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We began this series in the spring with a check in on players from the Class of 2016 who were drafted. We will revisit those players with another update in the near future. Today we return to this series with a look at the undrafted arms from our final Top 30 rankings and how they are doing after two full seasons of their collegiate careers.

 

 

 

Justin Ager RHP / Loudoun Valley, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 22 / POS: 9 OverallRank: 349 / POS: 132 Ager suffered an injury that cost him his freshman season at Yale. As a redshirt freshman in 2018, he threw four innings for the Bulldogs.

 

 

Jake Agnos LHP / Battlefield, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 10 / POS: 1 OverallRank: 169 / POS: 32 Agnos had a monster freshman year at East Carolina, earning 10 starts and throwing 64 innings and moving into the Pirates’ weekend rotation. He struck out 64 batters and posted a 3.22 ERA as a freshman. During his sophomore season, he bounced between the weekend rotation and the bullpen for the Pirates, earning 14 starts and 22 appearances overall. He threw 63 innings and led East Carolina with 86 strikeouts while posting a 4.10 ERA. Agnos was dominant out of the bullpen for the USA Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2018, striking out 14 batters and allowing just 1 run and just 1 walk in 9.1 innings of work.

 

 

John Gregory LHP / Hanover, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 28 / POS: 3 Gregory struggled as a freshman at Longwood, throwing just eight innings and striking out 10 batters. His sophomore season he emerged as one of the Lancers’ top relievers. He made a team-high 23 appearances in 2018 and threw 39 innings, going 2-0 and holding opponents to a .239 batting average while striking out 40 hitters.

 

 

Kent Klyman LHP / Jamestown, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 14 / POS: 2 OverallRank: 194 / POS: 34 Klyman has pitched primarily out of the bullpen for the NC State in his two seasons there. As a freshman, he put up a 2.16 ERA over 20 appearances and 16.1 innings of work. He became a lights out reliever as a sophomore, throwing 61.2 innings over 31 appearances and going 8-2 with four saves while putting up a 2.34 ERA and striking out 67 batters while allowing just 46 hits.

 

 

Bobby Nicholson RHP / St. Anne's-Belfield, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 7 / POS: 5 OverallRank: 95 / POS: 42 As a freshman, Nicholson got his feet wet at Virginia with 14.1 innings across 10 appearances, but he took a big step forward as a sophomore. In 2018, he earned eight starts and ended up throwing 40 innings, allowing just 26 hits and posting a 2.70 ERA while striking out 34 batters.

 

 

Zach Peek RHP / Jefferson Forest, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 30 / POS: 11 Peek had an outstanding freshman season at Winthrop in 2017, going 5-1 with a 3.70 ERA across 24 appearances and 56 innings, striking out 41 batters. He followed that up with an even better summer in the Valley League in 2017, where he was named the top prospect in the league while striking out 40 hitters and walking just 5 in 35 innings with a 1.80 ERA and 0.89 WHIP. As a sophomore in 2018, Peek moved into the rotation full-time and made 14 starts, leading the Eagles in innings with 89. He posted a 3.74 ERA and struck out 99 batters against just 25 walks while earning All-Conference honors.

 

 

Justin Sorokowski RHP / Lee-Davis, VA / 2016 Rankings  StateRank: 26 / POS: 10 OverallRank: 376 / POS: 141 Sorokowski redshirted his freshman year at Florida State and then transferred to Tallahassee Community College. At TCC in 2018, Sorokowski went 5-1 in 13 starts, throwing 65 innings while posting a 2.35 ERA. He struck out 80 batters and walked just 16. Off of that stellar season, Sorokowski signed with VCU, where he will pitch in 2019.