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Diamond Dawg signee RHP Landon Harmon taken in third round of MLB Draft

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Another Mississippi State signee has been drafted and is likely bypassing college baseball for the pros.

East Union RHP Landon Harmon has been one of the best pitchers in the state of Mississippi for several years but has recently become one of the top high school pitchers in the country. On Sunday, that was backed up with a selection from the Washington Nationals in the third round of the MLB Draft.

During his time with the Urchins, Harmon helped his team to three Class 2A state championships in four years. During that time, Harmon was and incredible 40-4 with a 1.14 ERA. He had 429 strikeouts to 91 walks over 248.0 innings. Harmon also was a stellar hitter as he batted .431 with 122 hits, 22 home runs and 114 RBI.

His final year was strong as Harmon was a .511 hitter with 48 hits, 10 home runs and 48 RBI while slugging .957. His pitching netted a 12-1 record with a 0.84 ERA and he pitched 66.1 innings with 131 strikeouts to 23 walks. Teams batted .121 against him.

Harmon was also twice named the 2A Mr. Baseball in the state the last two seasons and has earned All-American honors by multiple publications over the years. He committed to the Bulldogs in the summer of 2022, but is now set to move on and begin his professional career.

It’s the second player of Brian O’Connor’s signing class that has been selected for the draft. Earlier on Sunday, State had JoJo Parker taken as a first round pick to the Toronto Blue Jays. JoJo’s brother Jacob is another player that fans are watching along with LHP Jack Bauer.

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