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Wyatt Hendrie was drafted in 2021 by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a 7th round draft choice for Pittsburgh and was the 193rd overall pick in this year’s draft. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 15th, 2021 with a signing bonus worth $177,500. He went under slot in the draft by $67,400.

Back in 2019, Hendrie was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round but decided to go to college to improve his draft stock. Hendrie committed to San Diego State where he was very impressive. In 2020 he only played in 16 games because of the cancelation of college athletics due to the pandemic but slashed a .