Texas High Tigers Take the STATE, Slade Heathcott pitches 7th on recovering ACL

Texas High wins, Slade gets a haystack, announcer cried in happiness, Rainey does a back flip. By Anthony Dicomo / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Bucking their recent Draft trend of leaning toward pitching, the Yankees selected high school outfielder Slade Heathcott with their first pick in Tuesday's First-Year Player Draft, the 29th selection overall.

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Heathcott, a powerful left-handed-hitting outfielder who is coming off ACL surgery on his left knee, is currently playing in the state tournament for Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas -- his semifinal game is Wednesday afternoon. Heathcott, a third-team all-state selection, has plus power to all fields, a strong arm from the outfield and above-average speed despite his recent surgery.

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• Boston Red Sox
• NY Yankees

[scharfy14]

i made him go 0-4

[Woobieizer]

@scharfy14

I hope you get paid well for that memory.

[cjhead72]

whose got the state title

[MFoRMoDDeRR]

hes bad he dropped a routine fly ball against us in

[ckck4]

im a HUGE yankees fan, and i'm excited about this kid

[jkoff76]

Hope he signs with the Yankees. Good player.