Every program fancies itself as having an excellent player development system. But there is a big difference between saying and doing. Cal Baseball is doing it.
Catcher Caleb Lomavita went 39th overall (Nationals) in the 2024 MLB Draft. He became Cal’s fifth first-round pick in the last eight drafts. If you shrink the time frame, this program has produced four first-rounders in the last six drafts. That is a remarkable achievement.
The bad news is that Cal received the dreaded “First Four Out” moniker last season. Missing the NCAA Tournament is heartbreaking any way you slice it, but the Bears were en[…]
