Moving on to the Yankees sixth round pick in the 2017 MLB
First Year Players Draft and you guessed it. The Yankees took a pitcher. This
time New York took a left-handed pitcher out of Augustana College in South
Dakota named Dalton Lehnen. Let’s meet the junior left-handed pitcher. This is
Meet a Prospect: The Dalton Lehnen Edition.
Lehnen stands at 6’2” and 195 lbs. and began his collegiate
career at the University of Cincinnati before transferring to Augustana College
in South Dakota. In 2017 Lehnen made 11 appearances, 10 of them as a starting
pitcher, striking out 61 batters to just 20 walks in 52 innings while posting a
2.60 ERA. Those stats intrigued the Yankees enough to take Lehnen with the 182nd
overall pick in the draft.
Lehnen is not going to light up the radar gun some like some
Yankees prospects as his fastball sits comfortably around 92 MPH, although
Lehnen can touch 96 MPH when the southpaw needs to, with a raw breaking ball
that can use some work.
Although Lehnen is a college pitcher he is still considered
to be at least three-to-four years away from the Major Leagues on the
optimistic side of things. It could take Lehnen all six years to make the show
if he makes it at all. The good news for the Yankees and for Lehnen though is
that this can all be accomplished with hard work and time and Lehnen has plenty
of both if he signs.
Welcome to the organization, unofficially of course, and
more importantly welcome to the family Dalton!
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