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Texas Rangers shake up first round, take Kumar Rocker third, after Baltimore Orioles open MLB draft by picking Jackson Holliday

LOS ANGELES -- The Baltimore Orioles made high school shortstop Jackson Holliday the first selection in Major League Baseball's draft on Sunday, but the biggest shock came with the No. 3 overall pick, when the Texas Rangers selected Kumar Rocker, the highly touted pitching prospect who famously did not sign with the New York Mets last season.

Rocker now joins his Vanderbilt teammate, Jack Leiter, who was picked second overall by the Rangers last year. Druw Jones, the son of five-time All-Star Andruw Jones, went second overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks.