Corona's Seth Hernandez was the first California high school star selected, going sixth overall to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Ten members of LSU’s 2025 National Championship baseball team began their journey toward a Major League Baseball career this week, as nine Tigers were selected in the MLB Draft and one signed a free agent deal.

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The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft.

MLB Draft began, programs across the country braced for the coming inevitable departure of not only key players from last season but from future r

But the A’s and everyone knew he would follow through on his commitment to play where his parents had gone to school, at Fresno State. Three years later, the Yankees would select him in the first round, and the MVP performances would come shortly after that.

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Jeff Bittiger, a former major-league pitcher who originally was drafted by the Mets and later served for more than two decades as a scout for the Athletics, died Saturday. He was 63. The Mets chose the Jersey City native and Secaucus HS product in the seventh round of the 1980 draft.