Max Meyer #23

Selected by Miami in the 2020 first round of the First Year Player Draft...Competed for the USA Collegiate National Team in 2019. Appeared in four games, including three starts and recorded a 0.64 ERA across 14 innings, striking out 12 batters. Started USA’s season-opening game against Cuba, firing four scoreless innings with four strikeout. Named Outstanding Pitcher of the 2019 USA vs. Cuba International Friendship Series. Made 16 appearances on the mound including 11 starts, finishing 5-3 with a 2.11 ERA and two saves in 76.2 innings, striking out a team-high 87 batters for Minnesota. Played in 35 games including 30 starts. Hit .256 with one home run, four doubles, 12 RBI and 15 runs scored...As a freshman in 2018, named to the All-Big Ten First Team and tied the program record with 16 saves while making the seventh-most appearances all-time for the Gophers with 16. Posted a 2-3 record and 2.06 ERA...Also played hockey for Woodbury High School, lettering three years as a forward. Selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 34th round of the 2017 MLB Draft but went to the University of Minnesota instead...His father played football and mother played soccer each while attending St. Olaf College.

2020

Selected by the Marlins in the first round (3rd overall) in the 2020 Draft out of the University of Minnesota. Tied Paul Molitor (1977) as the highest MLB Draft pick in Minnesota program history and the second-highest pick in Big Ten history...As a Junior in 2020, named an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Academic All-Big Ten. Named the Big Ten’s Most Impressive Pitcher for the 2020 season by D1Baseball. Made four starts for the Gophers on the mound, finishing with a team-low 1.95 ERA and team-high 46 strikeouts across 27.2 innings on the mound. Concluded the year tied for fifth in the nation in strikeouts (46) while leading the Big Ten in that category. Finished the season with a 14.96 K/9. Also played in 11 games including seven starts as a designated hitter. Hit .185 with one double, two runs scored, four RBI and a stolen base.