SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have selected slugging Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson with the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft.
Swanson, who helped lead the Commodores to the College World Series earlier in the day, is the first college shortstop to be chosen with the top selection in the draft since Brown University's Bill Almon in 1974.
The pick Monday night at MLB Network studios marked the first time the Diamondbacks had the No. 1 selection since they took Justin Upton in 2005. It's the 50th anniversary of the first draft in 1965, and the first for new Commissioner Rob Manfred.
Swanson seamlessly switched from second base to shortstop this season as a junior. He was the College World Series' Most Outstanding Player last year, helping the Commodores to the national championship.
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