MLB Baseball Draft

Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, star teammates on the LSU team that won the Men’s College World Series, were selected with the first two picks of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft on Sunday, becoming the first pair of teammates to go 1-2 in draft history.  With the 24th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Right-Handed Pitcher Hurston Waldrep out of the University of Florida. The Braves were heavily projected to take a prep bat in the first round but they elected to select a college arm instead. Waldrep was a surprise to drop all the way to 24 and the Braves seen keen on adding his talent to the system.