Sandra Day O'Connor Eagles third baseman Nolan Gorman (9) warms up before a game against Mountain Ridge High School at Brazell Field at GCU on April 19, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. Mountain Ridge defeated Sandra Day O'Connor 2-1. (Zachary Lucy/Four Seam Images via AP Images)
On Monday, less than a month after he turned 18, in what is the next step in that baseball development, Gorman, a power-hitting third baseman from Phoenix, was taken in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Cardinals with the 19th pick overall.
Gorman, who’s 6-foot, 1 inch and 210 pounds, also represents baseball as it’s played in 2018.