ASHLAND — Ashland University pitcher Brandyn Sittinger was drafted on Saturday by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.
The junior righthander was taken No. 505 overall in the annual player selection process.
It’s the second consecutive year an Ashland University pitcher has been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. In 2015 Art Warren was selected and became a Midwest League All-Star in less than a year. Sittinger is the eighth Eagle to be drafted.
In 2016, Sittinger was 11-0 with a 2.23 earned-run average in 14 appearances (13 starts). In 88 2/3 innings, he struck out 131 and allowed 65 hits, 27 runs (22 earned) and 40 walks.
Following his junior season, Sittinger has racked up several postseason honors, including three All-American awards, three Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year laurels and three first-team All-Midwest Region spots. In addition, he was a finalist for the 2016 Brett Tomko Award (D2 Baseball News national Pitcher of the Year), is the 2016 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, earned spots on the All-Midwest Region and All-GLIAC Tournament teams and was named first-team All-GLIAC, GLIAC South Division Pitcher of the Week three times and CoSIDA Academic All-District.
He’s also led the GLIAC in strikeouts the past two seasons, after transferring to Ashland from Marshall.
