LOS ANGELES — The Toronto Blue Jays selected 18-year-old Brandon Barriera of Hollywood, Fla., on Sunday with their first pick, and 23rd overall, in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft.
The six-foot-two, 180-pound Barriera is a left-handed pitcher who plays varsity baseball at American Heritage School in Plantation, Fla.
Barriera regularly touches 96 miles per hour on the radar gun and has been up to 98-99. He is committed to attending Vanderbilt.
Jackson Holliday and Druw Jones, sons of MLB All-Stars Matt and Andruw, were taken by Baltimore and Arizona with the first two picks in the amateur draft.
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