2019 Draft - Mets Pick 30.898 - P Justin Lasko - UMass-Amherst

With the 898^th pick (30th round) in the 2019 draft, the Mets picked:

Senior pitcher, Justin Lasko, from U. Mass-Amherst

2019 stats:  14-starts, 3-7, 3.67, 1.20, 88.1-IP, 82-K, 26-BB

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umassathletics - AS A JUNIOR IN 2018: Made 12 appearances as the Friday starter, finishing 5-4 with a team-best 2.52 ERA, three complete games and 63 strikeouts over 82 innings ... Went the distance to wrap up the season at Saint Joseph’s (5/17), picking up the win with a career-high 10 strikeouts, no walks and one run allowed on three hits.

Struck out seven through 7.2 innings, picking up the win at Stony Brook (5/5) ... Took the tough-luck loss in the opener at George Mason (4/27), despite a complete game and six strikeouts ... Was responsible for two runs on nine hits ... Picked up his third win of the season with a five-strikeout complete game vs. La Salle (4/20) ... Struck out four and allowed just one run over eight innings in his start vs. St. Bonaventure (3/30), recording his second win of the season. 

Went five innings in the Richmond series opener (3/23), surrendering three earned runs on nine hits and three walks, striking out four ... Picked up his first win with six shutout innings and five strikeouts vs. Bradley (3/16) ... Had a stretch in that game of nine consecutive batters retired ... 

Threw four innings with five strikeouts in second start vs. Central Connecticut (3/11) … Received a no-decision in the season opener against Pittsburgh (3/2), scattering six hits over 5.1 innings and allowing just one run while fanning three.

umassathletics. - University of Massachusetts alumnus and right-handed pitcher Justin Lasko, a native of Stratford, Connecticut, has been selected by the New York Mets in the Major League Baseball First-Year Draft, the organization announced on Wednesday. Lasko was taken in the 30th round with the 898th overall pick.

Lasko is the 57th Minuteman to be drafted all-time and the first since 2014.

Lasko, a four-year member of the squad and three-year ace, wrapped up his UMass career this past Spring with a 3.47 ERA and 15-18 record. He graduated in possession of multiple program records, including career starts (48), innings pitched (311.1) and strikeouts (247).

In the 2019 regular season, Lasko led the Atlantic 10 Conference in innings pitched (88.1), complete games (4) and shutouts (2) plus ranked tied for fifth with 82 strikeouts. Lasko had seven quality starts, including the only recorded Maddux in the league–a 96-pitch, four-hit shutout of George Washington on April 12. Lasko also picked up A-10 Pitcher of the Week laurels on March 4.