2022 MLB Draft

A look at who won and lost at the first two rounds of the 2022 MLB Draft.

— on track to build a contender. But this is just another win for a franchise that’s finally — hopefully! And the fun part is: Those two weren’t the only sons of ex-Major Leaguers to be taken (there was also the son of a former NFL player) in the first round.

The first day of the 2022 MLB draft is in the books and while it will be years until we see most of the prospect that were chosen in the big leagues, ...

This pick likely saved a ton of money relative to slot value at No. 29 overall, so what they do with that saving also has to be taken into account, but this was by far the biggest reach of the first round and the definition of high-risk, high-reward for an organization that can't afford to whiff on first-round picks. The son of former MLB All-Star Andruw Jones, he has a great chance of following in his father's footsteps as a Gold Glove center fielder as perhaps the best defender in the entire draft class. Even with a likely move to second or third base in his future, the Twins might have walked away with the steal of the draft at No. 8 overall. That's not meant to be a knock on Jackson Holliday who has superstar potential in his own right and was the Baltimore Orioles selection to kick off Sunday's draft, but Jones was the guy the D-backs wanted all along and they weren't shy about making it known. It's hard to argue anyone was a bigger winner on Sunday night than the Arizona Diamondbacks, who came away with the consensus top player in the 2022 draft class despite not having the No. 1 pick. With a mid-90s fastball, an elite changeup that ranks as one of the best offspeed pitches in the draft class, and a durable 6'3", 209-pound frame, he ticks all the boxes to be a staple in the MLB rotation. With " otherworldly bat-to-ball skills" and the over-the-fence pop to at least be a 20-homer guy at the next level, Lee might have been the safest pick on the board, and one who also has impact potential. Prior to that suspension, he was a consensus first-round pick with the potential to climb into the top 10, and he wound sticking around until the final pick of the second round when the San Francisco Giants scooped him at No. 66 overall. Throughout much of the predraft process, he was a viable candidate to go No. 1 overall, and it looked like his floor might be No. 4 overall to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He has an extremely short track record after missing his entire freshman season recovering from Tommy John surgery, and while part of the strategy here was to reach for him at No. 7 so they could save money for an above-slot deal in the second round, it still feels like they left some high-level talent on the board to make that move. This pick made more sense after the Chicago Cubs selected prep left-hander Jackson Ferris with the No. 47 overall pick in the second round, but it still stands out as one of the more questionable decisions of the first round. The first day of the 2022 MLB draft is in the books and while it will be years until we see most of the prospect that were chosen in the big leagues, we can make some early assessments based on pre-draft rankings, other available talent and long-term upside.

From the picks we loved to those we don't quite understand, here's what stood out most from a wild night in L.A..

Gonzalez: The lack of pitching, which was evident not just with Rocker, but with Cade Horton going seventh to the Chicago Cubs and Gabriel Hughes going 10th to the Colorado Rockies. Horton (22nd on Kiley McDaniel's Top 300), Hughes (30th) and Rocker (54th) were nowhere near that high from a talent perspective, but hey, teams need pitching. McDaniel: I was concerned that teams wouldn't take the three best players on my board at the right spots, and they went off in the top four picks. Let's just throw this out there, because it's fun and ridiculous and just enough of an idea that actually makes sense: With Parada, the Mets can now dangle Francisco Alvarez as the headliner in a Juan Soto trade. It's just the highest-upside position players, and that's the four prep position players at the top: Jones, Holliday, Johnson and Elijah Green. I would still take Lesko above all of those. Schoenfield: When in doubt, I would default to the best hit tool and that belongs to Johnson -- but no second baseman has ever gone with the first pick in the draft, so it's understandable the Orioles would go with the player at a premium position. He's the best pure hitter in this draft and at times was a favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Orioles. He'll probably move to second base, but he might eventually hit like Robinson Cano. The head-scratcher for me was high school shortstop Jett Williams going 14th overall to the Mets, simply because it's always difficult to envision someone 5-foot-8 getting drafted so high. For MVP, I'll go with Jones. MVP voters these days love a broad range of skills, and Jones could turn into an elite defensive center fielder with power -- and maybe go one spot higher in MVP voting than his dad, who finished second in the 2005 NL vote. I assumed Holliday would be the least likely of the group to be the top pick, because most didn't think he was the best talent of that group and, like Jones, was expected to sign for close to slot value, while signing Johnson would be a good bit cheaper. I also love the idea of seeing Rocker and Leiter together again in the Rangers' rotation. McDaniel: We were getting most of the picks about 15-30 seconds ahead of time on the ESPN set, and when we were told it would be Rocker, we all looked at each other with mouths open and eyes wide. How did Kumar Rocker end up going No. 3 overall to the Texas Rangers? And who are the big names you need to know for Day 2 of the draft? Gonzalez: It's so hard to know because the top tier of talent in this year's draft consisted of teenagers.

