By: Chris Harlan
Monday, July 14, 2025 | 8:28 PM
Christopher Horner | TribLive
Montour pitcher Dylan Mathiesen throws against West Mifflin during their PIAA Class 4A state semifinal on Monday, June 13, 2022, at North Allegheny High School.
Kent State’s Jake Casey (21) runs the bases against Pitt on March 19.
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Two former WPIAL baseball players were selected Monday in the MLB Draft with one picked by his hometown team.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted 2022 Montour graduate Dylan Mathiesen, a right-handed pitcher at Liberty, while the Toronto Blue Jays chose 2021 Upper St. Clair grad Jake Casey, an outfielder at Kent State. Casey is the son of former MLB all-star Sean Casey.
The Pirates used a 13th-round pick on Mathiesen, a 5-foot-10 junior who pitched two seasons at Liberty after starting his career at Cal (Pa.). This spring he went 2-4 with a 5.07 ERA in 17 starts with 84 strikeouts in 65⅔ innings.
As a high school senior, Mathiesen went 7-1 for Montour with 100 strikeouts in 70 innings.
Casey, a senior, was picked by the Blue Jays in the 15th round. The 6-2, 190-pound outfielder batted .356 with 17 home runs and 55 RBIs this past season.
Congratulations to pitcher Dylan Mathiesen on being selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2025 @MLBDraft . pic.twitter.com/CS5qQzEibz
— Liberty Baseball (@LibertyBaseball) July 14, 2025
🚨 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗗 🚨
Jake Casey is headed to the Toronto Blue Jays organization.#GoFlashes⚡️ | #BiteDown pic.twitter.com/nS2izFQwPk
— Kent State Baseball (@KentStBaseball) July 14, 2025
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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