Alec Willis gathered his closest friends and family at his house to watch the MLB Draft on Monday. Then, as the rounds came and went, he nearly sent them all home.
It was a good thing he didn’t. Willis, a 6-foot-6 flamethrowing right-hander out of Regis Jesuit, was the first Colorado player off the board when the Cardinals selected him in the seventh round at No. 211 overall.
“After about the fifth round, I told everyone thanks for coming and that they could go, because it was already a long day and everyone had stuff to do,” Willis said.