It didn't stop there, though, as the Arizona Diamondbacks landed Druw Jones, son of five-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner Andruw, at No. 2. It's the ...

The last time they went with a prep arm early was Riley Pint at No. 4 in 2016, and he's still struggling to progress. Cade Horton, the top college pitcher in the class, according to MLB Pipeline, was already off the board. Landing outfielder Sterlin Thompson, who fell into their lap at No. 31, was a nice way to leverage one of their extra picks. The first 80 picks of the 2022 MLB Draft are complete. Eighty picks were made on Day 1, which is probably too many to cram into the first-day broadcast. That means prep pitchers with higher ceilings like Porter, Dylan Lesko, Brandon Barriera, Robby Snelling, and Jackson Ferris - who were all ranked higher than Hughes - should've got a more serious look from Colorado. By calling Jackson Holliday's name first overall, the Baltimore Orioles became the first team to select a son of a former big leaguer at No. 1 since the Seattle Mariners drafted Ken Griffey Jr. in 1987. To put things into perspective, Hunter Greene is now an impact starter for the Reds and is merely three months older than Rocker. The Rangers come out of this as winners as well, reportedly landing Rocker on an under-slot deal. This is the first year in recent memory that fewer than 10 hurlers went in the opening round, with nine getting selected. Zigging while other teams are zagging is usually something to applaud - especially in baseball. It didn't stop there, though, as the Arizona Diamondbacks landed Druw Jones, son of five-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner Andruw, at No. 2.

The 2022 MLB Draft resumes Monday with rounds 3-10. Follow here for updates.Catch up on Round 1 with Keith Law's analysis for each pick and best available ...

The Rockies took one of the better hitters in the college class at No. 31 in Sterlin Thompson, who turned 21 just a few weeks ago, making him a draft-eligible sophomore. The strength of what’s left seems to be college pitching. Jung says he had a teacher at MacArthur High in Texas named Frank Filipone who was a huge Tigers fan.

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With Francisco Alvarez blocking his path as the catcher of the future for the New York Mets, the smart bet is on the latter. He doesn't have the same upside as some of the other top pitchers in this draft class, but he might have the highest floor and is as safe a bet as anyone to fill a spot in the middle of an MLB rotation for a decade. With a mid-90s fastball, decent curveball and one of the best changeups in the 2022 class, Carson Whisenhunt was a potential top-10 pick heading into the season. His fastball sits in the low 90s and he back it up with a good curveball and an average changeup, but his crossfire delivery makes all of his pitches play up and he commands his entire repertoire well in the zone. With a deceptive delivery that hides the ball well and some of the best pitchability among this year's college crop, Cooper Hjerpe is as MLB-ready as any player in the 2022 draft class. One of the most hyped prospects in this year's draft, Elijah Green also comes with more of a boom-or-bust profile than any of the other top-tier prospects in the 2022 class.

The Arizona Diamondbacks then took high school outfielder Druw Jones (Andruw's son) with the No. 2 pick. Kumar Rocker (Rangers), Termarr Johnson (Pirates) and ...

He generates good velocity on his heater, yet the shape of the offering plays into the zone and may cause it to be less effective than the sum of its parts. Hjerpe (that's "jerp-ee," for those wondering) pounds the zone and he should be able to ascend the ladder quickly. Stuff-wise, he relies on a low-to-mid-90s fastball that downright bumfuzzles hitters thanks to the marriage between its rise and his flat vertical approach angle. If there are blemishes to his game, it's that he faced weak competition and that he's unlikely to become more than a second-division shortstop. Johnson is going to hit, and hit a lot, and he's going to do it while displaying one of the best feels for the game in the class. Justin Crawford, OF, Bishop Gorman HS (NV): Yet another draftee with a big-league father, Crawford's father Carl played in the majors for more than a decade and made four All-Star teams along the way. He's not as promising behind the dish, but he's improved enough there for scouts to see him as a tolerable option to begin his career. Scouts contend that he lacks the hands and the feet to be a tolerable defender anywhere on the diamond. (This is where we note, to little surprise, that his father Eric played in the NFL.) Conversely, Green's critics say that his game needs a lot of refinement for him to max out his tools, and that his extreme swing-and-miss tendencies will cause him to deviate, from being a red-hot chili pepper to not, more frequently than John Frusciante. That combination usually makes scouts cast doubt on someone's ability to remain at the six, though Lee's aforementioned wherewithal and the recent optimization of defensive positioning has them open to the idea that he at least starts his big-league career at shortstop. Jones might end up losing a little speed as a result, but he's believed to have the instincts and innate feel for the position that should enable his game to remain lush with secondary value. He's no longer pulling off pitches as frequently as he had in the past, and he's more open to using the whole field.

1. Baltimore Orioles: Jackson Holliday, SS, Stillwater HS (OK) · 2. Arizona Diamondbacks: Druw Jones, CF, Wesleyan HS (GA) · 3. Texas Rangers: Kumar Rocker, RHP, ...

The Baltimore Orioles had the No. 1 pick overall in the 2022 MLB Draft, which began on Sunday in Los Angeles, Calif.

Holliday signed as a free agent with the Yankees for the 2017 season. Matt Holliday made his MLB debut with the Rockies in 2004. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. The Baltimore Orioles selected high school shortstop Jackson Holliday to open Sunday’s draft. Holliday, a left-handed hitter from Stillwater High in Oklahoma, is 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds — quite a bit smaller than his 6-foot-4, 240-pound father. He hit .231 with 19 home runs and 64 RBI in 105 games during his short stay in the Bronx. Holliday returned to the Rockies for his final MLB season in 2018.

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"We're probably almost exactly the same," he said. "I remember being in the clubhouse ever since he got to St Louis," he said. Jones played at Wesleyan High School in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. He hit .570 with 13 home runs, 39 RBIs and had 32 stolen bases this year. Holliday also joined Ken Griffey Jr. as the only sons of former Major Leaguers selected No. 1 overall. The Baltimore Orioles took high school shortstop Holliday with the No. 1 overall pick. He is the son of Andruw Jones, a 10-time Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star who hit 51 home runs in 2005.

After a wild first day of the 2022 MLB Draft covering Rounds 1 and 2, eight compensation picks and Competitive Balance Rounds A and B, it's time for Day 2, ...

