Fansided · Jul 10, 2023
2023 MLB Draft: Gamecock pitcher goes in 4th round
South Carolina baseball starting pitcher Will Sanders came into the 2023 season as a projected 1st round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft. Things did not go as planned for the 6’6″ right-hander this season, however. Sanders struggled for most of the year and battled a mysterious lower body injury during the second half of the year.
Sanders did look better when he returned to the field in the postseason. Sanders pitched in a bullpen role in both the regional and super regional rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and he showed off one of the country’s best sliders. He racked up big strikeout totals in the Columbia regional, relying heavily on that wipeout slider.