Braves select high school teammates with 1st and 2nd round picks
1.3k shares share tweet sms send email By: | June 9, 2015 12:28 pm Hey, here’s a cool thing: The battery stays together😍 UNREAL — Kolby Allard (@KolbyAllard) The Atlanta Braves selected San Clemente, Calif. high school left-hander Kolby Allard with the 14th overall selection in the 2015 MLB Draft on Monday evening. Not long after, they took Allard’s high-school catcher, Lucas Herbert, with their second-round pick. Allard, considered a high-upside pick who fell in the draft due to a back injury, tweeted out the above photo of himself and Herbert in fresh new Atlanta braves caps. The former and future teammates will vie to become the first and join the likes of Olympic volleyball gold medalist Gabe Gardner and the guy who played Hurley on Lost on . The players also both signed letters of intent to play at UCLA, and were the first high-school teammates ever named to . , , , , 1.3k shares share tweet sms send email