Drew Gilbert #61

Selected in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros out of Tennessee... signed for $2,497,500... was previously selected in the 35th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins but did not sign... was ranked by MLB.com as the No. 32 prospect in the 2022 Draft class... ranked as the Astros' No. 1 prospect and the No. 68 overall prospect in baseball as of Aug. 1, 2023... played just 10 pro games before dislocating his right elbow after running into an outfield wall in 2022... began the 2023 season with the Asheville Tourists... was selected to the 2023 All-Star Futures Game in Seattle... Astros promoted him to Double-A Corpus Christi on July 7, 2023... traded by the Astros to the New York Mets in exchange for three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlanderat the 2023 Trade Deadline on Aug. 1, 2023

Starred as the center fielder for the Volunteers, homering four times in seven playoff games to lead them to the 2021 College World Series and posting the best numbers (.362/.455/.673) on a club that ranked No. 1 in the nation for most of 2022... was on the 2021 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team... was named the 2021 NCAA Knoxville Regional Most Outstanding Player... voted 2022 SEC Tournament MVP... before Tennessee, he played at Stillwater High School in Minnesota, where he led the school to the Class-AAAA state championship in 2018... was rated as the No. 1 player in the state of Minnesota -- and 77th nationally -- by Prep Baseball Report in 2019, when he was ranked the No. 10 left-handed pitcher nationally... was a Top 500 rated player by Perfect Game (No. 282) and No. 2 rated player in the state of Minnesota, a two-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American (2018-19) and was a Gatorade Player of the Year finalist in 2018... majored in Sociology at Tennessee... son of Andy and Cindy Gilbert; he has two sisters, Madeline and Molly, and one brother, Matt... his father Andy played soccer at Bethel University and his mother Cindy was a gymnast at Ball State