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SS R.J. Austin Withdraws His Name from MLB Draft

I’ll have more on the top 200 prospect in a coming article on Vanderbilt commits who are (and for Austin and Dutkanych, at least, would have been) likely to be drafted next week. For now, know that the SS from Atlanta, GA will be in Gangster Pajamas next year. This is a good thing.

He’s got a 10/10 rating from Perfect Game, runs a 6.36 60, and has a cannon arm clocked in the low to mid 90s on the mound:

RJ Austin is a 2022 SS/RHP/IF with a 5-11 185 lb.