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Dbacks choose the son of baseball royalty with their first draft pick

Druw Jones is the son of 5-time All Star Andruw Jones.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks earned the No. 2 overall pick in this year's draft with a lousy season last year. They spent it on the son of baseball royalty.

The team drafted Druw Jones, an 18-year-old centerfielder from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, the son of 5-time All Star Andruw Jones.

Druw Jones was ranked the No. 1 overall prospect in this year's draft by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America. BA  also ranked him in the top of the best hitter, best athlete, best speed and best strike-zone judgment lists, for draft-eligible high school players.

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Jones was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for 2022 and is committed to play at Vanderbilt University.

His father, Andruw, won 10 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards over 17 seasons with Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. 

Many experts thought the Orioles would take Jones with the No. 1 pick, leaving the Diamondbacks to potentially choose Oklahoma high-school shortstop Jackson Holliday. But the Orioles chose Holliday instead.

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The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.

The Cardinals have made the State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers also play at the Footprint. Phoenix has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC.

The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall; and Cactus League Spring Training.

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