He was announced as a pitcher by the Rockies, but he could keep the bat in his back pocket as he enters the pros. Pick 15 (241st overall): Guardians, Jackson Humphries, LHP, Fuquay-Varina (N.C.) HS ( No. 128): Humphries will turn 18 on Wednesday, making him one of the youngest pitchers in this class, and he may have only slipped because his stuff wasn’t quite as sharp in the spring. Pick 22 (218th overall): Blue Jays, Peyton Williams, 1B, Iowa: First-base-only types need to show power, and Williams has the easy plus-plus raw pop to fit the profile. He could be in for a swing overhaul in the Cincy system. He has plus raw power as a switch-hitter, thanks to promising strength and bat speed, and could be the next young position player to pop in the Los Angeles pipeline. Pick 7 (143rd overall): Cubs, Brandon Birdsell, RHP, Texas Tech ( No. 101): It isn’t often you find two plus pitches in the fifth round, but the Cubs seem to have done that here. The 6-foot-2 left-hander throws in the mid-90s with good riding life – a big reason why he throws the heater 80% of the time – and his 2-to-7 breaking ball keeps hitters off balance too. Pick 11 (147th overall): Tigers, Luke Gold, INF, Boston College ( No. 87): The Eagles had a solid group of 2021 Draft picks in Sal Frelick (first round) and Cody Morisette (second round), and Gold leads the group this summer. Pick 20 (100th overall): Yankees, Trystan Vrieling, RHP, Gonzaga ( No. 71): Gabriel Hughes went 10th overall on Day 1, and Vierling gives the Bulldogs' pitching staff another arm in the top three rounds. Pick 27 (133rd overall): Astros, Trey Dombroski III, LHP, Monmouth ( No. 111): Houston may have picked up the best control in the entire Draft by taking the Monmouth southpaw. Pick 1 (81st overall), Orioles: Nolan McLean, 3B/RHP, Oklahoma State (Ranked No. 115 on MLB Pipeline's Draft Prospects list): Baltimore went with a legit two-way talent to begin the third round. Pick 14 (94th overall): Reds: Bryce Hubbart, LHP, Florida State ( No. 72): Hubbart tied for the Cape Cod League in strikeouts last summer, pushing up Draft boards heading into 2022.

The 2022 MLB Draft continued Monday with Rounds 3-10; catch up with our list of every pick.

Hjerpe (that's "jerp-ee," for those wondering) pounds the zone and he should be able to ascend the ladder quickly. He's huge (6-foot-7) with enormous power, and he's a great athlete. Cole Young, SS, North Allegheny HS (PA): Young is a well-rounded player who lacks both a carrying tool and an obvious flaw. Jett Williams, SS, Rockwall-Heath HS (TX): Williams, a Mississippi State commit, has more helium than most other prospects in the draft. Justin Crawford, OF, Bishop Gorman HS (NV): Yet another draftee with a big-league father, Crawford's father Carl played in the majors for more than a decade and made four All-Star teams along the way. Owen Murphy, RHP/INF, Riverside-Brookfield HS (IL): Shohei Ohtani's success has caused teams to think new thoughts about the viability of two-way players, but our guess is Murphy will store away his bat after he turns pro. There is some relief risk here should his past wildness return (he had previously walked a batter every other inning in his collegiate career) or if he can't improve his changeup. Elijah Green, OF, IMG Academy (FL): Green is a fascinating and polarizing prospect, a walking example of bimodal distribution who seems to inspire forecasts invoking only his left- and right-tail outcomes. (This is where we note, to little surprise, that his father Eric played in the NFL.) Conversely, Green's critics say that his game needs a lot of refinement for him to max out his tools, and that his extreme swing-and-miss tendencies will cause him to deviate, from being a red-hot chili pepper to not, more frequently than John Frusciante. Johnson is going to hit, and hit a lot, and he's going to do it while displaying one of the best feels for the game in the class. Kumar Rocker (Rangers), Termarr Johnson (Pirates) and Elijah Green (Nationals) rounded out the top five. The three-day selection process started Sunday night in Los Angeles with the Baltimore Orioles selecting high school shortstop Jackson Holliday (Matt's son) with the top overall pick.

Teams can go up to 5% over their bonus pool without losing future draft picks (instead you just pay a tax – the Cubs are among only a handful of teams that have ...

