Another Notre Dame baseball player heads to the MLB

Although Notre Dame baseball’s Bennett Flynn didn’t hear his name called during the MLB draft, he will still get to live out his lifelong dream.

Since the baseball draft has now changed, cutting multiple later rounds out of the process, the undrafted free-agent market has changed the way teams go about adding players to their organizations.

Flynn was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday as a relief pitcher, after a very impressive collegiate career. He was a Freshman All-American in 2020, made the Atlantic 10 first-team in 2022 and was on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award preseason watch list this past season.

Although Flynn didn’t have his best final season, a 5.40 ERA, he showed a great ability to strike out hitters. Over 40 innings, the righty amassed 53 strike-outs. He’ll need to cut down his walks as a professional, but Flynn has plenty of upside, which is why Toronto took a chance on him.

Congrats Bennett, we wish you the best in your MLB journey.

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