the eighth round.
Morgan was the 120th pick overall. The left-handed junior pitcher finished his career with a 16-14 record with the Crimson Tide. This year, Morgan went 5-7 with a 4.64 earned run average. In 16 starts, he pitched 97 innings while striking out 77 and walking 26.
Taylor Dugas was drafted with the 249th pick of the draft. Dugas finished his career with a .365 batting average, the seventh best in Alabama history. In 2010, Dugas was named a Baseball America All-American. This season, Dugas hit .349 with eight home runs, good enough to earn a 2011 Second Team ALL-SEC selection. Dugas ranks third in triples with 11, third in walks with 127, seventh in batting average at .365, seventh in doubles with 55, seventh in runs with 189 and eighth in hits with 261.