Tavera Selected In 5th Round by Baltimore

ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington standout Carlos Tavera was selected with the 137^th overall pick in the 5^th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles on Monday afternoon, becoming the highest player drafted for the Mavericks since 2014.

Carlos Tavera is heading to #Birdland !#ProMavs | #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/vUB5B9Ngbe
— UTA Baseball (@UTAMavsBSB) July 12, 2021

Tavera is the 8^th player to be drafted in the top 5 rounds during the Darin Thomas era and the 40^th overall player selected during that timeframe. He becomes the third Maverick to be selected by Baltimore, joining Matt Skinner (26^th Round; 1985) and Wess Winn (48^th Round; 1995).

The Fort Worth native had a breakout junior season where he set the program record by striking out 117 batters. The First Team All-Sun Belt and Second Team ABCA All-Region selection ended the season with the 25^th most strikeouts in the NCAA and 22^nd most strikeouts per nine innings in the country (12.69).

Welcome to #Birdland, Carlos! pic.twitter.com/HqLZNaJSMg
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 12, 2021

The right-handed pitcher helped the Mavericks complete their first no-hitter in 38 years as he threw the first nine innings on a combined 11-inning no-hitter against Little Rock (May 1).

The junior allowed just 5.53 hits per nine innings – good for 22^nd in the NCAA and held opponents to a .177 batting average. Tavera allowed two or fewer runs in 9 of his 14 starts and struck out double-digit batters in six starts – including a career-high 12 batters on two different occasions.

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