There’s no such thing as too much pitching, and that applies to every level of the game. The Yankees have added a lot of pitching, exclusively from the college levels so far, in this year’s draft, and they continued doing so in the ninth round by selecting Matt Keating with the 280th overall pick.
Keating is a reliever from the University of Southern California (USC), and though he is listed as a two-way player he’s almost exclusively a pitcher going forward. Keating got just 11 at-bats in 2022, going 0-for-11 with two walks and one RBI, but he was recruited for his arm and he delivered on the mound — he posted a 3.