It was a successful draft season for Rick Heller and the Iowa baseball program.
They saw four players drafted in the 2025 MLB draft in Cade Obermueller, Daniel Wright, Aaron Savary and Anthony Watts. And one more Hawkeye just signed with a team as an undrafted free agent.
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Daniel Rogers agreed to a deal with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to find his way into a Major League Baseball organization this weekend.
Daniel Rogers began his collegiate playing career at Division III Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He had a stellar career with the Duhawks, including an insane 2024 season where he hit .444 with a .538 on base percentage to go along with eight homers, 19 doubles and 38 RBIs. After tearing up Division III and the American Rivers Conference, Rogers decided to use his COVID fifth-year waiver to move up the ranks for his final college season.
Rogers transferred to Iowa for his fifth-year and played in 54 games for the Hawkeyes in 2025. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder hit .251 with a .389 on base percentage across those games. Rogers hit seven homers, 11 doubles and had 42 RBIs.
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While the numbers dipped from this final season with Loras, that was to be expected with jumping up multiple levels of collegiate baseball. And his decision to join the Hawks paid off with him now joining a Major League system.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound utility player from Grayslake, Illinois, will now head out West to begin his Major League journey and will hope to join the likes of Adam Mazur as former Hawkeyes to make it to a Major League team. Hawkeye fans will keep a close eye on his journey through the San Francisco system.
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