ARLINGTON, Texas — A deep flyout to center field told Randy Mazey everything he needed to know about JJ Wetherholt.
It was the summer of 2019, and Mazey, the longtime head coach at West Virginia University, was overseeing a prospect camp in Morgantown. Wetherholt, now a likely top-10 pick in Sunday’s 2024 MLB Draft, was then just a high school sophomore, one who was struggling mightily with pulling the baseball.
Wetherholt’s contact quality was spectacular, Mazey remembers, but none of the batted balls from the left-handed-hitting shortstop was heading to right field. So the head ball coach, who retired last month after a 12-year run leading the Mountaineers, called the youngster over.