Red Sox select Brett Lanman with sixth-round pick

With the 185th overall pick in the 2026 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Red Sox selected Brett Lanman, a left-handed pitcher out of Abilene Christian (TX) University. He is ranked #307 on the Baseball America Top 500 list.

Lanman burst on the scene as a freshman at ACU, winning Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year awards with a 3.48 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings. His performance was less consistent during his sophomore and junior seasons with a 6.25 ERA in 2025 and a 5.35 mark this spring.

At six-foot-five, 230 pounds, the 21-year-old left-hander has the prototypical height that the Red Sox have tended toward in recent years. His fastball sits in the low-90's, touching 95. He employs four pitches, also mixing in a slider/cutter hybrid, changeup, and curveball. 

Photo Credit: Brett Lanman by ACUsports.com

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