Red Sox select Kansas P Ryan Zeferjahn in third round of MLB Draft

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The Red Sox used their third-round pick in the 2019 MLB Draft Tuesday on Kansas pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn 107th overall. 

The right-hander was a four-year junior at the University of Kansas, earning an All-Big-12 first team selection this season. In 2019, Zeferjahn went 5-2 with a 3.97 ERA and 107 strikeouts to 44 walks over 88.1 innings. 

Known for his fastball and 6-foot-5, 225 pound frame, Zeferjahn is seen as a player with the tools to become a legitimate starting pitcher in the big leagues if he can develop his command. If not, he projects as a reliever. 

Zeferjahn, a Topeka native, joins a Red Sox farm system in need of quality young pitchers. None of Boston's minor league pitchers sniff the top-10 LHP or RHP lists, according to MLB.com. Darwinson Hernandez and Jay Groome, both lefties, are the Red Sox's top-rated pitchers. 

The selection was the Red Sox third pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, taking Cameron Cannon and Matthew Lugo in the second round. Their next selection will come in the fourth round at 137th overall and then 30 picks later at 157th overall in the fifth round. 

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