With their 12th round pick, 367th overall,
in the 2018 MLB First Year Players Draft the New York Yankees selected Matt
Pita, an outfielder from the Virginia Military Institute. Imagine that, the
Yankees drafted someone, and it wasn’t an experienced college starting pitcher.
Let’s meet the man that “defied the odds.” This is Meet a Prospect: The Matt
Pita Edition.
Pits stands just 5’10’ and weighs in at 175 lbs. which
immediately, based on size, garners comparisons to the Yankees current left
fielder Brett Gardner. Gardner is left-handed while Pita is right-handed, but
both can swing the bat well, which was never more evident than during Pita’s
three years at VMI. At VMI the outfielder slashed .359/.428/.639 including a
.389/.459/.721 here in 2018.
Pita, now 21-years old, is beginning to develop power which
translated to 41 extra-base hits in 2018. Here is what the VMI athletics page
had to say about Pita prior to the draft:
“18 OF HIS 55 HITS WENT FOR EXTRA BASES…FINISHED FIFTH IN
THE SOCON (BIG SOUTHERN CONFERENCE) IN BATTING AVERAGE AND EIGHTH IN SLUGGING
PERCENTAGE (.583)…CLOSED OUT THE YEAR ON A 10-GAME HITTING STREAK, EIGHT OF
WHICH WERE MULTI-HIT GAMES.”
Matt has already signed with the Yankees so congratulations
to him and to his family. Welcome to the organization and welcome to the
Yankees family. You can follow Matt on twitter by giving @Matt_Pita a follow.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)