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Phil Klein
« on: June 07, 2011, 09:42:54 PM »
It was nice to see Phil Klein selected in the MLB draft. He was selected in the 30th round by the Texas Rangers.

Even thought YSU didn't have a good baseball season; Phil Klein pitched well!

Good Luck Phil  :)

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Re: Phil Klein
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2011, 01:28:17 PM »
Texas Rangers draft Gahanna's Klein in 30th round

Phil Klein, a 2007 Gahanna Lincoln High School graduate, has been selected by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round (924th pick overall) of the Major League Baseball draft on June 7.

Klein, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-7, 230-pound right-handed pitcher recently completed his collegiate career at Youngstown State University. He posted a 13-12 record and 5.21 ERA in 59 appearances, which included 40 starts.

As a senior this spring, he made a single-season school-record 15 starts and went 5-5 with a 3.61 ERA in 92 1/3 innings. His 105 strikeouts is the second-highest single-season total in school history. Klein, a finance major, earned second-team all-Horizon League honors.

He is one of three central Ohio natives who have had their names called through the first two days of the draft, which concludes with rounds 31-50 on Wednesday, June 8.

Jason King, 21, a junior third baseman out of Kansas State and a 2007 Dublin Jerome graduate, was taken in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers with the 137th pick overall.

R.L. Eisenbach, 23, a 2006 Newark Catholic graduate who as a senior this spring led Faulkner University to its first NAIA World Series, was selected in the 23rd round by the San Diego Padres with the 713th pick.

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Re: Phil Klein
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2011, 01:34:32 PM »
Ranger's Scouting Director Kip Fagg noted his increased in performance as the season progressed. In his 25 starts, Klein gave up 25 runs in his first three games, then only 23 runs over the last 12-games.