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That’d be now-former West Virginia left fielder Kyle Davis. He signed with the Houston Astros and debuted last week, and he’s playing third base for the Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York-Penn League. Junior college All-American Christian Young has not yet signed with the Cincinnati Reds and has until July 15.

In bigger news, former Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano will join the Mountaineers staff and be the pitching coach. Not long ago, Serrano was a College World Series coach who took on the challenge with the Volunteers. It did not go extraordinarily well. He was 157-163 in six seasons and 55-120 in the SEC.

That said, Serrano had offers to filter through, and he was reportedly wanted as an assistant at Alabama and Arizona State. He chose the Mountaineers, and that’s about as splashy a hire as the program could make coming off its first NCAA regional appearance since 1996.