Landon Beidelschies got a call 10 minutes before his name was called. After that, his day became a mixture of excitement and chaos.

The Canfield High School graduate recently completed his baseball season with the Arkansas Razorbacks, and he’ll stay down south for the time being after he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the Major League Baseball amateur draft on Monday afternoon.

The Braves took the 6-foot-3 left-handed pitcher in the sixth round with the 187th pick overall.

Beidelschies said the Braves will contact him in a couple days to get a plan together on how to approach his development and where he needs to report.

“It’s been a rollercoaster,” Beidelschies said. “If you would have told me four years ago what would have happened today and where I’d be, I would’ve said you’re crazy. But it’s pretty amazing how life can go and how things can go up from there. It’s been a complete dream come true every step of the way.”

Beidelschies was a local star at Canfield High School as he was named the 2022 Ohio Division II player of the year after finishing his senior season with a 1.24 ERA and 87 strikeouts. As a junior in 2021, Canfield suffered its only loss to Salem, 3-1, in a Division II regional semifinal. Salem lost to eventual state champion Akron Hoban, 4-1, in the regional final.

Beidelschies began his college baseball career at Ohio State before becoming a member of the Arkansas pitching staff this spring.

In three years of college ball, Beidelschies amassed a 10-9 record with a 4.38 ERA in 55 appearances and 29 starts. He struck out 206 batters while allowing 156 hits and 72 walks in 176 2/3 innings.

He went 4-0 in 16 appearances, including 13 starts, for the Razorbacks this season. He allowed 59 hits and 20 walks with 70 strikeouts and a 4.82 ERA in 61 2/3 innings pitched. He held opposing batters to a .255 batting average.

Beidelschies got the start in the Razorbacks’ elimination game against eventual national champion LSU during the College World Series semifinals. He struck out nine while allowing two runs on three hits and a walk in five innings on the mound. LSU’s bats came alive late to knock off the Razorbacks.

“We came up a few games short of that, but that experience is something I’ll never forget,” he said. “Just the people you meet in a town like Fayetteville is once in a lifetime.”

While a Buckeye, he was 6-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 39 appearances, mostly working out of the bullpen. He only made one start as a freshman in 2023, but he started all 15 appearances as a sophomore in 2024. In his two years in Columbus, he allowed 97 hits and 52 walks, but he struck out 136 in 115 innings of work.

Outside of NCAA competition, Beidelschies had a solid performance in the Cape Cod Baseball League during the summer of 2023. In the wood bat league, he posted a 3.63 ERA in eight appearances, finishing with a 2-2 record. He allowed 19 hits and eight free passes while striking out 31 in 22 1/3 innings.

The idea of being drafted became tangible during his time with the Buckeyes, and the past season at Arkansas made it a reality.

“I had a few scouts come to the games in high school. I had some talks there, but (getting drafted) didn’t seem quite realistic at that point and whether that’d be a good decision for me in high school,” Beidelschies said. “I knew this was a goal that I always had, but where it really started to become a reality was these past couple college seasons.

“You see guys like you get drafted and go on to play professional baseball, you’re like, ‘Wait, this is something I can do. It’s just a matter of time at this point.’ It’s kinda set in a while ago, but it feels like it’s taken forever to get here.”

While the area occasionally produces players that get a shot at making their baseball dreams come true, it’s rare for Canfield High School products.

Beidelschies became just the second Canfield graduate to be drafted. The only other Cardinal was outfielder Drew Turocy, who was picked in the 24th round of the 2011 draft by the Boston Red Sox.

The baseball culture in Canfield’s community set the groundwork for Beidelschies. Now, his experiences at every level of amateur ball helped set the stage for a minor league career.

“It means the world to me, obviously,” Beidelschies said. “I’m really thankful to my parents for putting me in this situation.

“And any kids out there paying attention and looking up to me, just remember, I was a 12-year-old kid playing at McCune Park in Canfield or at the Fields of Dreams in Boardman and that anything can happen if you put your head down and work towards it.”