Alright, alright, I know that the Big 10 is known for the big moneymakers for college sports, that being basketball and football. While the conference has good strengths in normal non-revenue sports like wrestling, volleyball, tennis, and what not, baseball has always been one where there just doesn’t seem to be a whole heckuvalot of success overall. And judging by the prognostication by the experts for the Major league Baseball draft to be held on June 5-6th, there’s not much faith in the individual players from the Big 10 either.

Overall, in the four rounds that are held, there’s only 2 that are on the “board” to be taken, and Purdue’s Josh Lindblom being the highest ranked at 34. But is that really the Big Ten’s fault? I mean, come on, it’s not as if the geographical locale is one of what would be considered baseball type weather anyways–if you had the chance to play baseball in Texas or Florida or California versus Minnesota or Ohio State, which would you choose? Don’t lie! I mean, we’re talking about a sport that must be practiced and played on the collegiate level outside, so that puts the Big 10 at a disadvantage every year on a nationwide scale for recruiting and overall success. It’s an unfortunate vicious cycle.

Nonetheless, be proud of the few that are possibly going on to the big leagues through the draft. Or just wait until football season (like most of us do).