The Red Sox went with some high-end college pitching with their third pick of this year's MLB June Amateur Draft Tuesday.
With the 107th overall pick the Sox took righty hurler Ryan Zeferjahn.
Here's @RedSox third-rounder Ryan Zeferjahn. pic.twitter.com/JG6XXqrTLX
— Josh Norris (@jnorris427)
June 4, 2019 The Kansas University ace excelled in his junior year this season, finishing second in the Big 12 in strikeouts, with 107 in 88.1 innings, and recorded a 5-2 record, a 3.97 earned-run average and a 1.18 WHIP.
Zeferjahn, a Topeka, Kansas native, had been taken in the 37th round out of high school by the Rays in 2016.
Even in his most embarrassing moment -- awkwardly throwing a pitch that became a somewhat viral video -- the big righty managed to come out of it looking good, responding on Twitter: “Who said pitchers aren’t athletes? ... Happens to the best of ’em.”
Bless his heart @KUBaseball pic.twitter.com/HNriY7Fe3s
— Foul Pole Sports (@FoulPoleSports)
March 16, 2019
