Brady Singer Selected 18th Overall by Kansas City Royals

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—University of Florida junior right-hander Brady Singer was selected No. 18 overall in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals.

Teammate Jonathan India was selected fifth overall by the Cincinnati Reds earlier this evening.

Florida head coach Kevin O'Sullivan has now had nine players drafted in the first round, including at least one player in the first round in each of the last four years (see chart below). There have been 21 Gators selected in school history in the first round of the MLB Draft.

Singer's long list of career accolades continues to grow. During the 2018 season, the junior has been named the SEC Player of the Year, Baseball America's National Player of the Year and a finalist for the National Pitcher of the Year Award, presented by the College Baseball Foundation. Baseball America also named Singer a First Team All-American. His 10 SEC wins led the conference in the regular season and helped him earn First Team All-SEC honors. Other career awards included 2017 All-SEC Second Team, College World Series All-Tournament Team and Academic All-SEC.

In his career at Florida, Singer has posted a career record of 21-8 and a career ERA of 3.18. His junior year has been one to remember with a 11-1 record in 14 starts and a career best ERA of 2.27. In 95 innings pitched he has allowed just 24 earned runs on 64 hits with 19 walks. He has struck out 98 batters on the year and has a batting average against of .188. His career numbers to date are equally as impressive with 265 career strikeouts in 264.2 innings pitched. His 265 career strikeouts ranks seventh all-time at Florida. During his sophomore season he struck out 129 batters which ranks sixth on the single-season list at Florida.

Coming out of high school Singer was drafted in the second round, pick No. 56 overall, of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.

2018 MLB Draft Coverage

Monday, June 4 – 7 p.m. on MLB Network (Rounds 1-2)
Tuesday, June 5 – 12:30 p.m. on MLB.com (Rounds 3-10)
Wednesday, June 6 – 12 p.m. on MLB.com (Rounds 11-40)

ALL-TIME GATOR BASEBALL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS

Player	Year	Team (Pick)
Jim Watkins	1978	Atlanta Braves (1st in the June - Secondary Phase)
Rob Murphy	1981	Cincinnati Reds (3rd in the January – Secondary Phase)
Randy O'Neal	1981	Detroit Tigers (15th in the June - Secondary Phase)
Robby Thompson	1983	San Francisco Giants (2nd in the June - Secondary Phase)
Rich Rice	1983	Baltimore Orioles (3rd in the June - Secondary Phase)
Scott Ruskin	1986	Montreal Expos (8th in the January - Secondary Phase)
Jamie McAndrew	1989	Los Angeles Dodgers (28th compensation)
John Burke	1991	Houston Astros (6th) *did not sign
John Burke	1992	Colorado Rockies (27th)
Marc Valdes	1993	Florida Marlins (27th)
Brad Wilkerson	1998	Montreal Expos (33rd compensation)
Matt LaPorta	2007	Milwaukee Brewers (7th)
Mike Zunino	2012	Seattle Mariners (3rd)
Brian Johnson	2012	Boston Red Sox (31st)
Jonathon Crawford	2013	Detroit Tigers (20th)
Richie Martin	2015	Oakland A's (20th)
A.J. Puk	2016	Oakland A's (6th)
Dane Dunning	2016	Washington Nationals (29th)
Alex Faedo	2017	Detroit Tigers (18th)
Jonathan India	2018	Cincinnati Reds (5th)
Brady Singer	2018	Kansas City Royals (18th)

The original First-Year Player Draft Rule called for drafting sessions to be held twice a year, January and June, with a regular phase and a secondary phase held in each draft. In 1987, baseball dissolved all but the regular phase of the June session. The secondary phase was held after the regular phase and was only for players who had been previously drafted but were not signed by the club that drafted them.

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