Sons of former all-stars Holliday, Jones go 1-2 on opening day of MLB draft

Jackson Holliday and Druw Jones, sons of All-Stars Matt and Andruw, were taken by Baltimore and Arizona with the first two picks in baseball's amateur draft on Sunday night.

Holliday, whose father is a former batting champion, was chosen by Baltimore over Jones in somewhat of a surprise.

"A tough decision," Orioles general manager Mike Elias said. "I would liken it to deciding what to order at a five-star restaurant."

Holliday, a left-handed-hitting shortstop from Stillwater High in Oklahoma, is six-foot-one and 175 pounds — quite a bit smaller than his six-foot-four, 240-pound father. He hit .685 and with 89 hits in 41 games and broke a national record for hits in a high school season that had been held by J.T. Realmuto.

His dad was a seven-time All-Star and the 2007 NL batting champion. Matt was taken by Colorado with the 210th overall pick in the seventh round in 2007.

For the first time in <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> history, the first two players selected are sons of former big leaguers.