Brody Bumila slips from his ranking, but he’s picked by Texas in third round of Saturday’s MLB Draft

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Brody Bumila slips from his ranking, but he’s picked by Texas in third round of Saturday’s MLB Draft

Despite elbow trouble, Brody Bumila didn’t have to wait too long to hear his name called on draft day.

The towering Bishop Feehan star was chosen Saturday in the third round, 89th overall, by the Texas Rangers in the 2026 MLB Draft.

“Fasctinating arm here,” said MLB Network analyst Lance Brozdowski, comparing him to “Victor Wembanyama on the mound.”

The 6-foot-9-inch, 255-pound lefthander with a triple-digit fastball revealed on Monday a left elbow injury that could necessitate reconstructive surgery. It’s unclear if he will pitch in 2027.

The Raynham resident missed his entire junior season on the mound recovering from internal brace surgery. He injured his ulnar collateral ligament in July 2024 and returned to competitive pitching in April.

He admitted to fatigue after a dominant senior year in which he led Feehan to the Division 1 baseball state finals, and lifted the basketball team to its first Division 1 state title. Bumila averaged 42 points and 20 rebounds for the Shamrocks, drawing double- and triple-teams in the frontcourt.

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He was the Globe’s All-Scholastic Player of the Year and the Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year. He was also a Globe Phelps Scholar-Athlete and was named the MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year for his two-sport excellence.

Bumila, ranked 23rd among all prospects by MLB.com entering the draft, was the 37th pitcher drafted, the 13th high school pitcher taken, and the fifth high school lefty.

He was the second New England prospect taken, after Vermont Academy righthander Kaiden McCarthy went 48th overall to the Atlanta Braves.

The Red Sox had a chance to take Bumila in Competitive Balance Round B (67th overall), but opted for outfielder Owen Hull, a University of North Carolina teammate of first-round pick Jake Schaffner (20th).

But Bumila started the third round as the top-rated player left on the board.

Before the third round began, Carlos Collazo, Baseball America national writer, said Bumila was “maybe the biggest outlier profile in the draft,” and that there was “maybe more of a chance he gets to school now at this stage,” though he alluded to the possibility Bumila could sign an over-slot deal.

The slot value (or approximate signing bonus) for the 89th pick is $900,800. If Bumila doesn’t sign with his new organization, he plans to honor a longstanding commitment to the University of Texas. Draft picks have until 5 p.m. on July 27 to decide.

“I have a [signing bonus] number, and if I get that number, cool,” he told the Globe on Thursday. “If I don’t get that number, it’s fine. I can go to the best college in the country.”

He is the highest-drafted Massachusetts high school pitcher since Rowley’s Thomas White went 35th overall to the Miami Marlins in 2023. White, who was committed to Vanderbilt, signed for $4.1 million, a New England-record according to MLB.

He wasn’t the only University of Texas commit drafted early. The Rays, picking second overall, drafted Fort Worth, Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson.

The Rangers used their first pick on high school lefty Gio Rojas, out of Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., the school that also produced Red Sox phenom Roman Anthony (2022 draft).

Nine of the first 11 picks were college players. The MLB Network panel noted that the quality of competition — “It’s almost like a A-ball, high-end,” former All-Star hurler Cole Hamels said — and the player data colleges are producing now are pro-quality.

Bumila, who worked out at 508 Evo in Mansfield, had his spin rates, arm extension, pitch movement, and other metrics ready for MLB teams. Scouts packed his starts as a senior, clocking him as high as 101 miles per hour on the radar gun.

After working on a strict pitch count in his first few starts, he eventually threw as many as 117 pitches in an outing. He struck out a school-record 20 batters while throwing a no-hitter against Rhode Island school Moses Brown.

He finished his senior season with a 0.60 ERA, 85 strikeouts and just seven walks in 35 innings.

The first time Bumila’s name was mentioned on MLB Network’s broadcast came when the Dodgers came up at No. 40, and Hamels mentioned him as a possibility. “The Dodgers will take guys that have Tommy John surgery and rehab them,” said Hamels, the former Phillies ace. “Walker Buehler did very well.”