Draft Passes on Austin Maddox, Gators Swoop In
June 20, 2009 by Mat Houchens
Filed under Baseball
The Eagle’s View Academy (Jacksonville, FL) catcher went into the June 9 Major League Baseball Draft labeled as one of the top high school catchers. Scouts cited his above average arm and tremendous power as two tools that would carry him to the big leagues.
But then he started to fall in the draft, slipping all the way to the 37th round where he was picked by the Tampa Bay Rays. How could a catcher with that much talent fall so far? That had everything to do with signability issues. Maddox let it be known before the draft that it would take a good amount of money to keep him away from his long time dream of playing baseball for the University of Florida.
Maddox wasn’t the least bit fazed by his freefall through the draft. Instead of worrying about what might have been, he was simply happy to be a Gator.
“I’m excited to come down and play for Florida,” Maddox said. “I’m not too worried about the draft. It’s going to be fun.”
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