Fansided · Jun 14, 2019
Oklahoma baseball: MLB’s No. 2 2019 draft pick woulda, coulda been headed to OU
Thirty-four years ago this spring, former Oklahoma baseball pitcher Bobby Witt was selected No. 3 overall in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.
Like father, like son. Last week Bobby Witt Jr became the second overall player taken in the 2019 MLB Draft, the top pick of the Kansas City Royals.
Unlike his father, though, Junior is a shortstop who packs a power bat. Earlier this month, Witt Jr. led his high school, Coffeyville (Texas) Heritage, to a state championship. The National Gatorade Player of the Year batted .489 with 55 runs batted in and 15 home runs in 41 games this season.