Did you have a second to grab a snack between draft picks? Okay good, neither did I.
The MLB Draft rolls on in Day 2, and the Yankees have made their sixth-round selection. It will be their fourth college righty in the last five picks: Texas Tech pitcher Chase Hampton. He’ll turn 21 on August 7th and though he wasn’t among MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft Prospects, Baseball America’s ranking went longer. That was enough for Hampton to make it at No. 291.
In two seasons for the Red Raiders, Hampton has a 4.