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Relax about the Phillies' nepotism in the draft

The MLB Draft wrapped up Wednesday, with 40 rounds in the books and 1215 players selected.

Most of the attention during the first two days were on the players selected, most of it either premature or uninformed. But on Wednesday, the silliness came.

You might recognize names #Phillies took late in draft. They drafted sons of Dave Brundage, Mickey Morandini, Tom McCarthy & nephew of Amaro

— Meghan Montemurro (@M_Montemurro) June 10, 2015

Yes, that's right, Ruben Amaro drafted his nephew Andrew in the 35th round of the draft, the second year in a row Andrew has been selected by the Phillies.