ANAHEIM -- Nolan Williams and Cole Duensing are two of the best high-school players in the state of Kansas, and they just so happen to live 25 minutes apart. The two have been friends since they were about 10 years old. And on Friday, Williams invited Duensing over to his house to watch Day 2 of the Draft.
Williams, a shortstop, went in the third round to the Angels, then he watched Duensing, a right-handed pitcher, get drafted in the sixth round, also by the Angels.
"It's unbelievable," Williams said. "I'm surprised it's not a bigger story.