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Perez Selected In Eighth Round of 2018 MLB Draft

June 04, 2018

TAMPA, Fla., JUNE 5, 2018 – USF baseball junior left handed reliever Andrew Perez was taken by the Chicago White Sox in the eighth round of the 2018 MLB Draft.

Perez (Orlando) became the second Bull chosen in this year's draft and is the second pitcher. USF has now had 10 pitchers taken in the MLB Draft in the last four years since first-year head coach Billy Mohl initially joined the staff.

Perez has been a key piece of the USF bullpen for most of his three seasons in Tampa and asserted himself as one of the better closers at the college level in 2018. Perez finished with 12 saves as a junior, tied for ninth in single-season history. His 19 career saves are the eighth most in program history.
 
The junior lefty pitched to a 2.34 ERA in 2017 with a 6-3 record out of the bullpen. Along with his 12 saves, Perez struck out 50 in 42.1 innings of work. With a knack for giving the Bulls length, Perez logged multiple innings 10 times in 2018.
 
Perez was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team and to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List.

About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls continued the success under first-year head coach Billy Mohl in 2018, reaching the 36 wins and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, while being ranked in multiple polls since mid-April. USF earned its third NCAA Regional berth in the last four seasons and had six all-conference selections in 2018. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 13 NCAA appearances.