2014 MLB Draft Signings/Non-signings (News Only)

TAMIU's Head Baseball Coach, Chad Porter, said McKeon will sign with the Red Sox. Although that means he will not be able to return to the TAMIU baseball field, Coach Porter said he is ecstatic to see one of his player’s dreams come true.

"To have one of your own, to have one of your players have their name get called and they get to live their dream, it's special. That's what you are in this for, you are in this for the kids and I'm the happiest coach in the world right now and I have one of the happiest players in the world. There is no other feeling like it, you can't describe it."

McKeon is playing in a prospects league in West Virginia now, but is expected to go to Fort Myers, FL to sign with Boston.

“They were just trying to get some paperwork in order and get me signed as quick as possible so I can get started to play already,” Procyshen said after being drafted Saturday.

Once Procyshen signs, he’s expected to be assigned to either the Red Sox’s rookie-ball affiliate, the Lowell Spinners, of the New York Penn League, or the low-A Greenville Drive, of the South Atlantic League.

Pennington, who has a scholarship offer from St. John's, said he will sign. Pennington, a right-handed pitcher might have been drafted higher, but he injured his elbow in April and will undergo Tommy John surgery later this month.

"For me, it's just a dream come true," Pennington said. "It's the only thing I've ever wanted. When I realized I was going to be a professional baseball player, everything hit me. I became really emotional. Everything hit me."

Pennington said he hoped before the draft that the Red Sox would choose him. Pennington said he will probably sign after Dr. James Andrews performs the Tommy John surgery on June 23.

Puskarich, who hit .459 with six home runs and 33 RBIs for the Patriots this year, found out that he had been drafted via Twitter.

"It's awesome," Puskarich said. "It opens up a lot of things. It looks nice on the resume for later years. And it helps me going into school, being young."

Puskarich is set to play for the University of San Francisco this upcoming year.

"I'm most likely going to school but I'm still going to hear out what the Red Sox have to say," he said.

Left-hander Jalen Beeks (6-4) of Prairie Grove, who ranked third in the SEC with a 1.98 earned run average, went in the 12th round with the 374th pick to the Boston Red Sox. Left-handed reliever Michael Gunn also was drafted by the Red Sox, who made him the 494th pick in the 16th round.

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Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn said earlier in the week that he expected Beeks, Gunn ... to sign professional contracts.

The Alabama outfielder was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the eighth round, pick No. 254 of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Moore will leave school a year early to play professional baseball.

"I just felt like it's the right thing to do if the right opportunity came," Moore told ABC 3340. "It presented itself and I feel at piece with it. I'm ready to go play and I'm just so happy the Red Sox believed in me and took a chance on me."

Michael Kopech, the hard-throwing right-hander whom the Red Sox selected with one of their two first-round picks (No. 33 overall), said by phone on Tuesday that he has reached an agreement to sign with the Red Sox and that he has informed the University of Arizona (which he’d accepted a scholarship to attend) of his decision. The agreement is not yet final, pending a physical, but Kopech is expected in Boston in the coming days to finalize his agreement. Kopech said that his agreement with the Sox was for “a little under” the slot recommendation of $1.678 million, meaning that the Red Sox will have some additional flexibility to spend on other draftees.

McEachern has signed with the Red Sox and is no longer on the Lightning roster.

Moore will forego his senior season at Alabama in order to pursue his professional aspirations, a decision he didn’t take lightly. The recent All-SEC second-teamer called his time in Tuscaloosa an “unforgettable experience” and “the greatest three years of my life.”

“It’s just one of those deals where it’s the right thing to do,” he said. “I feel at peace with it.”