The 6-foot-4, 205-pound righthander posted a 2.40 ERA over 11 starts and 63.2 innings, while striking out 110 batters (42.1 K%) and walking 24 (9.2 BB%). For his career at Wingate, McCullough has struck out 258 batters (32.3 K%), compared to just 72 walks (9.0 BB%). After a strong spring season, McCullough headed to the Cape Cod League, where he posted a 2.70 ERA over five starts and 20 innings for Hyannis, with 30 strikeouts (38.5 K%) and eight walks (10.3 BB%). McCullough throws a fastball in the lower 90s, a slider in the low-to-mid 80s and a mid-80s changeup. Baseball America ranked Frisch at 200 in the draft: “Frisch ranked No. 155 in the 2021 draft class a year ago as a draft-eligible sophomore and pitched in several roles for Oregon State to great success. He ranks second in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings at 16.14, and allows just 6.23 hits per nine innings, good for 15th in the country.” He has the upside of a No. 3 or 4 starter and could become a setup man if he winds up in the bullpen.” Birdsell has at least a solid path as a two-pitch reliever, but his control improvements give him a shot of going out in pro ball as a starter. Some of them also thought that, while he wasn’t throwing as hard as they had seen in the past, he was showing more pitchability than he had before when he was more of a thrower than a pitcher, though others noted times where he lost his control. He simply breaks his hands and goes home as if he’s playing a game of catch, but with a slight stutter as he hangs over his plant leg, which messes with hitters’ timing. Teams can go up to 5% over their bonus pool without losing future draft picks (instead you just pay a tax – the Cubs are among only a handful of teams that have gone 5% over every year in this system). Also very important to remember: if you fail to sign a pick, his portion of the pool goes away. Elite arm speed generates upper-90s velo (he was more in the mid-90s late in his draft spring), but very little feel for location and an extremely inconsistent slider. He made waves over the summer by touching triple-digits with his fastball, but has shown better pitchability this spring with his fastball in the 93-96 mph range. Paciolla has a solid arm, can make all the throws and likely would play well should he move to the hot corner, the spot most scouts see him playing at the next level. This is particularly notable on the second day of the draft, because it is often when you see picks that are guided by the bonus pool system – picks made specifically to sign under slot so that the pool money can go to other players who are expected to command over slot bonuses.

Day 2 of the 2022 MLB Draft gets underway Tuesday afternoon, with rounds 3-10.

After three Vols heard their names called on the first day of the 2022 MLB draft (Drew Gilbert at No. 28, Jordan Beck at No. 38 and Blade Tidwell at No.

As attractive as the fireballers are, there will always be a place in the MLB for guys who can consistently put the ball where they want to. In three seasons with the Vols and through 53 total innings, Mabrey walked eight guys. Somehow, quietly, Will was ... Mabrey... Tennessee’s most reliable arm out of the bullpen, aside from closer Redmond Walsh. He gave up just 34 hits against 158 total batters across 41 innings of work and allowed just 12 earned runs. The slider has the makings of a legitimate “out pitch,” but there’s refinement coming, somewhere, because, at times, Joyce was, well, vol...atile — indicated by his eight wild pitches and 3 HBP. He’s already had the seemingly prerequisite Tommy John surgery on that right arm and, according to folks who know much more about that stuff than me, his delivery shouldn’t scare anybody off. I think this was the fastest one of the season — fastball that came in cooking at 105.5 MPH. For the ... record... Lipscomb bided his time in Knoxville, registering just 70-ish combined at bats in his first three seasons as a Vol, despite being a top-5 overall prospect in the 2018 recruiting class, via Perfect Game. His patience paid off in a big way, as Lipscomb’s 2022 year was good enough for legitimate SEC Player of the Year contention. I could be wrong here, but near the end of the year, it looked like we started to see some two-seam movement on some of the heaters, too. Joyce’s season wasn’t all flash and no substance: in 27 games, he pitched 32.1 innings, allowed 18 hits and eight earned runs, with 53 Ks to just 18 BBs. That 14.8 K/9 figure is just staggering. The Cookeville, TN, native walked just five batters compared to his 52 punchouts (which led all UT bullpen pitchers), and while he doesn’t have the high-90s stuff that misses bats and grabs eyeballs, his control and toned-down mechanics are attractive to a D’Backs organization in need of any and all relief pitchers. Got some analysis videos back from our friends at— Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) @proplayai. Gave them high speed side angle video of 15 of the top 22 pitchers on my board and 4 more from my overall top 100 Lipscomb was the first Vol to go on day two as he went early in the third round to the Washington Nationals. The Nats here, maybe more with Lipscomb than with other players, are making a ceiling play and hoping his one season of outrageous production is a sign of things to come rather than an aberration. After three Vols heard their names called on the first day of the 2022 MLB draft (Drew Gilbert at No. 28, Jordan Beck at No. 38 and Blade Tidwell at No. 52), there’s been more orange and white in day two of the draft than drivers see from traffic barrels on Knoxville interstates.

