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USA Today
7 days ago
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- USA Today
Athletics select Florida 3B Bobby Boser in Round 11 of 2025 MLB draft
The Athletics selected Florida third baseman Bobby Boser with the 320th overall pick in the 11th round of the 2025 MLB draft. Boser spent three years at South Florida before transferring to Florida to take over the starting third base role. He provided the most stable bat and glove at the position since Jonathan India. He was the only Gator to start all 61 games for Florida this season, slashing .336/.437/.613 with 80 hits, 72 runs, 67 RBIs, 146 total bases, 18 home runs and 19 stolen bases — all of which are team-highs besides batting average and slugging percentage. A five-tool player who can play both spots on the left side of the infield is a steal in the 11th round. Boser had one of the greatest single-year impacts in program history. Another year in Gainesville might have turned him into a Day 1 pick. Bobby Boser before Florida A top-100 prospect out of Florida in the class of 2021, Boser didn't have much of a national profile before college. Boser came into his collegiate career as a two-way player, running the fastball into the low-90s. Former USF associate head coach Bo Durkac said Boser had a "golden arm" at third but offered that he was too aggressive at the plate in the fall of his freshman year. True to form, Boser struggled in his first years at South Florida, with a strikeout rate above 30%. He found hits more consistently as a sophomore and saw an OPS jump from .673 to 1.066. The power started to show, too, with 15 homers in 238 plate appearances. An All-Star summer in the Cape Cod League moved Boser into the conversation of the best non-Power Five position players in the game. Boser was on his way to a monster junior year with 12 home runs in 131 plate appearances, but a hamate bone injury cut his season short by about 20 games. After another summer on the Cape, Boser hit the transfer portal to prove he could stay as productive in the SEC. Bobby Boser at Florida Boser put up career numbers at Florida and etched his name into the history books as the most productive on an injury-riddled Gators team that expected to do more. Had Florida been healthy and made a deeper run in the postseason, Boser is the kind of guy who benefits from the eyes on Omaha at the College World Series. Position versatility is a lost art in the game, and certain front offices cover it as a must-have tool. The 19 stolen bases are another big feather in Boser's cap. A near 20-20 season is rare in college baseball, and Boser probably deserved more than an 11th-round selection. His top moments with the Gators include a three-homer game against Stetson on April 15 and homering in each of the first two games of the Conway Regional. Florida Gators drafted in 2025 Boser is the fourth Gator off the board in the 2025 MLB draft. The Chicago White Sox took shortstop Colby Shelton in the sixth round, the Miami Marlins took right-handed pitcher Jake Clemente in the seventh round and the Chicago Cubs drafted left-handed pitcher Pierce Coppola later on in the seventh round. Florida has seen four or more players drafted in 16 of the last 17 years, and Boser is the 116th draftee under Kevin O'Sullivan — 229th in program history. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
Washington Post
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Blake Cyr drives in 4 runs, Aidan King sharp on the mound and Florida routs Fairfield 17-2
CONWAY, S.C. — Blake Cyr drove in four runs, Aidan King allowed one run in eight innings, and Florida stayed alive in the Conway Regional with a 17-2 rout of Fairfield on Saturday. The Gators got a solo home run from Cyr, a two-run shot from Bobby Boser and a two-run homer from Brody Donay on the way to a 7-1 lead through seven innings.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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- Yahoo
USC season ends in SEC Tourney loss
