2 Watsonville grads drafted into MLB
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Updated: 7:16 PM PDT Jul 12, 2021
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Updated: 7:16 PM PDT Jul 12, 2021
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HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES.... RUBEN IBARRA....AND CHASE WATKINS.... BOTH SELECTED...IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT. THESE TWO...ATTENDED...SAINT FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL...IN WATSONVILL E. IBARRA....WENT ON TO PLAY....FOR SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY. HE WAS DRAFTED IN THE FOURTH ROUND ....BY THE REDS... BECOMING ONE OF SAN JOSE STATE'S....HIGHEST DRAFT PICKS....IN HISTORY. IBARRA...IS COMING OFF OF A CAREER YEAR LAST SEASON...HE LED THE TEAM IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY HITTING CATEGORY. BATTING AVERAGE.... ON BASE PERCENTAGE... RUNS... HITS... DOUBLES.. .. HOME RUNS... RBI'S.... TOTAL BASES.... SLUGGING PERCENTAGE... WALKS.... AND ...SACRIFICE FLIES. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS. H IS FOURTEEN HOMERS...ARE THE SECOND MOST... IN SAN JOSE STATE HISTORY....FOR A SINGLE SEAS. ON HE W AASLL CONFERENCE...IN BACK TO BACK SEASONS... AND NOW - THE FIRST BAMASEN...IS ON HIS WAY...TO CINCY. ### HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE....CHASE WATKINS...WAS SELECTED BY THE ...CHICAGO CUBS. WATKINS...A PITCHER...WAS SELECTED IN THE 9TH ROUND. HE AND IBARRA....WERE ON THE SHARKS' TEAM...BACK IN 2017. SINCE THEN - WATKINS HAS BOUNCED AROUND...PLAYING AT CAL POLY... AND THE COLLEGE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.... BEFORE JOINING OREGON STATE....LAST SEASON. T BHEEAVERS...USED HIM....OUT OF THE BULLPEN. WATKINS MADE...25 APPEARANCES TH IS SEASON...AND ALL WERE IN RELIEF. HE POSTED...A 3- 4...RECO