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College gamble pays off as TCU LHP Nick Lodolo taken seventh overall by Cincinnati Reds
By Drew Davison
TCU left-hander Nick Lodolo is going to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Reds drafted Lodolo with the seventh overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night, three years after he turned down a $1.75 million signing bonus as the 41st overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
“Awesome!” Lodolo said in a statement released by TCU. “When you are 17 and you make that decision to turn down $1.75 million, that’s a gamble on yourself that not too many kids would take. I believed in myself. I knew TCU was the place for me. The coaches here are unbelievable. They made me so much better on and off the field and as a person too.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article231136678.html#storylink=cpy
By Drew Davison
TCU left-hander Nick Lodolo is going to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Reds drafted Lodolo with the seventh overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night, three years after he turned down a $1.75 million signing bonus as the 41st overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
“Awesome!” Lodolo said in a statement released by TCU. “When you are 17 and you make that decision to turn down $1.75 million, that’s a gamble on yourself that not too many kids would take. I believed in myself. I knew TCU was the place for me. The coaches here are unbelievable. They made me so much better on and off the field and as a person too.
Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/sport...niversity/article231136678.html#storylink=cpy