Summary of the Angel’s and Dodger’s First round picks in the 2020 MLB Draft.

Angels First Round Pick

With the 10th pick in the 2020 MLB draft the Angels selected the 20 year old left-handed pitcher Reid Detmers out of Louisville. Detmers finished his sophomore year at Louisville with a 13-4 record, 2.78 ERA, and 167 strikeouts in just over 113 innings (baseball-reference.com). Before the abrupt end to his junior year Detmers was 3-0 with an ERA of 1.23, and 48 strikeouts in 22 innings (baseball-reference.com). The Angels finished the 2019 season with a team ERA of 5.12 which ranked 25th in the league (mlb.com/stats), hopefully Detmers can be a part of their improvement process.

Checkout Reid Detmers’ full draft profile via lastwordonbaseball.com here

Dodgers First Round Pick

With the 29th pick in the 2020 MLB draft the Dodgers selected the 21 year old right-handed pitcher Bobby Miller, also out of Louisville. Miller finished his sophomore year at Louisville with 20 appearances (12 starts), a 7-1 record with a 3.83 ERA, and 86 strikeouts in 80 innings (baseball-reference.com). Before his junior season came to a halt Miller was 2-0 with an ERA of 2.31, and 34 strikeouts in just over 23 innings pitched (baseball-reference.com). The Dodgers finished last season with a league best 3.37 team ERA, and have finished in the top 5 of this category for 5 straight seasons (mlb.com/stats). They look to keep up their dominance on the mound in the future with this pick.

Checkout Bobby Miller’s full draft profile via lastwordonbaseball.com here

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