Mets Draft - Pick 15 - RHP - Owen Woodward - Houston

 

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SENIOR (2024) 

Pitched 4.1 perfect innings in his first start of the year against Texas (4/12). 

Struck out a career-high 10 Texas hitters while allowing just one hit in his first start (4/12).

 Struck out multiple hitters in all 10 appearances. 

Tied for fifth on the team with 36 strikeouts. 

Averaged 13.9 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. 

Tied for the team-lead with just four walks allowed. 

 

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Round 15, Pick No. 443: RHP Owen Woodward, Houston 

Woodward allowed 14 runs in 23.1 innings (5.40 ERA) this season for the Cougars while sporting an impressive 9:1 strikeout to walk ratio. 

 

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Round 15, Pick No. 443: RHP Owen Woodward, Houston 

Started at Lubbock Christian University and transferred to Weatherford College but pitched the last two years at Houston. He suffered an elbow injury in April during a game vs Texas. He pitched in 10 games (1 start) with seven of those being more than one inning. In 23.1 innings he struck out 36 while only surrendering four walks. When healthy, he has a three-pitch mix, his fastball sits 92-94 MPH and will get up to 96 and he has a slider and changeup as well. 

 

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Woodward made 10 appearances for the Cougars, with one start, a 4.2 inning 10-strikeout appearance where he spun 4.1 perfect innings. The start against Texas was Woodward's last for the Cougars in 2024. The righty finished the season with a 5.40 ERA over 23.1 innings with 36 strikeouts against 97 batters faced while walking just four hitters. In his final two outings for Houston, Woodward struck out 15 hitters in 7.2 innings while only allowing two earned runs with just one walk against Texas Tech and Texas.

 

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A Texas junior college baseball pitcher intended to make the University of Houston his next stop, but it's unclear if that's still the case now after he was booted from his current team for attacking an opposing player from the Houston area.

According to our partners at the Houston Chronicle, Weatherford College pitcher Owen Woodward signed a national letter of intent to play for the Coogs in the 2022-23 academic year. The Chronicle says that UH's baseball coach told them they are monitoring the situation after punishments came down from North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference following the dustup that saw Woodward tackle hitter Josh Phillips and knock him to the ground during a game on Wednesday. 

Woodward won't be on the roster for Weatherford College anymore either. Head baseball coach Jeff Lightfoot said the sophomore is no longer on the team. That comes after the conference enacted a four-game suspension for the tackle. 

Woodward has received additional discipline from Weatherford for the incident, but because of college policy and federal regulations protecting student privacy, the college did not release any details. 

In a previous statement, the school said the pitcher's disciplinary action could include expulsion.

 On Wednesday, Weatherford, west of Fort Worth, hosted North Central Texas. 

In the top of the sixth inning, Phillips, a freshman from the Cypress area, hit a go-ahead home run. 

As he was rounding the bases and celebrating with his third base coach, Woodward threw down his glove, charged and hit him, knocking off Phillips' helmet. 

Phillips got back up and made it to home plate anyway, and umpires suspended the game. 

After the hit, Phillips' teammates ran out to third base, with some piling on top of Woodward.

  

Mack – 

Interesting pick that I never thought would happen in this draft. 

Woodward has talent and, originally, I would say he needs a year at a top school like Houston to hone his craft, but one tackle probably took that option off the table. 

I’m surprised Cohen & Co. went for this kind of player.