Athletics: Josh Randall Drafted in Third Round by Detroit Tigers
Junior right-handed pitcher earned All-WCC Second Team honors in 2024 after leading Toreros in strikeouts

Junior right-handed pitcher Josh Randall was selected in the third round of the 2024 MLB Draft (85th overall pick) by the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon, marking the 35th consecutive year in which at least one Torero was drafted by a big league club.
A native of San Juan Capistrano, California who attended the University of Arizona for two years before joining San Diego as a transfer, Randall was named to the 2024 All-West Coast Conference Second Team after a high-octane junior campaign.
He posted a 4-2 record and a 3.73 ERA across 14 starts and 72.1 innings pitched, striking out a remarkable team-high 84 and walking only 27 while holding opposing batters to a team-low .224 batting average against.
Randall started 12 of San Diego's 13 series openers in 2024, and pitched six innings or more on four occasions. Highlighted by a season-high 10 strikeouts against Arizona on February 23, four of his outings featured seven strikeouts or more. He shined in his final start of the season on May 31, scattering five hits across five innings while allowing only two earned runs and striking out six against Oregon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as part of the NCAA Santa Barbara Regional.
Randall's selection at No. 85 marks the highest USD player has been drafted since lefty pitcher Brycen Mautz went to the St. Louis Cardinals at No. 59 in 2022. He is tied with the late Kerry Dineen as the 11th-highest MLB Draft selection in program history. Dineen, an outfielder who was inducted into the USD Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997, went to the New York Yankees with pick number 85 in 1973.
Four other Toreros — Austin Green (2013, pick No. 396), James Meador (2010, pick No. 643), Matthew Thompson (2009, pick No. 360), and Sean Baron (1987, pick No. 495) — have been drafted by the Tigers.
He is the 149th player in USD history to either have his name called in the MLB Draft or sign with a Major League team, a span that dates back to 1964.
— USD News Center