Though the MLB Draft has been chopped down 35 whole rounds, the Oakland Athletics kept a consistent strategy in adding to a farm system ranked 14th among MLB teams.
“We’re looking for the five best players,” A’s general manager David Forst said on Monday. Equipped with the 26th overall pick in the 2020 draft that kicked off Wednesday night remotely, the A’s went local, selecting Tyler Soderstrom out of Turlock High School in Turlock, Calif.
Soderstrom is the son of former San Francisco Giants first-round pick Steve Soderstrom. Tyler and Steve are the 10th father-son duo to be drafted in the first round in MLB history.