\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEver since he first walked onto a baseball field, Ryan Piech has always been cool and collected.One of the best pitchers this season for the Xavier Musketeers, Piech has been around baseball for much of his life. Starting his career in the outfield in the Cleveland suburbs, Piech quickly put down the bat.\u201cI couldn\u2019t see, I didn\u2019t know that, ended up having to get contacts. So, I couldn\u2019t see the baseball. So that was kind of a big problem hitting,\u201d Piech said.It worked out for the best, because Ryan has become a stellar pitcher and led Xavier\u2019s pitching staff after the Musketeers were the only team to offer him out of high school.\u201cI\u2019ve been a Musketeer for a while. It\u2019s kind of special to see it come full circle,\u201d Piech said. Just like that pesky sight problem, Piech\u2019s career has been defined by injuries \u2013 most notably Tommy John Surgery his freshman year and labrum surgery to shave part of his femur during his junior year.Through it all, Piech\u2019s true character came out. He focused on being a good teammate and learned things about himself. When he got back on the field, he was lights out.A two-time All-Big East selection, Ryan led the Muskies with a 3.41 ERA last season.Piech is one of the top pitching prospects in this year\u2019s Major League Baseball Draft. The kid who once needed glasses can now see his future clearly.\u201cI have done everything that I can to set myself up,\u201d he said. \u201cJust excited to keep getting better and see where that takes me.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Ever since he first walked onto a baseball field, Ryan Piech has always been cool and collected.<\/p>\n
One of the best pitchers this season for the Xavier Musketeers, Piech has been around baseball for much of his life. <\/p>\n
Starting his career in the outfield in the Cleveland suburbs, Piech quickly put down the bat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t see, I didn\u2019t know that, ended up having to get contacts. So, I couldn\u2019t see the baseball. So that was kind of a big problem hitting,\u201d Piech said.<\/p>\n
It worked out for the best, because Ryan has become a stellar pitcher and led Xavier\u2019s pitching staff after the Musketeers were the only team to offer him out of high school.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been a Musketeer for a while. It\u2019s kind of special to see it come full circle,\u201d Piech said. <\/p>\n
Just like that pesky sight problem, Piech\u2019s career has been defined by injuries \u2013 most notably Tommy John Surgery his freshman year and labrum surgery to shave part of his femur during his junior year.<\/p>\n
Through it all, Piech\u2019s true character came out. He focused on being a good teammate and learned things about himself. When he got back on the field, he was lights out.<\/p>\n
A two-time All-Big East selection, Ryan led the Muskies with a 3.41 ERA last season.<\/p>\n
Piech is one of the top pitching prospects in this year\u2019s Major League Baseball Draft. The kid who once needed glasses can now see his future clearly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have done everything that I can to set myself up,\u201d he said. \u201cJust excited to keep getting better and see where that takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since he first walked onto a baseball field, Ryan Piech has always been cool and collected.One of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[29428,5,3313,5765,81850,92442,2291,4,1586,92444,6086,92445,73574,6408,4767,92443,18390,4020,9243],"class_list":["post-744442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-draft","tag-adversity","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-field","tag-career","tag-era-last-season","tag-freshman-year","tag-major-league-baseball-draft","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-draft","tag-muskies","tag-part","tag-pesky-sight-problem","tag-ryan-piech","tag-tommy-john-surgery","tag-top-prospect","tag-two-time-all-big-east-selection","tag-upcoming-mlb-draft","tag-xavier","tag-xavier-musketeers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116871982274210797","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}