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Oregon signee Noble Meyer selected in first round of 2023 MLB Draft

Jarrid Denneyby:Jarrid Denney•07/10/23•

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The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft kicked off on Sunday, and Oregon’s top ’23 signee heard his name called early.

Noble Meyer, a right-handed pitcher from Jesuit High School in Portland, was selected 10th overall by the Miami Marlins. He was the first prep pitcher selected, and joins former Jesuit standout Mick Abel, who was selected 15th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, as recent Crusader hurdlers to be selected in the first round.

The assigned slot value for the 10th overall pick is $5,475,300.

Meyer is one of several Oregon signees expected to be selected in the 2023 Draft. Infielder Eric Bitonti and right-handed pitcher Cole Stokes could also go off the board in the early rounds.

A handful of Ducks’ players — including third baseman Sabin Ceballos, center fielder Colby Shade, right-handed pitcher Jace Stoffal, and right fielder Rikuu Nishida — are also expected to be drafted.

After falling one game short of a trip to the College World Series this season, Oregon will lean on Drew Smith, Jacob Walsh, and several others as it looks to sustain its success in 2024.

Here’s MLB.com’s scouting report on Meyer.

“In 2020, Jesuit High School in Oregon had the best high school pitcher in the class in Mick Abel, now one of the top prospects in the Phillies’ organization after being taken in the middle of the first round. The 2023 Draft could be a repeat with another Jesuit product in Meyer, who helped establish himself as perhaps the best prep arm in this upcoming class with strong showings on the summer showcase circuit.

At 6-foot-5, Meyer certainly looks the part as a projectable high school right-hander. His velocity is tracking upward, frequently touching 97-98 mph over the summer, and while that was in shorter stints, it’s continued this spring as he’s touched triple digits at times during his senior year. It’s easy to dream on more consistent velocity in longer starts as he matures. Meyer backs up that tailing two-seam fastball with a mid-80s power two-plane slider that has good hard bite and spin — it’s a future strikeout pitch that travels laterally with good depth. He also has good feel for a fading changeup, sold with excellent arm speed.

Meyer comes at hitters with a bit of a three-quarters arm slot, showing good, whippy arm action, and while there is a little crossfire in his delivery, he has a good feel for the strike zone. Committed to Oregon, he has all the ingredients to be a future frontline starter and could follow Abel as the first high school arm to come off the board.”

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