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2 players with Henrico connections selected in Major League Baseball Draft

Two players with Henrico ties were selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft this week. The Baltimore Orioles made Griff O’Ferrall – the starting shortstop for the University of Virginia and a former Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association player who graduated from St. Christopher’s School – the 38th player selected in the draft when they took him in the Prospect Promotion Incentive portion of the draft (between the first and second rounds). O’Ferrall, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound shortstop, was rated as MLB.com’s 38th-best prospect in the draft. “While O’Ferrall doesn’t have any eye-popping tools, he gets every ounce out of...

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