Pitching Prospect John Swanda Talks with Halos Heaven

John Swanda was selected as a pitcher by Billy Eppler and the Angels in the 4th round of the 2017 draft. What is notable about that is he was the Gatorade High School Player of The Year in Iowa as a combination shortstop/pitcher, so he is obviously a talented two way player and just now settling into fully developing his pitching.

John currently sits #29 in MLB Pipeline’s list of Angels prospects after deciding to turn professional rather than accept a scholarship offer from Nebraska and play under former Halo Darin Erstad.

Between morning workouts and an afternoon team meeting, John was kind enough to spend a few minutes going over his baseball journey to this point, his goals, and the…