1. Baltimore Orioles: Jackson Holliday, SS, Stillwater HS (OK) · 2. Arizona Diamondbacks: Druw Jones, CF, Wesleyan HS (GA) · 3. Texas Rangers: Kumar Rocker, RHP, ...

The 2022 Major League Baseball Draft continued Monday, as the second day of the three-day event continued in conjunction with MLB's All-Star Week in Los ...

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The Houston Astros selected eight players on the second day of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in rounds 3-10.

Selecting righty A.J. Blubaugh with the 223rd pick, Houston returned to college pitching selections in the seventh round. The Portland product was named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball News following a 2022 campaign with a 2.24 ERA and 115 strikeouts over 84 1/3 innings. Houston wrapped up the second day of the Draft with its third outfield selection through 10 rounds. His size could extend him to first base with the system's "position addition." The Astros were interested in DeVos' high-spin rate fastball and induced vertical break as well as his two breaking pitches' spin and depth. Callis noted the bullpen would be in the righty's future. "I love the game of baseball and am super excited to begin this journey with the Astros." The 163rd pick was described as a "TrackMan darling" by Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline on the broadcast. With their fourth-round pick, the Astros selected lefty Trey Dombroski from Monmouth with the 133rd pick. The 6'6" righty draws more walks (52) than strikeouts (34) similar to Houston's first-round selection Drew Gilbert. Dombroski struck out 120 batters over 95 innings in 2022 for Monmouth, issuing only 14 walks in the same span. Knorr throws a 94-96 mph fastball that touches 98 mph with an above-average changeup as his second-best pitch.

A year after going 20-for-20 in selecting pitchers, the Angels went back to addressing their mound issues and grabbed Tennessee flame-throwing righty Ben ...

That said, when Joyce struggles to throw the slider over the plate, he can get people looking with a changeup that features nice fade at its best. Even with the struggles, Joyce caught the attention of Division I colleges and transferred to Tennessee in the fall of 2021. But with some fine tuning and good health, he has the raw materials to be an elite, must-watch reliever. Joyce went on to collect 53 K’s in 32 1/3 innings, producing a 2.23 ERA and dozens of eye-popping video clips this season. It was enough to convince the Angels to take a chance on a pitcher with a lot of potential.\n\n“Now that he’s been to a combine and interviewed with people and people know who he is, they realize he’s genetically gifted, but also a maniac worker and incredibly disciplined,” University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello told The Sporting News. “Now, just because you work hard doesn’t mean you’re going to throw 105, but there’s a reason everything has happened the way that it has, and part of that is a fresh arm, too.”\n\nJoyce will have a lot to work on with his game, starting with mixing his pitches. That said, when Joyce struggles to throw the slider over the plate, he can get people looking with a changeup that features nice fade at its best.\n\nOther concerns for Joyce are the lack of experience (53 collegiate innings), especially in high-leverage situations, durability (only once has he pitched on consecutive days) and command. But with some fine tuning and good health, he has the raw materials to be an elite, must-watch reliever.\n\n“Someone is going to get rewarded for their investment, at the very worst because of the type of kid and the worker they’re going to have around the other pitchers,” Vitello said." Joyce’s calling card is his special right arm, as his velocity went viral in February after he hit 103 mph in his second appearance for Tennessee. The strong 6-foot-5 pitcher is the hardest thrower in college baseball history, boasting a fastball that averaged 101 mph and topped out at 105.5 mph this season. The heater features some arm-side run, but can straighten out and get hit when he doesn't command it well. \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550,"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"ben-joyce-drafted-by-angels-in-2022-mlb-draft\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.10":{"data":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"ben-joyce-drafted-by-angels-in-2022-mlb-draft\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.10.data","typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"type":"oembed","__typename":"ExternalEmbed"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"ben-joyce-drafted-by-angels-in-2022-mlb-draft\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.11":{"content":"Yet, the setback proved to be beneficial in the long run for Joyce, as the Tennessee staff dug in on his delivery, worked on his alignment toward home plate and modeled professional-strength breaking balls. Eighty percent of his college offerings were fastballs, even though he also throws a low-90s changeup and a slider that he told The Athletic (subscription required) this spring is a work in progress. The only player to have thrown a faster pitch at the MLB level?

