Nick Tropeano was playing his final year of baseball in Stony Brook University red in 2011. The team's run to the College World Series was still a year away, leaving the team in relative irrelevancy.
As Major League Baseball rosters expanded for the season’s final month, Stony Brook alum and Houston Astros prospect Nick Tropeano received the call of a lifetime: a major league promotion.
Catcher Kevin Krause and pitcher Brandon McNitt were picked in the 2014 MLB Draft over this past weekend, with Krause going to the Pittsburgh Pirates and McNitt getting selected by the Houston Astros.
