Hopes
Over the past five years, Division I college baseball has produced eight lefties drafted in the first round (top 30 picks).
2023: Nothing
2022: Cooper HjerpeOregon State, 22nd overall
2021: Jordan WicksKansas State, 21st
2020: Asa LacyTexas A&M, 4th. Reid DetmersLouisville, 10th. Garrett CrochetTennessee, 11. Jared ShusterWake Forest, 25th
2019: Nick LodoloTCU, 7. Zack ThompsonKentucky, 19. Ethan SmallMississippi State, 28th.
2020 will forever be known as the Covid draft, and will go down as the gold standard with four first-round college lefties. Although Lacy struggled, Detmers made an immediate impact[…]
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