Local athletes picked up in MLB draft

Three former Mount Si High School baseball players are heading to the big leagues this year. Max Brown and Tim Proudfoot, both 2011 alumni, and Reece Karalus, 2012, were chosen in the Major League Baseball draft now underway.

Three former Mount Si High School baseball players are heading to the big leagues this year. Max Brown and Tim Proudfoot, both 2011 alumni, and Reece Karalus, 2012, were chosen in the Major League Baseball draft now underway.

Brown, who recently graduated from Kansas State University, was picked by the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 6’6″ 200-pound center-fielder was number 1,096, selected in the 37th round.

Proudfoot, a senior at Texas Tech, was picked up by the Oakland Athletics, number 1,058 in the 35th round. A shortstop, Proudfoot is 5’9″ and 180 pounds.

Karalus, a junior pitcher at Santa Clara University, went to the Tampa Bay Rays. He was pick number 238, in the eighth round.

For draft updates, visit http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2015/drafttracker.jsp.