The Atlanta Braves defied all of the mocks – as usual – and selected Jared Shuster, a 6’-3, 210 pound junior out of Wake Forest who called New Bedford, Mass. home.
Before this season started, most scouting reports described Shuster as a crafty lefty... code words for late-round or back of the rotation arm without a high ceiling. The description fit him as a sophomore, when his fastball sat at 88-92, with secondary pitches that were a work in progress.
He walked over five batters per nine in his first two years and had an ERA north of six.