In 2021, the Padres selected Ryan Bergert with the 190th pick in the draft after an impressive career at West Virginia. After an incredible sophomore season, during which he struck out nearly one-third of the hitters he faced, Bergert was viewed as a must-watch player prior to his junior season. But an injury to the UCL and the dreaded Tommy John surgery set him back and made him fall to the sixth round.

In college, Bergert was great from the second he arrived in Morgantown. As a freshman, Bergert threw in 34 innings and posted a 1.85 ERA, almost exclusively out of the bullpen, with just two starts. In his sophomore season, Bergert threw as a starter in just four games before his injury, going 24.2 innings with a sub-3 ERA and 30 strikeouts. It was the strikeout stuff that encouraged the

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