Arkansas pitcher Hunter Hollan selected by Cincinnati Reds in 2023 MLB Draft

After a one-year stop at Arkansas, Hunter Hollan is off to the pros and now has officially learned his new MLB home. With the fourth pick of the third round, the Cincinnati Reds selected Hollan into their organization.

The looming lefty took quite the winding path to the pros. He was initially drafted out of high school in the 15th round to Milwaukee at the No. 447 overall pick. He apparently wasn’t too fond of that result and instead opted to go to college and played at junior college school San Jacinto, where he spent to seasons before transferring to Arkansas.

In one lone year in Fayetteville, he made 17 appearances at the mound and started 15 games, finishing with an 8-2 record and 4.19 ERA. Now, three years and two colleges after he was first picked in the MLB draft, he’s been selected again.

Best of luck to Hunter Hollan in his professional ventures!

More on the 2023 MLB Draft

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft will begin during All-Star week, with the first two rounds getting underway at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. Rounds 3-10 will then begin at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10, with rounds 11-20 starting at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 11.

This year’s MLB Draft is a historic one, as a draft lottery was used to determine the order for the first time. The Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics each had a 16.5% chance to receive the No. 1 overall pick. Ultimately, Pittsburgh won the right to have the first selection, with Washington finishing right behind them at No. 2. Oakland, however, fell all the way down to No. 6 overall.

While the MLB Draft is always unpredictable, the consensus is that this year’s top prospects both hail from LSU, who won the 2023 College World Series. Pitcher Paul Skenes and outfielder Dylan Crews headline this year’s class, which is considered a deep one.

Within the first ten rounds of the draft, each slot is assigned a certain value. Each team has a bonus pool that they are able to spend on these picks, and players will sign at, above or below their assigned slot value.

In rounds 11-20, there is no assigned slot value and MLB teams are free to spend up to $150,000 to sign their picks from the second half of the draft. If they exceed the $150,000 mark, that added amount will be deducted from their bonus pool.

Following the final day of the 2023 MLB Draft, selected players will have until August 1 to sign a contract.