Pinstripe Alley · Jul 18, 2022
MLB Draft 2022: Yankees select Drew Thorpe 61st overall
Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty ImagesA couple hours ago, the Yankees made Vanderbilt outfielder Spencer Jones their top pick of the 2022 MLB Draft and 25th overall. With the second round back on the opening night of the three-day draft though, Jones doesn’t have the spotlight completely to himself.
So with the 61st overall pick, the Yankees nabbed Drew Thorpe, a right-handed pitcher out of Cal Poly. He’s 21 now but will turn 22 in October, and each of Baseball America (62), MLB Pipeline (61), and The Athletic (66) had him going right around this spot. Brownie points go to MLB Pipeline for nailing it exactly, which is pretty improbable already at this stage of the draft.