LSU baseball stars Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews made history Sunday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals selected them 1-2 overall.
Skenes and Crews are the first fair of college teammates to go 1-2 in draft history.
Paul Skenes of the LSU Tigers celebrates after defeating the Florida Gators in Game 3 of the Division I Men's Baseball Championship held at Charles Schwab Field on June 26, 2023, in Omaha, Nebraska.Crews hit .426 He finished No. 1 in the nation in runs scored and walks . He won the 2023 Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player in the U.S. as well as the SEC Male Athlete of the Year.
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