NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt right-handed pitcher Thomas Schultz was selected in the ninth round with the 255th overall pick of the 2023 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Washington Nationals on Monday.
Schultz to the @Nationals. #VandyBoys | #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/aRKOv7DAVd
— Vanderbilt Baseball (@VandyBoys) July 10, 2023
The senior from Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, posted a career 3.38 ERA over 62 appearances and 125.1 innings as a Commodore. Schultz recorded 10 career saves with eight of those coming as a junior in 2022. The righty closed out his 2023 campaign with 9.2 scoreless innings, including 4.0 shutout frames against Alabama in Vandy’s win at the SEC Tournament.
Schultz is the fifth Commodore selected in this year’s draft after Enrique Bradfield Jr. was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round, Hunter Owen was taken in the fourth round by the Kansas City Royals, Patrick Reilly was selected in the fifth round by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Nick Maldonado went to the Miami Marlins in the eighth round.
The draft continues through Round 10 on Monday before wrapping up with Rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.
