Washington Nationals’ Assistant General Manager and Vice President, Scouting Operations, Kris Kline, talked shortly after the club drafted Mason Denaburg, (a 6’3’’, 190-pound right-hander, who went 5-1 with a 1.27 ERA in 35 1⁄3 innings over eight starts during his senior season at Merritt Island High School in Florida, striking out 73 batters and walking just 10), with the 27th overall pick in 2018’s MLB Draft, about what the team got in the pitcher they chose with their top pick that year.
“Very, very good makeup kid, tremendous competitor, good delivery, clean action, has that starter look about him,” Kline told reporters on the night of the 2018 Draft.