MLB Draft 2025: Yankees select pitcher Pico Kohn 134th overall
Briefly

The Yankees selected left-handed pitcher Pico Kohn from Mississippi State in the fourth round of the draft. Kohn, a 22-year-old who was undrafted last year, impressed during his redshirt junior season with improved tools. Despite a 4.36 ERA over the last two seasons and missing 2023 due to Tommy John surgery, Kohn's skills drew the Yankees' interest. Ranked 122nd by MLB Pipeline, Kohn boasts a fastball reaching 95 mph and a low-80s slider. At 6-foot-4, Kohn has developmental potential, aligning with the Yankees' strategy of enhancing young pitchers' abilities.
Kohn has just a 4.36 ERA over 109.1 innings the last two seasons, and missed the 2023 campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery, but clearly showed enough tools to impress the Yankees.
Kohn works from a three-quarters arm slot with a funky delivery that adds deception to a fastball that sits at 92-93 mph and touches 95.
Kohn's frame, at 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds, hints at room to grow, which fits the Yankees' MO.
Though those enhanced tools didn't show up in the form of attractive run prevention numbers, Kohn missed bats in the SEC, to the tune of a 114-to-29 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Read at Pinstripe Alley
[
|
]