Day 2 of the MLB Draft, and Utah’s Bret Helton was simply going about his day. The Ute pitcher had just concluded his junior campaign in Salt Lake City a little over two weeks ago, and was back home in Colorado Springs to enjoy some much needed time for relaxation.
Helton is one of Utah’s better pitchers, and has been in talks with Major League Baseball teams all over the country leading up to the 2015 MLB Draft just a few days ago. But because he had a good idea of where he was going to possibly be drafted — which was Day 3, in his mind — Helton wasn’t paying much attention to the draft on the second day.