29th Round, your Houston Astros choose Richard Gonzalez, catcher from Alabama State University. He majored in Business Marketing.
He is listed at 5-10, bats and throws right-handed, and was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He was a freshman All-American, and an all SWAC second-team selection in 2012 and an all SWAC first team selection in 2014.
He batted to the tune of .286/.419/.429 in 2014, walked 25 times versus 12 strikeouts. He hit 13 extra-base hits (out of 42 hits total), including 3 home-runs.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
