The Dodgers added another highly regarded pitching talent to their farm system Sunday, choosing Alabama high school left-hander Maddux Bruns with the 29th pick in the Major League Baseball draft.
Bruns’ selection comes a year after the Dodger drafted Louisville right-hander Bobby Miller in the first round. The 6-foot-2 Bruns was named Alabama’s 2021 Mr. Baseball and Gatorade player of the year after he struck out 102 and gave up six runs across 49 innings for UMS-Wright Preparatory School in Mobile, Ala. He’s committed to play at Mississippi State.
“We thought he was the best high school left-handed pitcher in the draft,” Dodgers director of amateur scouting Billy Gasparino said in a videoconference call with reporters Sunday.