Indiana baseball’s Nick Mitchell was chosen Monday in round four of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, while former Hoosiers Carter Mathison and Connor Foley went in the fifth round.
All three are Indiana natives.
An outfielder, Mitchell was chosen with the 136th overall pick by the Toronto Blue Jays. His fellow outfielder Mathison went with the 162nd pick to the Phillies, while Foley was taken by the Diamondbacks with the 164th pick.
Earlier in the day, pitcher Luke Sinnard was chosen by Atlanta in the third round, giving IU four players chosen in the first five rounds. That’s a program record and the most of any Big Ten team.
A Carmel, Ind. product, Mitchell appeared in 54 games for IU in 2024 with 54 starts. He finished tied for second in runs scored in the Big Ten (62), top-10 in the league in walks (40), and tied for No. 45 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten in sacrifice flies (6). He hit .335 with 5 home runs and 49 RBIs on the season.
Hailing from Fort Wayne, Ind., Mathison started in all 60 games for IU in 2024 – 56 as the center fielder and four as the designated hitter. He hit .260 with 60 hits, 55 runs, 16 doubles, 13 home runs and 44 RBIs. He was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team after hitting .471 (8-17) across four games with three doubles, four runs and three RBIs.
Foley was All-Big Ten Second Team as a starting pitcher for IU in 2024. He was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (2/19) after four innings of scoreless work in win over No. 18 Coastal Carolina. A product of Jasper, Ind., Foley finished seventh in the Big Ten in strikeouts (82). He was tops in the league among starters in batting average against (.165), and finished 34th in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings (11.71).
Include the selection of Sinnard earlier in the day, IU has now seen 111 players chosen all-time in the MLB Draft.
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