Junior catcher Lomavita technically was the last selection of the first round
Catcher Caleb Lomavita became the 17th Cal player to be taken in the first round of a Major League Baseball draft when the the Washington Nationals selected Lomavita with the 39th overall pick on Sunday.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Lomavita, who was a junior this past season, is the 17th Cal player to be taken in the first round of an MLB draft and first Golden Bears player to be taken in the first round since Dylan Beavers was selected with the 33rd overall pick of the 2022 draft as one of seven players drafted in the Competitive Balance Round A part of the first round.
Lomavita hit .322 with 15 home runs, 52 RBIs and a .981 OPS this past season for Cal. The Bears finished with a 36-19 record and were stuned that they did not get a berth in the NCAA tournament. Lomavita 23rd overall pick, and that position has a slot bonus value of about $3.5 million, and that would approximate his signing bonus.
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