HOOVER – The University of South Carolina baseball team saw its season come to a close after an 11-3 loss to No. 15 Florida in the first round of the 2025 SEC Tournament Tuesday afternoon (May 20) at the Hoover Met. Carolina scored a run in the first on back-to-back singles, a walk and a ground out double play that scored Blake Jackson. Bobby Boser gave Florida a 3-1 lead in the second with a home run to straightaway center field. The Gators added a pair in the third on a Brody Donay home run and back-to-back doubles. Florida scored a single run in both the fourth and fifth frames. Carolina scored a pair of runs in the eighth. Beau Hollins singled and came all away around to score on KJ Scobey's double down the left field line. Scobey then scored as Jordan Carrion doubled to the gap in right. Florida closed out the scoring with four runs in the eighth. Four Gamecocks had two hits apiece (Jackson, Henry Kaczmar, Hollins and Carrion) with Carolina having 10 hits on the day. The loss on the mound went to Brandon Stone, who allowed five runs on six hits in three innings. POSTGAME NOTES Hollins hit .355 in his last 10 games, while Scobey had 10 RBI in his last 10 contests. Carolina is now 4-5 against Florida in the SEC Tournament. The Gamecocks used eight pitchers in the contest and had 10 strikeouts. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Ty Evans emerging and other takeaways from Florida baseball sweep at South Carolina
Florida baseball continued its second-half-of-the-season tear by sweeping South Carolina over the weekend at Founders Park. The Florida Gators (33-16, 11-13 SEC) have won 13 their last 15 games and 10 of their last 12 in conference play. Advertisement Florida outscored South Carolina 39-8 over the three-game series, including pounding out a season-high 22 runs in a 22-3 win over the Gamecocks in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. That included UF scoring 11 runs in the top of the ninth. "Usually, the winning team scores more runs in one inning then the losing team does throughout all nine," Florida baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "And we had three in the fourth, five in the eighth and 11 runs in the ninth." UF won 9-5 in the first game of the series on Friday and 8-0 in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday. With the Sunday win, O'Sullivan notched his 750th career win. Here's what UF learned after sweeping the series over the Gamecocks: Florida baseball can adjust without its leading hitter in the lineup The Gators remained without starting shortstop Colby Shelton (.377, 7 home runs, 35 RBIs), who has missed UF's last four games with a hand injury. Advertisement Without Shelton, Bobby Boser has filled in at shortstop while Brendan Lawson has moved across the diamond from first base to third base. Luke Heyman, Brody Donay and Landon Stripling filled in at first base over the weekend. Without Shelton, Florida was still productive up and down the lineup, scoring 39 runs by belting 15 extra-base hits. Heyman had a big series, going 4 for 13 with three homers and 5 RBIs, while Lawson (8 for 14, 1 HR, 6 RBIs) and Boser (4 for 11, 4 RBIs) remained productive at the plate. Florida baseball outfielder Ty Evans has a power surge left in him After a disappointing start to the season, Evans has found his groove at the plate of late, going 5 for 13 with two home runs and 6 RBIs in the three-game series. Advertisement Evans, who belted five home runs in the 2023 College World Series for UF, is batting .247 with three homers and 22 RBIs as a senior this season. "We're not going to get to where we want to without him in the lineup," O'Sullivan said. "So, I'm really, really pleased for him." Florida baseball can piece together its pitching staff through rain delays Florida lost its starting pitcher on Friday night when righty Liam Peterson didn't come back after throwing just seven pitches before a three-hour rain delay. Then, on Saturday, freshman righty Aidan King only went 2 2/3 innings on Saturday in a game that was ultimately suspended due to rain. Advertisement Peterson (8-2) came back to pitch 3 1/3 innings of relief in the completion of the suspended game on Sunday, allowing two runs to earn his seventh win of the season. Then, in the second game on Sunday, junior lefty Pierce Coppola made his first appearance since March 1 against Miami, pitching one scoreless inning to start a seven-inning game. Freshman Jackson Barberi (2-1) followed with 3 1/3 innings to pick up his second win of the season and Christian Rodriguez followed with 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit to earn his first save of the season. "It's been kind of a weird weekend obviously, with the rain delays and lightning delays and all that type of thing," O'Sullivan said. "I thought that Liam did what he needed to do, he wasn't as sharp as he'd like to be today, but he did what he needed to do." Up next Florida will host USF on Tuesday night at Condron Family Ballpark (6:30 p.m., SEC Network Plus). Advertisement Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun's Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@ Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1 This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida baseball sweeps South Carolina. What UF learned in the series
