Four Bruins selected in Day 3 of MLB Draft

Four more UCLA players went off the MLB Draft board on Saturday: infielder Luke Persico (352nd pick, 12 round, Oakland Athletics), outfielders Eric Filia (587th pick, 20th round, Seattle Mariners), Kort Peterson (703rd pick, 23rd round, Kansas City Royals) and Christoph Bono (1,115th pock, 37th round, San Francisco Giants).

Combined with pitcher Grant Dyer, who went in the eighth round on Friday, UCLA had five players selected in the 2016 MLB Draft along with four commits from the incoming freshman class. Three commits went on the first day, and Michael Toglia was selected on Saturday as the 1,040th pick in the 35th round by the Colorado Rockies.

Persico and Peterson are both juniors, while Filia and Bono just finished their UCLA baseball careers. 

Persico led the Bruins with a .323 batting average and finished fifth in the conference with 73 hits. In three seasons with the Bruins, he has played in all but three games, making 170 appearances.

Filia was named to the All-College World Series Team after he drove in five runs to clinch the national title in 2013. He led the team in home runs (three) and walks (41) this year.

Peterson and Bono were the only two UCLA players to start all 56 teams this season.