The Astros select 6'0" 220lb RHP Jake Buchanan from North Carolina State.
Buchanan was 8-5 for the Wolfpack, throwing 105IP, 112H/45ER, 95K:27BB, and a 3.85 ERA in 2010, with two complete games.
NC State coach Elliott Avent:
"Jake Buchanan is a tough, hard-nosed, competitive person. I've coached at N.C. State for 14 years. Jake Buchanan will go down as one of the toughest guys who has ever been here."
Assistant Coach Tom Holliday:
"But Jake can pitch for anybody in the country. If I had one word to describe Jake Buchanan, he's a pitcher. I wish I had 12 others, and some kids are on the way to that. He kind of sets the bar high for our pitching staff."
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
