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FSU Righty Cobi Johnson Gets Picked

By Mike Ferguson
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Updated: June 14, 2017

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Tommy John Surgery won’t stop Cobi Johnson from pursuing his professional baseball dream.

Despite not throwing a pitch for Florida State this season, Johnson was selected No. 865 overall on Wednesday by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 29th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft.

A 6-4 redshirt sophomore, Johnson has spent time both as a starter and a reliever during his time at FSU. Last season, Johnson finished with a 3.50 ERA in 18 innings and was part of a combined no-hitter against Toledo before going down to injury.

Johnson becomes the fourth FSU player selected in this year’s draft and first pitcher. He’ll have the option of returning to Tallahassee for next season.

Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson

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Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole and former editor of Noled Out. Mike has more than seven years experience as a sports writer including the last four in print and online media. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a Bachelors in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike provided press coverage of Florida State's run to the 2013 BCS National Championship. Mike is also a news reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. and contributes to Athlon Sports and ACCSports.com. Mike has been featured on sites as prominent as Yahoo Sports, FoxSports.com, Associated Press and the front page of SI.com while interviewing athletes as high profile as 2013 National League MVP, Andrew McCutchen. Email Mike at Mike@TheDailyNole.com. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.

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