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NEW YORK (AP) — ssional baseball — but he’ll have a tough time making one as dramatic as his famous father.The Florida high school outfielder Jason Motte Jersey , drafted in the third round by San Francisco on Tuesday, is the son of former big league outfielder Rodney McCray.Does the name ring a bell?Well, the elder McCray became a staple of highlight and blooper reels everywhere — long before viral videos were even a thing — when he crashed through the right field wall while trying to make a catch during a minor league game in 1991.Yep, that guy.Rodney McCray was playing right field for the Triple-A Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League on May 27, 1991, when Portland’s Chip Hale hit a long fly ball. McCray tracked it down and made the catch, but ran right through the plywood fence at Civic Stadium — and dropped the ball.McCray, who wasn’t seriously hurt, became a bit of a celebrity as the video of “The Crash” made its way onto TV sports broadcasts around the country. He played in 67 major league games with the White Sox and Mets http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , going 3 for 14 while stealing nine bases in 10 attempts.The younger McCray, the No. 87 overall pick, hit .477 with 35 RBIs and 30 runs scored in 28 games for Lakewood Ranch High School.He wasn’t the only player with famous bloodlines to be selected on the second day of the Major League Baseball draft.California high school shortstop Glenallen Hill Jr., son of former slugger Glenallen Hill, was taken in the fourth round by Arizona.Florida high school shortstop Christian Cairo, son of former infielder Miguel Cairo, was also a fourth-rounder.Brock Bell, a right-hander from State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota and the son of former All-Star shortstop Jay Bell, was Boston’s seventh-round selection.The Red Sox took one of college baseball’s best pitchers in the fourth round Brett Cecil Jersey , drafting Navy right-hander Noah Song. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Song is the highest-drafted player in the school’s history after going 11-1 with a 1.44 ERA while being selected a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award as the nation’s top amateur player.He might have been taken even higher, but Song has a required two-year military service obligation before he can begin his professional baseball career.Baltimore led off the second day of the draft by taking LSU outfielder Zach Watson with the first pick of the third round at No. 79 overall.The Orioles, who drafted Oregon State switch-hitting catcher Adley Rutschman at No. 1 overall Monday night, got another of college baseball’s top offensive players in the fourth round. New Mexico State shortstop Joey Ortiz was the 108th overall pick — highest in school history — after leading Division I players in hits (106) and runs scored (85) while also being ranked among the national leaders in batting average (.422) and RBIs (84).Florida high school righty Matthew Allan was considered a possible first-rounder, but slid to the third round before the Mets took him 89th overall. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Allan impressed scouts with his mid- to upper-90s fastball and command of three excellent pitches, but teams were wary of signability issues since he has a strong commitment to play at the University of Florida.The three-day draft concludes Wednesday with rounds 11-40 held via conference calls with the big league teams. There may be a good reason Hernan did less Hammerin’ last year"For three years now, Hernan Perez has essentially been Craig Counsell’s “sixth man” — never a true starter http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , but filling in enough that he basically gets a low-end starter-level number of at-bats.That changed a bit in 2018, when he only saw 334 plate appearances in 132 games — down from a career-high 458 in 136 games the year before. Part of that was the midseason acquisition of Mike Moustakas cutting into his playing time, but a large part of it was also his ineffectiveness (which in a way may have made the Moustakas move necessary).Perez hit just .253/.290/.386 and had his worst OPS (.676), OPS+ (80), wOBA (.292) and wRC+ (79) as a Brewer. While his batting average and on-base percentage were close to 2017 levels -- which weren’t great to begin with — Perez at least carried the threat of occasional power in his first two seasons with the Brewers, but that never materialized in 2018.It turns out there might have been good explanation for that, aside from the assumption many of us likely held that he was a utility player who was being overexposed. According to Tom Haudricourt, Perez played most of last season with a bone chip in his wrist, which sounds painful and would understandably cut into a hitter’s power.Barring an unforseen signing — whether it’s a second baseman or Mike Moustakas Michael Wacha Jersey , shifting Travis Shaw back to second — Perez figures to get an extended look as an option for the Brewers at second base this spring, even if it’s as the righty-swinging half of a platoon with Cory Spangenberg.Perez’s defensive contributions have been enough to make him a positive-WAR player the past couple seasons despite some lackluster offensive performances. Getting the wrist healthy could potentially help bring back the double-digit home run power that essentially carried his offensive value in previous years. The addition of left-handed bench bats like Spangenberg and Ben Gamel should also help make sure that more of Perez’s opportunities to hit are in situations that set him up for success. Perez hit just .239/.282/.330 against right-handed pitching last year, but hit .277/.304/.479 against lefties.Whether or not Perez is in The Best Shape Of His Life is still unconfirmed, but it looks like he should at least be in better shape than he was for much of last year.Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference