A former Iowa high school baseball standout has died after wading into the Cedar River and drowning late Monday afternoon. In a report by KGAN CBS 2 Iowa , former Major League Baseball pitcher and Cedar Rapids native, Dakota Freese, died. Freese was 33 years old and just days away from his birthday. Twice selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, Freese had most recently pitched in 2023 for the Lexington Legends, a professional team in the Atlantic League, a Partner League of Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox selected him in the 2011 Major League Baseball amateur draft in the 34th round after playing for Cedar Rapids Washington High School. While playing for Des Moines Area Community College, Freese was again selected, this time in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball amateur draft by the Oakland Athletics. Across seven seasons, he won 15 games at various minor and independent leagues, recording 436 strikeouts and three complete games.…