Tennessee’s best high school pitcher of any class made history Monday being selected 7th overall in the 2018 Major League 
Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres. LHP Ryan Weathers led his Mustang team to the finals of the TSSAA Class A Championship. His record throughout the season was 11-0, (34-4) with 135 K’s and 8 walks. He gave up 1 earned run in 69&1/3 innings. Ryan will be following his dad David who spent 15 years in the majors and was one of the best.
Writer John Sickels-majorleagueball.com says about Weathers, “So what we have here is an athletic guy with three pitches who knows how to use them, with guts and big league bloodlines. High school pitchers are an inherently risky demographic but Weathers looks safer than most.”
Sickels added, “And as an aside, he’s my favorite high school pitcher in the draft.”
Weathers was also selected as the national Gatorade Baseball Player of The Year and Tennessee Gatorade Player of The Year.
Weathers had committed to the Vanderbilt Commodores. He’ll wait to see what the Padres will offer. Big decisions to come for Weathers.
#7 pick of the 2018 MLB Draft – Ryan Weathers, Loretto, TN! CONGRATULATIONS RYAN WEATHERS!!!!!!
Posted by Loretto Mustangs Baseball on Monday, June 4, 2018