ESPN: Solon Pitcher Matt Smoral 'One of Nation's Best'

Pitcher was featured in a recent ESPN.com article that calls him one of the nation's top pitching prospects.

Smoral, a 6-foot, 8-inch left hander, has signed to play at the University of North Carolina next year, but the pros could come calling.

Check out the full article over at ESPN, but here are some tidbits:

And when spring actually hits Ohio, many eyes and radar guns will be fixed on that pitcher — Solon (Ohio) senior left-hander Matt Smoral.

One of the nation’s top prep pitchers, the 6-foot-8, 225-pounder has been working tirelessly this winter, planting the seeds for a successful spring and most likely a successful June as well.

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But at some point this summer, Smoral knows he’ll need to decide between professional baseball and North Carolina.

“It is tough,” he said. “My dad has helped me out a lot, he handles a lot of the calls. I’ve just really tried to focus on getting better, getting stronger and getting ready for the spring and also keeping my academics up. When June comes around, we’ll see what happens. But as of now I have a scholarship to North Carolina and that is what I plan on doing.”

Read the entire article at ESPN.