Happenings from the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft

byDuc Manh •
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Jackson Holliday is introduced as the primary decide of the 2022 MLB baseball draft, by the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Abbie Parr, AP

Sunday night time marked the start of the 2022 MLB draft — the draft will conclude Tuesday after a complete of 20 rounds over three days — and whereas the gamers chosen probably gained’t make any affect on Main League Baseball for a minimum of a couple of years, they supplied loads of fascinating tales with their picks.

Listed here are a number of the highlights.

  • With the primary total decide within the draft, the Baltimore Orioles chosen shortstop Jackson Holliday out of Stillwater Excessive College in Oklahoma. The son of 7-time MLB All-Star Matt Holliday, Jackson Holliday grew to become solely the second son of a former MLB participant to be chosen No. 1 total. The primary? Corridor of Famer Ken Griffey Jr in 1987, per ESPN Stats and Data.
  • One other former All-Star’s son was chosen second total. Druw Jones, the son of five-time MLB All-Star Andruw Jones, was taken by the Arizona Diamondbacks out of Wesleyan Excessive College in Georgia. A middle fielder like his father, Jones was the top-rated total prospect within the draft, in response to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel.
  • Historical past was made after the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals chosen Kumar Rocker, Termarr Johnson and Elijah Inexperienced, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. Per USA As we speak’s Bob Nightengale, their picks, mixed with that of Jones at No. 2, meant that for the primary time in MLB historical past, 4 of the highest 5 draft picks have been Black. All 4 gamers performed in MLB’s DREAM Sequence, a “showcase occasion targeted on the dynamics of pitching and catching for a various group of highschool elite athletes, predominantly African-American.”
  • After choosing Vanderbilt pitcher Jack Leiter No. 2 total within the 2021 draft and Rocker No. 3 this 12 months, the Rangers made it back-to-back years choosing former Commodore pitchers. Rocker was taken No. 10 total by the New York Mets in 2021 however went unsigned after which performed for Tri-Metropolis (New York) of the unbiased Frontier League final season. With the collection of Leiter and Rocker, the Rangers now have two pitchers who have been Golden Spikes Award Finalists in 2021 and who shared the Division-I lead with 179 strikeouts that 12 months, per ESPN Stats and Data.
  • After Justin Crawford was taken No. 17 total by the Philadelphia Phillies and Cam Collier was chosen at No. 18 by the Cincinnati Reds, 4 sons of former MLB gamers have been off the board within the first spherical, the primary time that has ever occurred in draft historical past. Justin Crawford is the son of 4-time All-Star Carl Crawford, whereas Cam Collier is the son of Lou Collier, an eight-year professional who performed for the Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos, Boston Pink Sox and Phillies.
  • Eight of the highest 20 picks have been used on excessive schoolers, together with the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 picks. These included, Holliday, Jones, Johnson, and Inexperienced, in addition to Jett Williams (No. 14 to the New York Mets), Dylan Lesko (No. 15 to the San Diego Padres), Crawford, and Owen Murphy (No. 20 to the Atlanta Braves.
  • With the No. 10 total decide, the Colorado Rockies chosen Gonzaga pitcher Gabriel Hughes. The primary WCC collection of the draft, Hughes is the Bulldogs’ first first-round decide for the reason that St. Louis Cardinals chosen Marco Gonzales with the No. 19 decide within the 2013 MLB Draft.
  • Excluding Kumar Rocker, who final performed school baseball in 2021, the primary participant chosen from the NCAA ranks was LSU outfielder Jacob Berry, chosen No. 6 total by the Miami Marlins. He began a run on school gamers, with the subsequent six picks all coming from the NCAA ranks. The convention greatest represented was the ACC, as Virginia Tech outfielder Gavin Cross (No. 9 to the Kansas Metropolis Royals) and Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada (No. 11 to the New York Mets) have been top-11 picks.
  • The primary collection of a Pac-12 participant got here at No. 19, when the Oakland Athletics took Arizona catcher Daniel Susac. The youthful brother of six-year MLB professional Andrew Susac, a former second-round decide of the San Francisco Giants, Daniel Susac was the Pac-12 Freshman of the 12 months in 2021.

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