Updated: 9:49 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
By Russ Reed
Tuesday marked the end of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, and more than a dozen players with Massachusetts ties were selected over the course of the three-day event.Boston College outfielder Sal Frelick and Wake Forest University right-handed pitcher Ryan Cusick were drafted in the first round on Sunday.Frelick, a three-sport star at Lexington High School, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 15th overall pick. Cusick, a Sudbury native who starred at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, was picked by the Atlanta Braves with the 24th overall selection.Two of Frelick's Boston College teammates were chosen on Day 2 of the draft on Monday. Cody Morissette, a shortstop from Exeter, New Hampshire, went to the Miami Marlins at No. 52 in the second round while Emmet Sheehan, a right-handed pitcher from Darien, Connecticut, was picked by the Los Angeles Dodgers at No. 192 in the sixth round.Josh Baez, of the Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, became the first Massachusetts high school player taken in this year's draft when the St. Louis Cardinals selected him with the 54th overall pick in the second round. Baez, who starred as a pitcher and outfielder, is committed to play at Vanderbilt University.University of Michigan left-handed pitcher Steven Hajjar, an Andover native who graduated from Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, was taken by the Minnesota Twins with the 61st overall pick in the second round.University of Maryland right-handed pitcher Sean Burke, a Sutton native who starred at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, went to the Chicago White Sox at No. 94 in the third round.University of Maine right-handed pitcher Nick Sinacola, a North Attleborough native and North Attleborough High School graduate, was drafted by the San Francisco Giants with the 206th overall pick in the seventh round.University of Virginia right-handed pitcher Mike Vasil, a Wellesley native and Boston College High School standout, was selected at No. 232 by the New York Mets in the eighth round.Three Northeastern University players were selected on Day 3 of the draft. Outfielder Jared Dupere, an Amesbury native who split his high school career between Amesbury High and the Governor's Academy in Byfield, was drafted by the Giants with the 386th overall pick in the 13th round. Right-handed pitcher Brandon Dufault, of Windham, New Hampshire, was picked by the Los Angeles Angles at No. 471 in the 16th round. Outfielder Ben Malgeri, of Stratham, New Hampshire, was taken with the 525th overall pick by the Detroit Tigers in the 18th round.Dartmouth College catcher Ben Rice, a Cohasset native who graduated from the Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, was drafted at No. 363 by the New York Yankees in the 12th round.Vanderbilt University first baseman and catcher Dominic Keegan, a Methuen native and Central Catholic graduate, was picked by the Yankees with the 572nd overall selection in the 19th round. Keegan is reportedly returning to Vanderbilt, as he has two years of college eligibility remaining.Jackson Linn, an outfielder from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, was taken by the Houston Astros with the 598th overall pick in the 20th and final round. Linn is committed to play at Tulane University.The Boston Red Sox, meanwhile, selected 20 players -- one in each round -- in the 2021 MLB draft. The Red Sox didn't draft any players with Massachusetts ties, but did land shortstop Marcelo Mayer -- considered by MLB.com to be the No. 1 prospect in the draft -- with the fourth overall pick in the first round.