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2019 Draft Preview No. 2: Pitching Favourites

The 2019 draft looks thin on pitching, particularly in terms of college players. That seems to be a pattern pretty much across the sport right now; for whatever reason, we’re in a bit of a down period for pitching. A handful of years ago, it seemed there wasn’t enough hitting to go around; these days, TINSTAAPP is king and we can’t seem to find anything but hybrid relievers and glorified swingmen.

That being said, there are still some very intriguing pitching talents in this year’s draft, even if they aren’t quite the highlights of the class that pitchers might be some other years.