Mike Rabelo, a 2001 draft pick out of the University of Tampa, has picked up significant playing time this season with the Florida Marlins.

Rabelo, who is fourth on UT’s all-time list for being hit by pitches, is hitting .238 through 19 games this season.

The 2001 season ended in the College World Series, as Tampa lost twice and finished seventh nationally.

Rabelo was never an All-American, but did twice place on the second-team All-South Region team. In 2000, he was named to the first-team All-Sunshine State Conference squad. It was his second time on the list, as he was also on the 1999 team.

Rabelo was taken in the 14th round of the 2001 draft by the Detroit Tigers, where he made his first major league appearance. He went to Florida as part of the trade that sent Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera to Detroit.

- Peter Arrabal