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Three Pistol Shrimp players taken in MLB Draft · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Three Pistol Shrimp players taken in MLB Draft. Written by
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  Speaker 1: Shaw Local News Network, this article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Three current
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  Speaker 1: or former Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp players were selected in
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  Speaker 1: the MLB Draft over the weekend in outfielder Dominic Batista,
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  Speaker 1: outfielder Braden Baks, and first baseman Ryan Neadsweeds. Batista was
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  Speaker 1: picked by the Kansas City Royals in the fourth round
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  Speaker 1: with the one hundred and nineteenth overall pick. Batista, a
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six As we Go East graduate, played five
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  Speaker 1: games for the Shrimp this season, going seven for nineteen
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  Speaker 1: at the plate with a home run, three RBIs, and
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  Speaker 1: eleven stolen bases, including a team record five in one game.
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  Speaker 1: I felt so blessed to be in that position, Batista said,
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  Speaker 1: you never know you're going to get picked until it
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  Speaker 1: truly goes in. When I did know, I still never believed.
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  Speaker 1: It was a surreal moment. Bakes, who played for the
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  Speaker 1: Shrimp in twenty twenty three, was selected by the Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: Affiliates in the thirteenth round with the three hundred ninety
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  Speaker 1: ninth pick. Bakes, a twenty twenty three, Huntly grad hit
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  Speaker 1: point three two four with twenty nine RBIs and thirteen
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  Speaker 1: steals in forty six games for the Shrimp. He played
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  Speaker 1: at Illinois State University. Needsweeds was taken in the fifteenth
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  Speaker 1: round with the four hundred and thirty fourth overall pick
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  Speaker 1: by the Colorado Rockies. Needsweeds helped the Shrimp to the
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  Speaker 1: Prospect League Championship in twenty twenty four, when he hit
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  Speaker 1: point two seven to three with fourteen doubles and chance
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  Speaker 1: twenty six RBIs in forty two games. He hit a
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  Speaker 1: home run and scored two runs in the final game
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  Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty four championship series. He played at
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  Speaker 1: Southern Illinois Edwardsville. The Shrimp, who were formed in twenty nineteen,
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  Speaker 1: have more than twenty former players who were drafted or
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  Speaker 1: playing professional baseball.