University of Florida senior right-hander Connor Falkenbach (Parkland, Fla.) and junior shortstop Justin Tordi (Orlando, Fla.) were selected Wednesday on day two of the Major League Baseball draft. The 50-round draft began on Tuesday with the first 18 rounds and concluded Wednesday with the final 32 rounds.

A second-team All-Southeastern Conference honoree this season, Tordi was chosen in the 41st round with the 1,230th overall pick by the Cincinnati Reds. Hitting .242 overall with 31 runs batted in and nine doubles, Tordi is among the league leaders with a .975 fielding percentage and committed just two errors during 30 SEC games.

Another second-team All-SEC recipient for the Gators, Falkenbach has been the anchor of the Gator pitching staff, making 46 appearances in UF’s 63 games. He has an even 3-3 mark with a team-low 2.84 earned run average and has registered 72 strikeouts in 85.2 innings.

Teams to do not lose the rights to their selections until one week prior to the next draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college on a full-time basis. A selected player who enters a junior college cannot be signed until the conclusion of the school's baseball season. A player who is drafted and does not sign with the club that selected him may be drafted again at a future year's draft, so long as the player is eligible for that year's draft. A player who is eligible to be selected and is passed over by every club becomes a free agent and may sign with any team, up until one week before the next draft, or until the player enters, or returns to, a four-year college full-time or enters, or returns to, a junior college.

Current Gators Chosen in 2005 MLB Draft

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