Knorr Selected by the Houston Astros in the 2022 MLB Draft
7/18/2022 2:30:00 PM | Baseball
Knorr pitched one season for the Chants
Things just got a little BIGGER in Houston!
— Coastal Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) July 18, 2022
Big Mike (@michaelkn0rr) is taken by the @astros in the third round of the #MLBDraft22.#RELENTLESS | #SELFLESS #TEALNATION | #CHANTSUP | #SUNBELTBB pic.twitter.com/09G8CCx4iD
With the 103rd pick, the @Astros select @CoastalBaseball right-handed pitcher Michael Knorr, No. 176 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.
— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July 18, 2022
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3 (103): @astros select Coastal Carolina (SC) RHP Michael Knorr https://t.co/uj4oJ66AIq #MLBDraft
— MLB Draft Tracker (@MLBDraftTracker) July 18, 2022
CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina right-handed pitcher Michael Knorr was selected by the Houston Astros in the third round (103rd overall pick) of the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft on Monday, July 18.𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗥.
— Sun Belt (@SunBelt) July 18, 2022
With the 103rd pick in the 2022 @MLBDraft, the @astros select @michaelkn0rr from @CoastalBaseball. Knorr was a Second Team All-Sun Belt pick in 2022. ☀️⚾️#SunBeltBSB x #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/nUVT95ql0m
In his lone season at Coastal, Knorr made an immediate impact on the mound for the Chanticleers. Over 13 starts, he went 5-0 with a 3.39 ERA and struck out 86 batters over 69.0 innings pitched to pick up All-Sun Belt second-team recognition. He also earned a spot on the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team.
Knorr led the Chants' pitching staff in ERA (3.39), fewest walks allowed (13), fewest hits allowed (60), and opposing batting average (.228). He also led the team in fewest runs allowed (31), fewest earned runs allowed (26), and in strikeouts (86).
He led the Sun Belt and ranked 17th nationally with a 6.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the season, while his 1.06 WHIP ranked second in the Sun Belt and 40th in all of NCAA Division I last year, and his 11.22 strikeouts per nine innings average also ranked second in the conference and 64th nationally. He also ranked third in the Sun Belt in both walks allowed per nine innings (1.70) and total strikeouts (86).
Knorr's 1.70 walks allowed per nine innings average in 2022 is the eighth-best in CCU's single-season history, while his strikeouts per nine innings average of 11.22 ranks ninth.
With his selection, Knorr becomes the 105th Coastal Carolina MLB draft pick and the 84th Chanticleer to be selected in the annual first-year player draft under head coach Gary Gilmore.
Along with Eric Brown's selection in the first round in this year's draft, Coastal has had at least one player selected in the MLB Draft for 26-straight seasons dating back to the 1997 MLB Draft.
Brown's first-round selection is a new program-best, topping CCU's previous high draft pick of Kirt Manwaring, who went as the 31st overall pick in the second round of the 1986 MLB Draft.
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