Nick Hanson selected in third round of MLB draft

The hard-throwing Hanson was selected by the Cincinnati Reds with the second selection of the third round (79th overall) in the major league baseball draft Friday.

Hanson joins Brad Hand and Mitch Brown as the only Minnesota high school pitchers taken in the first three rounds of the draft in the past 25 years.

His best pitch, according to the report, is a power curve, and it notes he hasn’t needed offspeed pitches against Minnesota high school competition.

The Twins selected their first pitcher in the draft, taking righthander Griffin Jax in the third round.

The Twins drafted their third pitcher in as many picks in the fifth round, taking Canadian high schooler Jordan Balazovic.

In the sixth round, the Twins took another pitcher 4-for-4 for the day if you’re counting in righthander Alex Schick, a 6-7 righthander from the University of California.