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...Harvard head coach Joe Walsh never doubted that his ace’s name would be called come June...
...Shawn didn’t really have any ups and downs,” Walsh insists. “I wasn’t surprised when he got drafted. I’d like to think that his being the number-one guy during his four years here at Harvard would get him some notice...
...There’s a lot of guys throwing 95, 96 [miles per hour], but plenty of guys who can’t hit 90 and are pitching in the bigs,” Walsh adds. “[Haviland] throws strike one, he holds runners, he fields his position. He always comes with the heart of a lion. There’s a lot there that can win ballgames...
...right-hander who lives to compete—Walsh calls him a “bulldog”—the toughest part of adjusting to professional ball hasn’t been the better hitters or the work with unfamiliar pitches. It’s been the focus on the individual over the team, the decreased premium placed on winning...
...ranks—the most successful being Frank Hermann ’06, who in just his third season in the minors was promoted to Cleveland’s AAA affiliate in Buffalo in July. Hermann saw his velocity rise by a few miles per hour after college, and Walsh suggests that the same thing could happen to Haviland with the transfer to warmer weather. If his one-time ace is going to ascend the ranks, though, he’ll live and die with his curveball...