Jeremy Jeffress was the Milwaukee Brewers’ first pick in the first MLB Draft I truly payed attention to. I didn’t follow the draft like I do now; there wasn’t a studied obsession of every possible pick, in-depth analysis of the farm and what the team needed to be more well-rounded. No, it was just a kid watching an afternoon of draft, just starting to become obsessed with everything Brewers.
When the Crew took a high schooler who could potentially hit triple digits in a day when maybe one or two players regularly hit the 100s, I became obsessed.