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<\/p>\nJack Radel is on his way to the big leagues.<\/p>\n
Radel was taken at pick #28 in the first round, and was the 8th pitcher taken overall.<\/p>\n
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Here’s what MLB.com<\/a> had to say about the pick and the prospect that landed in Houston:<\/p>\n Scouts rated Radel as South Dakota’s top high school prospect in 2023, though he didn’t draw enough interest to divert him from Notre Dame. He immediately became a weekend starter for the Fighting Irish and has improved steadily throughout his three years in South Bend. He has added a couple of ticks of velocity and picked up a cutter as a junior, allowing him to miss more bats than ever and giving him a chance to become Notre Dame’s first pitching first-rounder since Aaron Heilman in 2001.<\/p>\n Though Radel doesn’t have a true plus offering and his pitch shapes are fairly ordinary, he succeeds because of his pitchability and competitiveness. Combining a high release point with good extension gives batters a different look and he pounds the strike zone. He’s a high-floor starter who could fit into the middle of a rotation.<\/p>\n Radel had a great season at Notre Dame in 2026. Here’s what FightingIrish.com<\/a> put together about his strong Junior season:<\/p>\n Started in all 15 of his appearances of the 2026 seasonRecorded 87.2 innings pitched with a 3.29 ERATallied 116 strikeouts by the season\u2019s endPosted a single-game high of 12 strikeouts in a 6-2 win over Stanford (May 1)Logged three or more strikeouts in 14 of his 15 appearances of the seasonRegistered five 10+ strikeout performances on the yearAdded five additional outings with at least eight strikeouts in 2026Had nine inning complete game shutout in a 6-0 win over Clemson (Mar. 20)Added a seven inning complete game win in a 12-2 decision against Boston College (Apr. 24)Set single-season career-highs for innings pitched (87.2), appearances and starts (15), ERA (3.29), complete games (2), strikeouts (116) and wins (8)Finished the 2026 season in the top 50 among NCAA Division I pitchers in complete games (15th), WHIP (17th), strikeouts (19th), strikeout-to-walk ratio (25th), strikeouts per nine innings (41st) and victories (48th)<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Radel joins Marcus Phillips, also a Sioux Falls Roosevelt grad, as recent South Dakota natives to be drafted. Phillips was taken at pick #33 last season after a standout career at Tennessee.<\/p>\n Sources:\u00a0Jack Radel \u2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish \u2013 Official Athletics Website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0MLB Draft Tracker | MLB.com<\/a><\/p>\n The Last Ten Minnesota Twins Seasons<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Bert Remien<\/p>\n The Top 10 NFL Teams in Super Bowl LXI Odds<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Bert Remien<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Radel is on his way to the big leagues. Radel was taken at pick #28 in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[4753,42,5,139,54,3211,4,7164,8094,185,317],"class_list":["post-750981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-astros","tag-articles","tag-astros","tag-baseball","tag-houston","tag-houston-astros","tag-houstonastros","tag-mlb","tag-newsletter","tag-overtime","tag-sports","tag-sports-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116914838835924253","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750981","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=750981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}