{"id":396092,"date":"2026-07-13T00:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396092\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:13:05","slug":"ucsd-pitcher-drafted-in-fifth-round-of-mlb-draft-local-high-schoolers-shut-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/396092\/","title":{"rendered":"UCSD pitcher drafted in fifth round of MLB draft; local high schoolers shut out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injuries, college commitments and the NCAA\u2019s name, image and likeness rules put a major dent in this year\u2019s MLB draft for San Diego\u2019s pro prospects.<\/p>\n

There were 10 college players with local ties chosen during the two-day draft, but no local high schoolers were picked.<\/p>\n

All 30 MLB teams passed on University City High School first baseman\/left-handed pitcher AJ Curry as well as Torrey Pines left-hander Justin Jutronich, two of San Diego\u2019s highly touted high school players.<\/p>\n

Curry has a lucrative NIL deal with Tennessee. Jutronich, who is headed to UC Santa Barbara, a school noted for its pitching, was injured for much of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Cathedral Catholic\u2019s big three \u2014 shortstop Alex Harrington, center fielder Hunter Harrington and right-handed pitcher Shoei Darvish \u2014 also went undrafted.<\/p>\n

\"HunterHunter Harrington #11 of Cathedral Catholic is caught in a rundown in the third inning. St. John Bosco played Cathedral Catholic on June 2, 2026 in BellflowerCA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n

The Harrington twins are both headed to Stanford.<\/p>\n

Darvish, the son of Padres pitcher Yu Darvish, was injured at the end of the season and will play collegiately at UC San Diego.<\/p>\n

UCSD right-hander Steele Murdock was the first player with local ties taken in the draft, going to the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round.<\/p>\n

Murdock, who had a 17-strikeout game against UC Santa Barbara, boasts a fastball that sits at 93-95 mph and has touched 99.<\/p>\n

He was one of three UCSD players chosen, with shortstop Anthony Postestio going to the Yankees in the 11th round and catcher Gabe Camacho, who set a school record with 16 home runs, being taken by the Cardinals in the 18th round.<\/p>\n

Camacho played at La Costa Canyon High School.<\/p>\n

Max Bayles, a right-handed pitcher from Santa Clara who prepped at Cathedral Catholic, was taken by the Twins in the seventh round. He struck out 104 battersd in 71 innings this season.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Isaiah Lane was chosen by the Twins in the 13th rond. Lane played collegiately at Oklahoma, USD and then Hope International after starring at Eastlake. <\/a><\/p>\n

USD had a pair of players chosen, with catcher Jayden Lubliner going to the Cardinals in the ninth round and right-hander Diego Gutierrez going to the Orioles in the 17th round.<\/p>\n

Lubliner, who hit .296 with 10 homers and 39 RBIs, was the West Coast Conference\u2019s Defensive Player of the Year. Gutierrez was 5-4 with a 6.61 ERA, but had 88 strikeouts in 66 innings.<\/p>\n

San Diego State had three players taken \u2014 right-hander Rohan Luttow (Pirates, 12th round), center fielder Jake Jackson (Angels, 20th round) and catcher Anthony Marnell IV (A\u2019s, 20th round).<\/p>\n

Lettow was 6-1 with a 3.79 ERA, striking out 92 batters in 78 innings.<\/p>\n

Jackson, who played at Madison High School, led the Aztecs with a .338 average, 15 homers and 49 RBIs. He\u2019s also an outstanding defender, but scouts were scared off because he strikes out 23% of the time.<\/p>\n

Marnell, who is known for his defense, hit .257 with four homers and 30 RBIs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injuries, college commitments and the NCAA\u2019s name, image and likeness rules put a major dent in this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1327,2044,181,74,76,75,127],"class_list":["post-396092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-college-sports","tag-high-school-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}