The MLB Draft took plenty from Nebraska, but not everything
Ty Horn and Carson Jasa are off to pro baseball, while J’Shawn Unger’s return gives the Huskers an important starting point for 2027.
Nebraska baseball was always going to lose Ty Horn and Carson Jasa. We knew that as MLB Draft weekend approached.
Both had pitched their way into professional baseball and both heard their names called in the third round Saturday. Horn went No. 94 overall to the Cincinnati Reds. Jasa followed four picks later at No. 98 to the Chicago Cubs. That part was expected, or close enough to it.
The bigger question was how much more the draft would take from a Nebraska roster trying to build from a 43-win season, a Lincoln Regional and the program’s third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. In that sense, the weekend was more favorable than it could have been.
Nebraska lost its two co-aces. It may still have to wait on one transfer decision. Dylan Carey and Mac Moyer are moving on as undrafted free agents. But the Huskers also kept several important pieces out of the draft—most notably J’Shawn Unger—and appear to have avoided any major incoming-class damage.
That is not the same as saying Nebraska came through untouched, of course. It did not.
