Buckeye pitcher Seth Lonsway, a left hander from Celina, Ohio, is the 108th Ohio State player ever taken in the MLB amateur draft. © Courtesy of Ohio State Athletics Ohio State pitcher Seth Lonsway was regarded as a possible second- or third-round pick going into the MLB amateur draft this month, but he was not selected. The Giants selected Lonsway in the sixth round with pick No. 176. The 22-year-old Lonsway had the best strikeout rate (21.0 per nine innings) in NCAA Division I baseball in 2020 as a redshirt sophomore, but went unpicked in the following draft — a draft which was limited to five rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This past season, he led the Buckeyes with 98 strikeouts. Over the course of his collegiate career, Lonsway developed a reputation for throwing a powerful curveball and compiled a 12-11 record while posting a combined ERA of 3.89. He was taken in the 19th…
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