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ATLANTA — A slew of left-handed pitchers, a handful of organizations ready to chart a new course and shortstops, shortstops and more shortstops: All are ready to fly off the board when Major League Baseball's 2025 draft tips off tonight at 6 p.m. ET.
With the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 draft, the Colorado Rockies selected shortstop Ethan Holliday out of Stillwater High School in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Matt Holliday was a seven-time All-Star who played 15 big league seasons from 2004-18, including six seasons with Colorado from 2004-08 and 2018. He retired with 2,096 hits and 316 home runs. The Rockies drafted Matt in the seventh round of the 1998 draft out of Stillwater High School, the same school Ethan attended.
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With the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 draft, the Seattle Mariners selected left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson out of LSU.
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The Detroit Tigers were showered with a smattering of boos as they walked off the field for the last time before the All-Star Game.
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