The sons of MLB all-stars Matt Holliday and Andruw Jones were picked first and second in the MLB draft on Sunday.
Matt Holliday heard from agent Scott Boras that his son was about to be picked first in baseball's amateur draft, and the 2007 batting champion didn't let on.
"It's like a video game, honestly," Holliday said. "Like every video game you play, you're the first pick." Holliday, a left-handed hitter from Stillwater High in Oklahoma, is 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds -- quite a bit smaller than his 6-foot-4, 240-pound father. He hit .685 and with 89 hits in 41 games and broke a national record for hits in a high school season that had been held by J.T. Realmuto.
Jackson will head to the minors instead of attending Oklahoma State, where the baseball team is coached by his uncle Josh, Matt's older brother.Jones is a 6-foot-3 18-year-old from Wesleyan High in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. He hit .570 with 13 homers, 39 RBIs, 72 runs, 33 walks and 32 stolen bases this year. He also went 10-1 as a pitcher, though he is projected as an outfielder."We're probably almost exactly the same," Druw said.
Rocker, a 22-year-old from Georgia, failed to sign last year after the Mets became concerned over his physical. He had shoulder surgery last September and pitched this year for the independent Frontier League's Tri-City ValleyCats as a showcase ahead of the draft. Washington used the fifth selection on outfielder Elijah Green from the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
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