NEWS RELEASE

Twelve players selected in the June 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft this week spent recent summers at Historic Dodgertown – Vero Beach participating in the Elite Development Invitational (EDI) camps hosted at the famed sports campus.

The EDI camps welcome boys ages 12-18 for an authentic baseball spring training-like experience. The same fields, clubhouse, dining room, sleeping rooms and recreational amenities enjoyed by 60 years of Dodger baseball are open to the boys for a fully-immersive experience. Approximately 40 former Major League players coach the boys at the fields, batting cages, weight rooms and meeting sessions.

The fourth annual EDI baseball camp, again hosted by MLB, USA Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, takes place this July 20 through August 2, and more than 200 boys from around the country will participate. The inaugural EDI camp took place in 2015 at Historic Dodgertown. In 2017, the second overall draft pick, Hunter Greene, participated in the inaugural EDI camp.

The 12 players selected in the 2018 Draft are:

Osiris Johnson (2016-2017 EDI, 2^nd round, Miami Marlins)

Taj Bradley (2016-2017 EDI, 5^th round, Tampa Bay Rays)

Lawrence Butler (2016-2017 EDI, 6^th round, Oakland A’s)

Cabera Weaver (2016 EDI, 7^th round, Chicago White Sox)

Dominic Pipkin (2017 EDI, 9^th round, Philadelphia Phillies)

Regi Grace (2017 EDI, 10^th round, Minnesota Twins)

Kelvin Smith (2016-2017 EDI, 20^th round, Detroit Tigers)

Pablo Garabitos (2017 EDI, 25^th round, Milwaukee Brewers)

William Duncan (2015 EDI, 29^th round, san Diego Padres)

Bryce Bush (2017 EDI, 33^rd round, Chicago White Sox)

Elijah Pleasants (2015 and 2017 EDI, 36^th round, Kansas City Royals)

Kyle Salley (2016 EDI, 40^th round, Chicago White Sox)

In 2017 MLB introduced the EDI Girls Softball camp, also at Historic Dodgertown, and more than 80 participants (18-and-under) received instruction from former Olympians, including Jennie Finch, and USA Softball players and coaches in a spring training environment. The EDI Softball camp returns to Historic Dodgertown this July 5-12.

Historic Dodgertown congratulates the 12 EDI graduates and wishes them great success in their future baseball careers.