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The Texas Rangers signed righthander Blake Beavan, the 17th overall pick in the June draft.
The 6-7, 210-pound Beavan went 8-2 with a 0.21 ERA and had 124 strikeouts in 66.0 innings for Irving High School in 2007. He struck out 18 in a perfect game against Irving MacArthur High School on March 6.
Beavan was named youth player of the year by Baseball America.
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Rangers sign first-round pick Beavan - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Wow. 124 stikeouts in 66 innings - that's 2 an inning. This will put Billy Beane's theory to the test of never drafting high school pitchers. We should keep an eye on this kid.