2019 Draft - Mets Pick 19.568 - P Hunter Parsons - Maryland

With the 568^th pick (19^th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked:

Senior pitcher Hunter Parsons, from Maryland.

2019 stats:  15-starts, 10-3, 3.45, 1.15, 104.1-IP, 78-K

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delmarvanow - Former Parkside ace Hunter Parsons has been selected in the 19th Round of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets.

Parsons, who just finished his senior season with the University of Maryland, was taken by the Mets with the 568th pick.

The right-hander was named the Bayside Conference Pitcher of the Year his senior season and was previously drafted by the Cleveland Indians prior to enrolling at Maryland. He threw a no-hitter for the Rams in an April 2015 victory over JMB.

umterps - As a Senior (2019): Started 15 games and notched a 10-3 record…his 10 wins is the third-most in a single season in Maryland history and he is one of just two pitchers in Maryland history with double digit wins in a season (Mike Shawaryn)…ended the regular season at the Big Ten leader in wins (9) and innings pitched (97.0)…

Finished with a 3.45 ERA in 104 and 1/3 innings…struck out 78 to 32 walks and hitters batted .232 against him (15th in Big Ten)…went over 100 pitches in 12-of-15 starts…earned the first win of his season, tossing eight shutout innings with five strikeouts…struck out six over seven innings and allowed one run in a win at Louisiana (3/1)…

Struck out a career high 10 in seven shutout innings at Stetson (3/8)…matched that career high 10 strikeouts with no walks in eight innings against Creighton (3/22)…gave up just two hits over eight shutout innings against Indiana (3/29)…notched wins at Northwestern (4/12) and against Ohio State (4/20)…struck out nine over seven innings at Penn State (4/26)…

Struck out eight over seven innings at Minnesota (5/10)…went eight innings and earned a win in his final home start against Iowa (5/16)…went seven and two thirds of an inning to notch a win at the Big Ten Tournament against third-seeded Illinois (5/22).