Mason Fluharty, a former Cape pitcher currently rostered at Liberty University, was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft July 18.
The southpaw from Milton was on the mound when Cape Henlopen recorded the final out of its first state championship in school history in 2018.
In 2022, playing for the Liberty Flames, Fluharty appeared in a team-high 26 games, posting a 2.84 ERA with 83 strikeouts and an opponent’s batting average of .230. He walked just 10 batters in 50.2 innings pitched. Liberty posted a 37-23 record in 2022.
Fluharty was named to the all-conference second team for the ASUN Conference.