Calhoun’s Josh Schubert
Lee University baseball pitcher Kris HallCalhoun High School outfielder Josh Schubert was picked Tuesday in the seventh round of baseball’s annual player draft by the Cleveland Indians, and Lee University pitcher Kris Hall went in the eighth round to the Oakland Athletics.
Former Calhoun star Jordan Poole, who played this year for Chipola Junior College in Florida after first signing with Mississippi, was drafted in the 14th round by the Washington Nationals.
Schubert was just getting ready to step on the field for a game at East Cobb and said, “I don’t know yet whether I’ll sign or go to college, but I feel good whichever way I choose to go.”
At least two teams had told him he wouldn’t last past the third round, but he learned quickly that the baseball draft is less predictable than those in other pro sports most of the time.
“I was disappointed with [where I was drafted]. The Indians have been in contact for a while, but they weren’t the team I expected to get picked by,” Schubert said. “They saw I was still available and picked me, so I’m an Indian.”