Murray State baseball adds Arbeiter
<span>After a two-year career at Southwestern Illinois College, Chester native Caleb Arbeiter's dream of playing Division I baseball will come true at Murray State University.</span>
<span>Arbeiter signed with the school on June 10, becoming part of a 19-player Racers recruiting class that was formally announced on July 1.</span>
<span>"I also visited University of Missouri - St. Louis," Arbeiter told the Herald Tribune. "I decided to go with Murray State to chase my D-I dreams."</span>
<span>Arbeiter, who will be a junior this fall, went 5-2 with a 2.83 ERA for the Blue Storm this past season. He struck out 29 in 57.1 innings of work, making 11 appearances with two complete games.</span>
<span>One of his teammates at SWIC, Adam Bauer, will be following him to Murray State.</span>
<span>"You're no longer playing against junior college talent, you're playing against some of the best talent across the country in Division I baseball," Arbeiter said. "Every team is going to have people eligible for the MLB draft."</span>
<span>Arbeiter is recovering from undergoing partial Tommy John surgery on May 26. Recovery time is seven to eight months.</span>
<span>"If I do come back, it will right before the season," he said added that depending on his rehab, a medical redshirt could be an option for the 2016 season.</span>
<span>Arbeiter will be joining a Racers program that finished 16-40 in 2015 in coach Kevin Moulder's second season, including 11-19 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Murray State only won 10 games away from home.</span>
<span>"They got a brand-new coach from St. Louis and (2014) was his first year," Arbeiter said. "He's bringing in 19 guys, so he's wanting to rebuild.</span>
<span>"He's bringing in a lot of JUCO and top talent from St. Louis and Kentucky."</span>
<span>Arbeiter, who is working toward a major in Business Finance, said he is working on getting his range of motion back while building strength in his shoulders and back.</span>
<span>"If I didn't hurt my arm and knew I would be 100 percent, I would say I would be fighting for a starting spot," he said. "There's so much unpredictability in how my rehab goes, it just depends."</span>