PRINCETON, N.J. -- In the two weeks following the 2020 MLB Draft, four Ivies have signed undrafted free agent contracts. 
 
Prior to the abbreviated five-round 2020 MLB Draft, the Ivy League had produced five-or-more selections in eight of the past nine drafts and 122 MLB Draft picks since 2000, including multiple selections in 19-of-20 years. 

Will Simoneit, a three-time All-Ivy honoree at Cornell, inked an undrafted free agent contract with the Oakland Athletics. The Glen Ellyn, Ill., native, who played catcher and third base at Cornell, spent a graduate transfer year at Wake Forest in 2020. In 17 games for the Demon Deacons, he hit .377 with five doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI. 
 
Harvard junior right-handed pitcher Buddy Hayward signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an undrafted free agent. The Plantation, Fla., product underwent Tommy John surgery in December 2019 and did not appear for the Crimson during the 2020 season. Over his freshman and sophomore campaigns, he tossed 88.0 innings, compiling a 6-4 record, a 4.19 ERA and 9.61 strikeouts per nine innings. Hayward was listed at No. 346 on Baseball America's Top 500 2020 MLB Draft Prospects. 
 
Jake Suddleson, a senior outfielder out of Harvard, joins Simoneit as an Oakland Athletics signee. The 2019 Ivy League Player of the Year and ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American hit .309 with 25 doubles, 20 home runs and 90 RBI over his four-year Crimson career. During his coronavirus-shortened senior campaign, the Pacific Palisades, Calif., native appeared in five games, hitting .389 with three doubles, a home run and three RBI. 
 
Princeton senior right-handed pitcher James Proctor inked an undrafted free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds. The St. Louis, Mo., native threw 137.2 innings, compiling a 2-16 record, a 5.88 ERA and 8.72 strikeouts per nine innings in a Princeton uniform. During the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season, Proctor made two starts, striking out 12 batters over nine innings pitched. 
 
Nine Ivies donned MLB uniforms in 2019—Dartmouth’s Kyle Hendricks and Cole Sulser; Harvard’s Tanner Anderson, Sean Poppen and Brent Suter; Princeton’s Matt Bowman, Mike Ford and David Hale; and Yale’s Ryan Lavarnway. 
 
The Ivy League has had four-or-more players make MLB appearances in every season since 2000, including seven-or-more players in each of the past 12 years.