“The belief in our support system out there is high,” senior scouting director Kip Fagg said of the Rangers’ rehab program, headed by former pitcher Keith Comstock, who is in his 19th year of coordinating the rehab program. “Keith [Comstock] is probably the best guy in the business when it comes to that.

The first Husker is off the board at the Major League Baseball draft. Junior pitcher Mason McConnaughey was selected in the fourth round by the Texas Rangers.

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