Get to Know Twins Draft Pick, RHP Ty Langenberg

Opening the season as Iowa’s Friday night starter, Ty Langenberg dealt with some adversity as he took a brief trip to the bullpen before rejoining the rotation. Looking like one of the better arms across the Big Ten, Langenberg parlayed a successful Cape Cod showing into some strong numbers for the Hawkeyes.

Looking to get right into his professional career, Langenberg will be heading to Fort Myers soon and taking the next step in his baseball journey. Before getting there, he had time to catch up with Twins Daily.

Twins Daily: Last year at Iowa, what do you think set you up for this draft and venturing into professional baseball?

Ty Langenberg: I think it started with the summer. I was fortunate enough to play out in the Cape Cod League, and I did pretty well. That put me on the radar of a lot of different scouts and got my name out there. Coming into the fall, I had a little helium with my name. I had a pretty successful fall and made some more improvements. I was fortunate enough to earn the Friday night role which helped my name a little bit more. I actually had a pretty rough start to the season. In five starts, I underperformed in the Friday night role, and we had two other guys that were right behind me working. They moved me into the bullpen for a week, and I had to work through some things to make in-season adjustments. I battled adversity, and I think that was something scouts liked to see. I entered back into the rotation and had success, ultimately finishing strong, and I think that mattered a lot.

TD: How did making some of those adjustments and dealing with differing levels of adversity help set you up for the enhanced competition within professional baseball?

TL: It was really that first taste that not everything is going to sunshine and rainbows at the next level. There is limited time to make those adjustments. When something goes wrong, I need to be quick and precise when working through adjustments. Being able to work through pitch grips or mental cues then quickly going to the mound and finding things that take hold was huge.

TD: What are you comfortable throwing on the mound and what do you feature?

TL: I throw a four-seam fastball and changeup is probably my second best pitch. I also have a slider and a cutter. Fastball usage is probably around 40-50% with the slider and changeup making up the rest. My fastball isn’t something I’m afraid to go to in deeper counts, but I wouldn’t say it’s my best pitch. I ride it a little bit from a lower slot and that seems to work well up in the zone. Typically late in counts, my changeup is going to be my best pitch. It worked well for me when I played out in the Cape Cod League, and it’s something I brought back after making some tweaks out there. For a changeup, it’s kind of funny as there isn’t a huge change in velocity. I still throw it pretty firm, but I try to kill the batter with the movement on it. It’s my best pitch. My next step in professional baseball is to get a handle on a consistent, sweeping, slider. It’s a pitch that was pretty inconsistent this year. When it’s working and on, it can be one of my better pitches. The cutter was pretty much an emergency pitch when the slider wasn’t working.

TD: Entering professional baseball, what are you most looking forward to from a development standpoint?

TL: I’m really looking forward to the pitch design aspect of things. I know the Twins are a great organization for all of the analytical and data focus. They use all of the resources they have to develop a pitcher to their liking. The University of Iowa had a great program and we had a lot of that stuff. I’m excited to see how the Twins handle it, and I can compare and contrast to what Iowa did.

TD: Being so close to the Twins organization logistically, what do you know about the Minnesota organization?

TL: It’s really cool because growing up the Twins were my favorite team, and I had a lot of family that lived in Minneapolis. I’ve kind of known them from my start in baseball, watching Joe Mauer when I was younger, and now following them up to this point. Now I get to learn more about what they are as an organization and what they preach. It’s cool to end up with my childhood favorite team. It’s also cool they have a High-A affiliate out in Cedar Rapids right next to Iowa City. Staying pretty local is a good feeling.

TD: Off the baseball field, what are you doing to de-stress? What hobbies do you have?

TL: I do quite a bit of different things. Big thing I do is golfing. I like golfing, that’s probably my main thing. Video games are big too, I love playing video games whenever I can’t golf. If I’m outside and not golfing, I’m probably fishing.

Welcome to Twins Territory, Ty!

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