​Three college baseball pitchers from Spartanburg were picked in the 2026 MLB Draft.Wofford’s Alex Bouchard went in the 14th round (pick No. 407) to the Minnesota Twins on July 12, while South Carolina’s Amp Phillips (by way of Spartanburg Methodist and USC Upstate) followed in the 15th round to the Tampa Bay Rays, and USC Upstate’s Chris Torres was selected in the 16th round by the Seattle Mariners.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWofford has had a player drafted in four straight years. Carter Rasmussen was a 14th rounder by the Boston Red Sox in 2025, Marshall Toole went in the 15th to the New York Yankees in 2024, and Ryan Gelanie was a 13th round selection by the Chicago White Sox in 2023.FIRST-ROUND PICKS: Carson Bolemon from Southside Christian | Bo Lowrance from Christ Church | Taylor Rabe from Greenville High and Ole MissMLB DRAFT RESULTS: Clemson players | South Carolina playersPhillips and Torres became the first former USC Upstate players to be drafted since 2021, when pitcher Jordan Marks went to the Detroit Tigers in the eighth round and Alex Garbrick to Philadelphia Phillies in the 17th.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBouchard, from Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, was 2026 Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior. He was 9-3 with 2.83 ERA, striking out 104 batters in 86 innings.Phillips, from Andrew Jackson High, was the 2025 Big South Newcomer of the Year for USC Upstate with a 7-2 record and a 3.64 ERA. He played one year at South Carolina with 14 starts and a 4.39 ERA.Torres, from West Springfield, Massachusetts, was 5-4 with a 5.28 ERA. In 35 career appearances and 158 innings, he struck out 149.Wofford has had 16 players drafted since third baseman Brandon Waring went in the seventh round to the Cincinnati Reds in 2007. The late Tim Wallace, former SMC coach, was Wofford’s highest draft pick, going in the second round as a catcher to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFOREVER LINKED: MLB draftees Carson Bolemon, Bo Lowrance, are friends and region rivalsUSC Upstate has had 27 players drafted, the highest being pitcher Chad Sobotka in the fourth round to the Atlanta Braves in 2015.Phillips was the first player with SMC ties to be drafted since 2022, when lefty Will Whelan (after transferring to Minnesota) went in the 13th round to the Texas Rangers. Former J.L. Mann outfielder Wes Rogers went in the fifth round to the Colorado Rockies in 2014.Todd Shanesy covers high school athletics for the Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald-Journal and Anderson Independent Mail in the USA TODAY Network. Contact him by email at todd.shanesy@shj.com. Follow him on X, formerly called Twitter, at @ToddShanesySHJ.This article originally appeared on Herald-Journal: Wofford’s Alex Bouchard, USC Upstate’s Chris Torres picked in 2026 MLB Draft