Cooper is a conventional pick by the front office with a large 6 foot 5, 220 pounds stature. Cooper, 22, had Tommy John surgery in 2015 and was drafted by the Washington Nationals last year but elected to return for his junior season.
Morgan Cooper has a fastball that sits at the low 90’s but could occasionally touch 95 on the radar guns. There was chatter before the draft that Cooper could sneak into the back end of the first round, but it may be that Cooper’s injury concern pushed him back to the second round.
Cooper has had two solid seasons with Texas, the first coming during his freshman season where he posted a sub three ERA in 56 innings.