Cody Reed

Baseball By Kevin Maloney, SID

Q&A with MLB Prospect Cody Reed

SENATOBIA – With the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft just two days away, sophomore left-hander and potential first-rounder Cody Reed sat down to discuss the whole process and his excitement for Thursday.

A two-time First Team All-MACJC selection, Reed went 16-5 with a 2.64 ERA the last two seasons in Senatobia and helped the Rangers to back-to-back playoff appearances.

A native of Horn Lake, Reed ends his Northwest career as the school's all-time leader in strikeouts (161), wins (16), innings pitched (137.2), batters faced (601), starts (23) and shutouts (five). He's second in career complete games (10) and third in opponent batting average (.219) and strikeouts/7 inning game (8.19).

Reed has been projected as high as No. 21 and as low as No. 104 in mock drafts posted by Baseball America, MyMLBDraft.com and by Keith law to name a few. He's gone to pre-draft workouts for the Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals.

Reed signed with Ole Miss back in November, but is awaiting the draft to determine his career path. 

The MLB Draft is set for June 6-8 and all 40 rounds can be viewed at mlb.com. The first two rounds (73 picks) will be aired live on the MLB Network.