Riley Pint, the righthanded pitcher out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kansas, has announced his retirement from baseball. Pint, who is just 23, was the #4 overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft.
Pint, who was picked by the Colorado Rockies, was one of the most highly regarded players in the 2016 draft, a big, athletic righthander who touched 102 mph with his fastball as an amateur and who Baseball America had as the #2 overall prospect in the draft. He had control problems in his first pro action in 2016, walking 23 in 37 IP, but still was impressive enough to be a consensus top 50 prospect that offseason.