The Ohio State baseball team saw one of its stars go off the board in the 2022 MLB draft. Senior captain Zach Dezenzo was selected by the Houston Astros with the No. 373 overall pick in the 12th round Tuesday.
Out of Alliance, Ohio, Dezenzo put together one whale of a season in 2022. He hit .319 and tied the Ohio State single-season home run record with 19. He also led the team with 54 runs scored and finished second on the club with 66 hits, just one shy of tying for the lead.
Dezenzo also notched 18 doubles, 2 triples, and 54 runs batted in, all while slugging .700 with an on-base percentage of .413. He was a second-team All-Big Ten performer, beginning the season at first base because of elbow soreness before moving back to his natural shortstop position in April.
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Dezenzo is the program’s 112th MLB selection. According to a release from Ohio State, he is the fifth Buckeye taken by the Astros, joining Roy Marsh in 1994, J.B. Shuck in 2008, and then Pat Porer and Ronnie Dawson who were taken in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016.
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