EAST LANSING, MI — Michigan State baseball player Joseph Dzierwa was drafted in the second round with the 58th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night in the Major League Baseball Draft.
Dzierwa, (pronounced jur-wah) is the highest drafted Spartan pitcher since Mark Mulder was drafted as the No. 2 pick of the first round in the 1998 MLB Draft. Dzierwa is the second MSU player selected in the second round in the last three MLB Drafts, as shortstop Mitch Jebb was selected in the second round and the 41st overall pick in the 2023 Draft.
A native of Haskins, Ohio, Dzierwa recently became just the third-ever MSU baseball student-athlete to earn both Athletic and Academic All-American Honors in the same season. Dzierwa’s selection marks the fourth Spartan drafted in the last three years. A trio of Spartans were drafted in 2023, marking the first time that MSU had three draft selections in the same draft since 2019, with Mitch Jebb (2nd round, Pittsburgh Pirates), Brock Vradenburg (3rd round, Miami Marlins) and Bryan Broecker (13th round, Tampa Bay Rays).
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