AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Baseball's Lebarron Johnson Jr. has been selected by the Colorado Rockies on Day 2 of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. Johnson joins fellow Longhorn Jared Thomas, who was selected by the Rockies in the second round on Sunday.
Last season Johnson made 15 starts on the mound and pitched in 17 games total, posting a 5.60 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 72.1 innings. In his final outing of the season in the NCAA Regional, he pitched five stellar innings with eight strikeouts against national runner-up Texas A&M.