For the third consecutive year, the Philadelphia Phillies used their first-round pick on a college position player, selecting shortstop Bryson Stott with the No. 14 overall pick in the opening round of the MLB Draft Monday evening. One of Stott’s biggest influences – his high school head coach, Paul Buboltz – says that the city of Philadelphia will quickly embrace the 21-year-old.
Buboltz became the head coach of the Desert Oasis Diamondbacks (Las Vegas, NV) in 2013, Stott’s freshman year of high school. That, along with Stott’s character, makes this selection especially personal to Buboltz.
“Bryson came into high school as a 5’3 kid,” Buboltz recalled.