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JOHN

Spotlight

GHYZEL

drafted by the

Cincinnati Reds

JOHN GHYZEL, a pitcher from the baseball
team who recently just completed his junior
season for the Yellowjackets, has been drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2017 Major League
Baseball Amateur Draft.

Ghyzel, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound, right-hander, was
selected with the second pick of the 18th round,
which took place on June 14, 2017. In 2017, he
went 3-2 on the mound in nine appearances
(eight starts) for Rochester and tossed 42.1
innings, nishing with a 4.25 ERA and a team
high 50 strikeouts. For his career at Rochester,
he is 11-5 with a 3.97 ERA and 127 strikeouts in
136 innings. The Centreville, Virginia, native is a
two-time All-Liberty League performer, earning
First Team accolades in 2016. He becomes just
the second University of Rochester pitcher to
be drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft, joining
pitcher Michael Weiermiller, who was selected in
the 14th round by the Minnesota Twins in 1981.
Weiermiller played two seasons in the minors
with the Twins organization.

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