Joyce could become the first player from the draft class to reach the majors.

Teams who attempt to quantify stuff -- i.e., all of them -- are going to have trouble containing their excitement at what Joyce brings to the table. He struck out 40 percent of the batters he faced en route to a 2.23 ERA and a 3.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio. (He topped out at, um, 105 mph during the regular season.) His heater also features good rise and is delivered from a lower arm slot, a sought-after combination these days.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Shortstop Ryan Ritter was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft with the No.

In two seasons at UK after transferring from UMass he went 8-6 with a 3.06 ERA and eight saves in 111.2 innings. He had 18 multi-hit games and reached safely in 54 of 59 games. He batted .302 with 57 runs, 17 doubles, 13 home runs, 49 RBI and stole 16 of 20 bases. Harney, a senior from Natick, Massachusetts, led the team in wins in 2022 with five, a season after he had three wins and six saves. He had a 1.59 earned run average and six saves in 51.0 innings while striking out 14 batters per nine innings and holding opposing hitters to a .156 batting average. Guilfoil was outrageously good over the final six weeks of the season, going 3-0 with three saves and a 1.05 ERA in 25.2 innings with only 10 hits allowed and 34 strikeouts.

Omaha, Neb. -- Creighton Baseball's Alan Roden was selected in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday, July 18th with the 98th ...

The back-to-back BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year in 2021 and 2022, Tebrake closed the 2022 season with an 2.71 ERA over 93.0 innings. A two-time All-BIG EAST First Team selection, Tebrake went 21-5 during four seasons at Creighton. The right-hander collected 230 strikeouts in 222.0 innings during his career, posting an impressive 2.80 ERA. Over his last two seasons Tebrake went 16-2 with 190 strikeouts in 165.2 innings. The last time a Bluejay was taken in the first 100 selections was in 1994 when Rick Heiserman went 73rd to the Cleveland Indians. The last time a Creighton player was selected as high as the third round was in 1999 when the Chicago Cubs selected Ryan Gripp. The last time a Creighton player was selected earlier than the third round was in 1993 when the St. Louis Cardinals selected Alan Benes in the first round. He posted a .383 career average with 131 hits and 88 runs scored, connecting for 42 doubles, 14 home runs and 94 RBI. Alan was the 2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and an All-BIG EAST First Team selection. Roden was taken with the 98th overall pick by the Toronto Blue Jays, while teammate Dylan Tebrake

The Milwaukee Brewers went to the well, then went back again and again. Over the first two days of the Major League Baseball draft, it has become rather ...

After coming out of the bullpen for two seasons at Oklahoma State, Peterson transferred to UIC, where he had a 3.89 ERA with 102 strikeouts and 21 walks in 88 innings in 2022. "We think he has a pretty good chance to stick behind the plate," Johnson said. "He's really athletic and hasn't been on the mound a lot. Metzinger has versatility defensively but third base was his primary home with the Cardinals after starting out as a catcher. Woessner is a 6-4 and 230-pound 22-year-old who helped lead Central Arizona to the Division 1 JUCO World Series championship this spring. "It's a little surprising to me that he stayed off most people's radar this year because he's with the Canadian national team," Johnson said. He hit 12 homers and 15 doubles in 54 games as a junior. O'Rae bats left-handed and runs well with a chance to stick at shortstop, as well. "It's not concerted this year," Brewers vice president of domestic scouting Tod Johnson said of the team's proclivity to go after certain traits. "It is something that we take into account in our decision process and look at. Five of those batters were taken from college and walked more than they struck out this past season; the other, Canadian third-rounder Dylan O'Rae, doesn't have publicly available stats but is cut from the same cloth. Through 10 rounds, the Brewers have selected 11 players, six of whom have been hitters.

Left-handed pitcher Pete Hansen, catcher Silas Ardoin, outfielder Douglas Hodo III and shortstop Trey Faltine, all sophomores but eligible for the MLB Draft ...