Rockies select prep shortstop Brendan Rogers third overall in MLB Draft

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With the third overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft the Rockies selected shortstop Brendan Rogers from Lake Mary (Fla.) High School. Rockies beat writer Thomas Harding wrote about the shortstop:

Rodgers, 18, measured last week at 6-feet-and-3/4 inches and 199 pounds, wowed scouts during showcases last summer and batted .368 with eight home runs and 23 RBIs during his senior season in high school. He was ranked the top overall Draft prospect by MLB.com.

Rogers was actually the first of four high school players the Rox drafted on the first day of the draft. The other three were: Mike Nivorak (27th overall), Tyler Nevin (38th overall) and Peter Lambert (44th overall).

The Rockies currently have a star shortstop in Troy Tulowitzki -- a player Rogers admits to admiring. Per MLB.com, Rogers said:

”He’s one of the best power-hitting shortstops to ever play the game, and he's someone I look up to, and hopefully in a few weeks I'll maybe get some tips from him.”

(h/t MLB.com)