The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced they have drafted right-handed pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski with the 31st overall selection in the Competitive Balance A round of the 2020 First-Year Player Draft.

The 21-year-old Mlodzinski was a Baseball America second-team pre-season All-American selection as a redshirt sophomore in 2020 at the University of South Carolina. In four starts this season with the Gamecocks, Mlodzinski went 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 25.1 innings of work.

Mlodzinski pitched for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2019, where he went 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA (29.1ip/7er) and 40 strikeouts in six starts after being limited to three starts for South Carolina due to a broken foot.

Mlodzinski struck out 43 batters in 35.2 innings in 19 appearances (seven starts) as a freshman in 2018 with the Gamecocks.

Prior to playing for the University of South Carolina, Mlodzinski was the state's 4A Player-of-the-Year in 2017. He was also tabbed as a Rawlings-Perfect Game honorable mention All-American and Atlantic All-Region first-team selection in 2017.