Kyle Drabek
The Woodlands High School
Impact Statement
Drabek boasted a fastball that was clocked as high as 97 miles per hour while at The Woodlands High School prior to being drafted in 2006 at the MLB Draft.
Biography
The youngest son of former major league pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek, the 6-foot-1 right-hander, whose fastball has been clocked as high as 97 miles per hour, sports a 9-0 record with a 1.15 earned-run average and 97 strikeouts this spring to lead the top-ranked team in the USA Today Super 25. At the plate Drabek leads the Houston area with 10 home runs, and also has 33 RBIs and a team-leading .462 batting average.
As a junior, Drabek batted .479 with six home runs and 33 RBIs and was 11-1 on the mound with a 0.82 earned-run average and 155 strikeouts in 77 innings. He was selected to the Baseball America Pre-Season All-America First Team and is projected to be a high first-round selection in the upcoming Major League Baseball amateur draft.
Drabek was selected by the Phillies as the 18th overall draft pick in 2006. In 2009, he was honored with the Paul Owen award, which is given to the top pitcher and the top position player in the Phillies’ minor-league system. Drabek was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in late 2009 where he remained until 2015.
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