Twins draft a 6-foot-11 pitcher who can reach 98mph on his fastball

Billy Heyen

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Well, you can't miss Jason Reitz.

The Minnesota Twins will be hoping he's a can't-miss prospect in the full sense, not just because he's 6-foot-11.

But yeah, he's 6-11.

Reitz was a star at Oregon this spring who touched 98 miles per hour occasionally on his heater.

The Twins made him their fourth-round pick at No. 119 overall in the 2025 MLB Draft.

That's impressive.

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Reitz will be ticketed for the bullpen every step along the way until he proves he can keep being a starting pitcher.

Even as a reliever, he'd be quite the guy to have on a team. And on the off chance he can keep starting, that's an even more exciting prospect.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle