Logan Sauve is the first Mountaineer to go in the 2025 MLB Draft, being selected with the 200th overall pick during the seventh round by the Athletics. Read More: Oakland A’s Draft Logan Sauve
“I want to take a quick second to thank the coach staff and all my teammates at WVU for helping to make me better,” Sauve told WV Sports Nation exclusively. “This is truly a dream come true and I am super excited to get to work at the next level. Huge thank you to the A’s organization for believing in me and providing me with this opportunity.”
Draft Journey
Sauve removed his name from the draft last year after not going in the top 10 rounds, and now has succeeded in going in the first half of the 2025 MLB Draft.
Many figured Sauve would get taken after his sophomore year when he hit .308/.379/.484 for an .862 OPS.
Head coach Steve Sabins said Sauve’s return was “probably the biggest return from a draft perspective we’ve had in 10 years here.”
Sauve remained at WVU as the starting catcher for 2025. In his junior year, he hit .276/.385/.457 for an OPS of .842 and was named to the All-Big 12 First Team as catcher.
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Sauve is the fourth Mountaineer to be drafted by the Athletics, starting with 11th overall pick Chris Enochs in 1997. Enochs failed to make the majors, topping out at three seasons in AAA within the A’s, Astros and Pirates organizations.
The A’s took another WVU right-handed pitcher in 2014, selecting Corey Walter in the 27th round at pick No. 852. Walter reached AAA in 2017 before being released after 2018.
Jacob Watters was taken in the fourth round at the 124th pick in 2022, pitching one game in AAA. He has started six games at AA in the Rays organization this year. Sauve is aiming to break the trend and make the major leagues.
Sauve is the 13th West Virginia catcher to be drafted, a list highlighted by David Carpenter, who reached the majors as a pitcher where he had a career 3.69 ERA between 2011 and 2019. Carpenter later returned to Morgantown as the manager of the West Virginia Black Bears, and is currently the manager of the Jacksonville Shrimp, AAA affiliate of the Miami Marlins.
A Family Legacy in Sports
Logan Sauve’s path to professional baseball was deeply influenced by his father Jeff Sauve, who carved out his own impressive athletic career decades earlier. Jeff was a dual-sport athlete at Clemson University, playing both baseball and football for the Tigers in 1992 and 1993 under current WVU head coach Randy Mazey, who was beginning his coaching career at his alma mater.
Jeff’s athletic versatility extended beyond college. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 1995 and also earned opportunities to play professional football with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders, as well as Rhein Fire of NFL Europe. During his four years at Clemson, Jeff compiled an 18-7 record as a pitcher with two saves, tallying 154 strikeouts in 204 2/3 innings. His best season came in 1994, when he went 6-2 with a 2.73 ERA across 22 appearances, recording more strikeouts (54) than hits allowed (39).
The Sauve family holds a unique distinction in Randy Mazey’s coaching career spanning more than 30 years and over 1,000 players coached. Logan and Jeff represent Mazey’s only father-son duo, a fact that both men take tremendous pride in. When Logan was in eighth grade, Jeff reached out to his former coach for guidance about his son’s recruiting prospects. Mazey invited Logan to a WVU baseball camp at the Caperton Indoor Facility, where the young catcher had such an impressive showing that he received an offer while still in middle school.
This father-son connection to the program creates a special bond that extends beyond typical player-coach relationships, with Logan often reflecting on how meaningful it is to play for someone who also coached his father.
