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Pirates Select Thomas Harrington with the 36th Overall Pick

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With the 36th overall pick in the 2022 MLB draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington out of Campbell University.

Harrington is 6’2″, 185 pounds and 21 years old. He was a walk-on to Campbell University, where he had a 3.45 ERA in 75.2 innings as a freshman last year. He also had a .226 BAA and a 75:28 SO/BB ratio. This year as a sophomore, he improved to a 2.53 ERA in 92.2 innings, with a .204 BAA and an extremely impressive 111:18 SO/BB ratio.

According to Baseball America, who rated him 48th in this draft class, his best pitches are his changeup and slider, which both get 55 grades. His control gets a 60 grade, while his fastball is a 50 and the curve is below average. He throws 90-93 MPH, but has hit 96 MPH this spring. His slider is low-80s, his changeup mid-80s and both pitches have a high whiff rate. They believe he still has plenty of projection in his frame and he’s very athletic on the mound. He’s one of the best strike-throwers in this draft class.

MLB Pipeline adds the he repeats his delivery well and they believe he has one of the highest floors among all college pitchers in this draft class. Right now he’s projected to be a #3 starter. They also like his changeup a little better than the slider, but that pitch still grades well. They also believe the curve is a clear fourth pitch.

Here’s some extra info from Kiley McDaniel

Here’s the player page for Harrington

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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