Last week, the Minnesota Twins selected Brent Rooker with the 35th overall selection of the 2017 MLB Draft. With that, the reigning SEC Player of the Year became the 14th Diamond Dawg to hear his name called in the first-round of the draft. In the previous draft, Dakota Hudson was taken with the 34th overall pick by the Cardinals. Back-to-back drafts, back-to-back first round selections.
One MLB Draft experts believes that the Bulldogs will have a player drafted in round one for the third consecutive year.
MLB.com’s Jim Callis posted his “way-way-too-early projection for the first 10 picks next June”.