RHP Louis-Philippe Langevin, 4th round (105th) – Kansas City Royals — Signed $597,500

Name: RHP Louis-Phillipe Langevin

Hometown: Quebec, Que.

Height/Weight: 6’2” 225 lbs.

Bats/Throws: R/R

Slot Money: $696,300.

Scout: Cody Clark

Team: West Virginia Black Bears, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns.

Coach: Matt Deggs.

Previous Teams: Wabash Valley College, Academie de Baseball du Canada.

Rankings: 168th on MLB Pipeline’s top 500 combined list ... 209th on Perfect Game’s top 500 high school and college combined list … 155th on Baseball America’s top 500 combined list ... No. 5 overall relief pitcher by D1Baseball heading into 2024 draft ... Rated as the No. 17 overall prospect in Quebec as a high schooler by Perfect Game.

Attended: MLB Draft Combine, June 18-23 at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, one of 319 draft prospects, invited, 193 collegiate players and 126 high schoolers.

Genes: Son of Marie-Claude Robitaille and Eric Langevin.

2024 summer with West Virginina Black Bears, Draft League _ 1-0, 0.00 with two saves walking five and striking out 22 in 11 1/3 innings.

2024 season with the Ragin’ Cajuns _ Was 6-1 with seven saves with a 3.43 ERA in 23 games -- making three starts ... He struck out 106 and walked 30 in 62 2/3 innings ... He picked up victories over Wright State, Southern, Old Dominion, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State and South Alabama. He registered saves against Wright State, Texas State, Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall, Southern Miss and Jackson State ... Led conference in strikeouts, fewest hits allowed (40) and fewest runs allowed (27) ... He was tied for third in saves among SBC pitchers, seventh in ERA and tied for ninth in wins.

2023 summer with West Virginia Black Bears in MLB Draft League _ Pitched 11 1/3 scoreless in 10 games, allowing only two hits notching 22 strikeouts.

2023 summer with Quebec _ 1-1 with 2.15 in four games, making three starts with 28 strikeouts in 13 innings.

2023 spring with Wabash Valley _ Went 9-1 with three saves in 22 appearances making eight starts ... He struck out 92 batters in 58 innings on the mound, averaging a team-best 14.28 strikeouts per nine innings ... A two-year letter winner at Wabash where he helped the Warriors to the NJCAA College World Series ... Earned start and struck out eight batters in 3 1/3 innings in run-rule win over Weatherford College to send WVC to the NJCAA championship game ... He fanned four in 3 1/3 hitless innings of relief in the championship game against College of Central Florida ... He registered wins against Kellogg, John A. Logan, Kaskaskia, Rend Lake, Southeastern Illinois, Southwestern Illinois, Lake Land, South Suburban an Salt Lake. He had saves against Georgia Highlands, Shawnee and South Suburban.

2022 summer with Quebec _ 2-0 with 2.05 ERA and two saves in 10 games, making five starts. He fanned 48 in 34 innings ... At eliminations ... 1-0 seven scoreless with 12 whiffs.

2022 spring with Wabash Valley _ Was 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA as a freshman, striking out 24 batters in 15 innings ... He gained his only win against John A. Logan, while picking up saves against Olney Central, Kaskaskia and Rend Lake.

2021 summer with ABC _ Earned All Tournament Team at Perfect Game 18U Midwest KC Challenge in Olathe, Kan. ... Member of the PG WWBA championship team at Midwest KC Challenge.

2020 summer with ABC 16U _ 0-3, with 11.35 ERA in five starts striking out 17 in 12 1/3 innings ... At eliminations with Quebec 0-0, 8.00 with eight strikeouts in seven innings.

2019 summer with ABC 16U _ 0-1 with 3.28 ERA in seven games, making two starts, striking out 13 in 10 2/3 innings.

Honours

2024 season _ Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year, the sixth Ragin’ Cajuns player to win Pitcher of the Year honors joining Scott Dohmann (2000), Austin Faught (2005), Hunter Moody (2006), Carson Baranik (2014), Gunner Leger (2017) and Colten Schmidt (2018) ... ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Teams First Team selection ... Earned Third Team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s 24th All-America honors ... 2023 season … Canadian Baseball Network all-Canadian college First Team … 2022 season _ Preseason All American All Region First Team for Canada/Puerto Rico ... 2021 season _ Preseason All American All Region First Team for Canada/Puerto Rico ... 2020 season _ Preseason Underclass All American Honourable Mention for Canada/Puerto Rico

Scouting report

Baseball America

LP Langevin, RHP, Louisiana

A former standout at JUCO powerhouse Wabash Valley, Langevin has emerged this season as one of the most effective back-end arms in all of college ball. Prior to this season, Langevin showed flashes of his thunderous arsenal in the MLB Draft League, where he was virtually unhittable. In 10 games, Langevin allowed only two hits across 11 1/3 scoreless innings in which he notched 22 strikeouts.

Fast forward to this year and Langevin has been excellent for the Ragin’ Cajuns, pitching his way to a 2.62 ERA with a whopping 77 strikeouts in 44.2 innings. The physical righthander has a simple operation on the mound and features a short, whippy arm stroke with present arm speed and he attacks from a difficult-to-pick-up low three-quarter slot. Langevin throws his mid-90s fastball — that tops out at 96 — a whopping 80% of the time, and for good reason. For starters, its 48% miss rate is tops among all Division I pitchers. He could signal that it’s coming and opposing hitters still wouldn’t be able to touch it.

Second, its metrics are flat-out nutty. Coming from a ridiculous vertical approach angle of -4.29, it flashes plenty of run and ride through the zone and averages north of 2,500 RPMs. Langevin has above-average feel for the pitch, and its effectiveness is amplified when elevated on the arm side. He rarely deploys it—mainly because he doesn’t need to—but Langevin’s mid-80s slider at times has flashed above average with tight two-plane break.

Finally, Langevin’s changeup could be another effective weapon in his arsenal and has shown at times ample fade to the arm side with a bit of tumbling life. He has seen his stock soar in the last month and looks like a fifth-to-eighth-round pick.