After waiting two decades between selections of Kansas baseball players in the MLB Draft, the Detroit Tigers only took a few rounds to double up on Jayhawks in 2026. Detroit picked Brady Ballinger, a two-year starter for KU at first base and in left field, No. 216 overall in the seventh round ...

Kansas shortstop Tyson LeBlanc and pitcher Dominic Voegele became the highest-drafted players in Dan Fitzgerald's tenure as head coach when they were selected in the early rounds of the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday afternoon. LeBlanc went No. 61 overall to the Detroit Tigers, making him also the ...

It could be some time before any Kansas baseball player dethrones Curtis Shaw — the No. 42 overall selection to the Athletics in 1990 — as the highest-drafted Jayhawk ever. But former KU pitcher Hunter Cranton tied for second when he went to Seattle at No. 91 two summers ago, and KU has a ...

The Kansas baseball coaches know all too well that an MLB Draft can unexpectedly deplete a pitching staff. Two summers ago, head coach Dan Fitzgerald remarked at one point that KU surely wouldn’t either keep or lose everyone who was eligible for the draft, and then the Jayhawks proceeded to ...

Taking advantage of new NCAA rules that allow teams to sport corporate logos, Kansas Athletics announced on Wednesday morning that every KU sports uniform will feature an XRP patch as part of a “multi-year partnership” with Ripple. Ripple is a technology company of which KU alumnus and ...

Olivia Bruno needed a second opinion. When the former two-way standout for Kansas softball got a message in February from an Italian club team asking if she wanted to play for them, she had to consult Morgan Zerkle, her boss at Marshall. “I showed her the DM and I was like, ‘Is this ...