Westborough native Ian Seymour was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round
Seymour is the earliest pitcher to be drafted out of Virginia Tech since 2002.
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Westborough’s Ian Seymour, a junior at Virginia Tech, was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round of the MLB Draft (57th overall).
We’ve made our pick at #57
Ian Seymour, from Virginia Tech pic.twitter.com/iCvkZSY9S0
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 11, 2020
Seymour ranked 115 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 200 Draft Prospects list.
After four starts in a pandemic-shortened junior season, Seymour’s name was in the Virginia Tech record books. The left-handed pitcher ranks first in strikeouts per nine innings (10.77), third in lowest opponent batting average (.243), sixth in strikeouts (191) and lowest ERA (3.83), and seventh in starts (30) and most pickoffs (5).
He threw 20.1 innings in 2020, striking out 40 and walking just five.
Ian Seymour, LHP Virginia Tech (Today’s Pre-Draft Bullpen)
2020 Season stats: 20.1IP 40Ks/5BBs. 0.89WHIP
17.7K/9— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 10, 2020
A graduate of St. John’s in Shrewsbury, Seymour helped the Pioneers to a Super 8 title in 2017, when he earned tournament MVP honors.
Seymour is the earliest pitcher to be drafted out of Virginia Tech since 2002 and the school’s highest overall pick since 2014.
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