The San Diego Padres select Lord at #515 in the MLB draft from South Walton High School committed to Mississippi State. He was ranked #128 on our big board and #80 in the MLB prospect rankings. Here is a summary from our MLB draft coordinator Jamie Cameron:

"Lord is a prep pitcher out of Florida committed to Mississippi State. As you might expect from a pitcher who stands 6'8, 220 pounds, there's both present stuff and plenty of projection in the profile. Lord has easy velocity. His fastball will sit at 94 mph but can grab up to 98 mph in shorter outings. It's easy to see a world in which he's touching triple digits with consistency as he fills out and synchs up his delivery with more consistency. For breakers, he's shown a solid affinity for spin, with a firmer slider and a high-70s curveball which can blend together and become slurvy. There's also an emergent changeup in his pitch mix. Lord had TJ surgery as a HS freshman, but he's one of the most projectable right-handed prep pitchers in the class."