7/15/21

2021 MLB Draft - Mets Pick # 17.502 - LHP - Nick Zwack (UPDATED) New Info + Mack's Spin

 


Nick Zwack


Xavier        Senior        6-3        230


Mack's spin - 

Any time a school starts an article with the word "standout". you wake up and keep reading.

I knew nothing about Nick until I compiled this but I do like what I am hearing.

Anither no risk college starter that could wind up being a reliever...  or... could lightning strike here?


7-13-21 - Xavier -

 

Xavier baseball standout Nick Zwack was selected by the New York Mets in the 17th Round of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Zwack, a left-handed pitcher who recently completed his senior season for the Musketeers, was the 502nd pick overall. He is the 18th Musketeer selected in the MLB Draft since 2005, with at least one Xavier player selected in six of the last eight years.

 

Zwack was a First Team All-BIG EAST selection following the 2021 season, pitching a team-leading 80.0 innings in 15 appearances, including 14 starts. The senior lefty posted a 3.15 ERA while limiting opposing batters to a .231 average at the plate, and collected a team-high six wins, including three complete games, and picked up a save. For his Xavier career, Zwack has 15 wins, 12th most in program history.


2021 stats - 15-G, 14-starts, 6-5, 3.15, 80-IP, 75-K, 33-BB


2020 (As A Junior)


• BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (3/4)


Made four starts for the Musketeers, posting a 2.31 ERA and collecting a record of 2-2 for the abbreviated season against the No. 2 ranked strength of schedule...In 23.1 innings pitched, a team-high,allowed just six earned runs on 10 hits and nine walks, while striking out a team-high 28...Allowed just two hits in 5.2 innings in a win at Memphis, striking out nine, which matched his season-high, also set in a 7.0 inning outing against No. 17 Long Beach State...In win at Charleston, went 7.0 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with seven strikeouts...Was named the No. 3 on D1Baseball's list of Top Junior Pitchers following the season.


1 comment:

Tom Brennan said...

Always love a good lefty