Four Tar Heels Selected on Day 2 of MLB Draft

Four North Carolina Tar Heels were selected on day two on the Major League Baseball Draft.

Skye Bolt, Trent Thornton, Benton Moss, and Reilly Hovis were all taken in seven rounds of the draft on Tuesday.

Junior Outfielder Skye Bolt was the first UNC player to be chosen, going in the fourth round to the Oakland Athletics at number 128 overall.

Skye Bolt (Smith Cameron Productions)

Next up was another Junior in Pitcher Trent Thornton selected in the fifth round by the Houston Astros.

Senior Pitcher Benton Moss went off the board at number 178 overall as a sixth round selection of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Finally, another Junior Reilly Hovis was selected in the ninth round by the Miami Marlins.

Hovis had been projected to go much higher in the draft before undergoing Tommy John surgery during the season. Hovis was one of the most dominant pitchers in college baseball as a sophomore before an injury-plagued junior season.

Baseball America Editor John Manuel has projected Carolina Junior Landon Lassiter to sign a professional contract as well, but Lassiter was not selected in the second day of the draft.

Day three of the MLB draft begins on Wednesday at noon with rounds 11 through 40 scheduled.

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