Casey Crosby: The one that got away

Mlive.com has a good piece on Casey Crosby.  For those Illini fans who tried to forget, Crosby was the Illini baseball recruit who got drafted in the fifth round in 2007 and took the money and ran.  Not that blame him… it was a whopping $750,000 signing bonus that lured him to Detroit. Essentially, 6’5” [...]

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Patience pays off for Crosby

Casey Crosby waited and waited… and for his time, he was rewarded with a $748,500 contract from the Detroit Tigers.  In addition, he got college tuition money for eight semesters.  One of the top pitchers from Illinois,  Crosby had committed to the University of Illinois but was drafted in the 2007 First Year Player Draft by [...]

Filed under: Recruits on August 17th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini Davis, Roof signed within a week

Within a week of the First-Year Player draft, both Illini players who have been drafted have already signed contracts with their respective teams. According to the Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies signed 27 of the draft picks including catcher Lars Davis who they called an “intriguing catcher from Illinois”. And from what I read in [...]

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Crosby signs letter of intent with Illini

The University of Illinois baseball team got a boost when Casey Crosby signed a letter of intent with them. Crosby, a pitcher from Elburn, IL, was ranked #1 in the state by the Truth Prep Baseball Report. “I’m extremely excited by the addition of Casey Crosby to our 2007 recruiting class,” Hartleb said. “Casey is [...]

Filed under: UI Baseball Program and Management on December 16th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »