TROY, Ala. – Troy fireball right-hander Zach Fruit has been invited to the 2023 MLB Draft Combine June 19-24 at Chase Field in Phoenix in advance of next month's MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Fruit, whose fastball tops out at 97 mph, started the year in Troy's rotation before moving to the bullpen, where he recorded five saves over 14 relief appearances. A Dundee, Mich., native, Fruit averaged 11.9 strikeouts per nine innings in his lone season with the Trojans, a drastic increase from his 8.6 rate in 2022 at Eastern Michigan.
He struck out six batters in 5.