Name Brendan Rodgers | Role Baseball | |
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Brendan Rodgers (born August 9, 1996) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization. He was drafted third overall by the Rockies in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.
Career
Growing up in mostly a soccer family, Rodgers was first introduced to baseball by his best friend's father when he was five years old.
Rodgers attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida As a sophomore, Rodgers verbally committed to Florida State University to play college baseball. As a junior he hit .397 with nine home runs. In his first game of his senior season in 2015, Rodgers hit a home run.
Rodgers was drafted by the Colorado Rockies with the third overall pick of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Rockies, and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies of the Rookie-level Pioneer League.