Baseball’s Matson Selected by Cleveland in Ninth Round of 2024 Major League Baseball Draft
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball junior right-handed pitcher Sean Matson has been selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the ninth round as the 265th overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday.
The Crimson features a selection in day two of the MLB Draft for the second straight year after Harvard tallied a pair of selections in the top-10 rounds in 2023 with right-hander Chris Clark in the fifth round to the Los Angeles Angles and right-hander Jay Driver in the ninth round to the Guardians.
?? Sean Matson is our third pick in the top-10 rounds of the #MLBDraft in the last two years!
?? @CleGuardians
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?? Pick 265?? https://t.co/70wbS1tbyh#GoCrimson #OneCrimson #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/VGUDA0270M
— Harvard Baseball (@HarvardBaseball) July 15, 2024
Matson earned Second Team All-Ivy honors this past season, posting a 3.25 ERA and 77 strikeouts against 27 walks over 63.2 innings pitched. He led the Ivy League in opponent average (.226), while ranking second in ERA (3.25) and strikeouts (77). For his career, he tallied a 4.42 ERA with 185 strikeouts against 64 walks over 167.0 innings pitched for the Crimson. In the summer of 2023, Matson earned the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Most Outstanding Relief Pitcher Award.
Harvard now has 62 MLB Draft selections all-time.
?? Sean Matson goes in the 9th Round to the @CleGuardians!#GoCrimson #OneCrimson #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/o1Opqm7rn4
— Harvard Baseball (@HarvardBaseball) July 15, 2024
With the 265th pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, we have selected RHP Sean Matson from Harvard University. #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/JDbj3LqpVt
— GuardsInsider (@GuardsInsider) July 15, 2024
