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Blue Jays select pitcher Hoffman and catcher Pentecost in amateur draft
The Toronto Blue Jays looked to improve their battery at Major League Baseball’s first-year amateur draft, selecting pitcher Jeff Hoffman ninth overall and catcher Max Pentecost 11th overall.
Hoffman is a six-foot-four right-hander who went undrafted out of high school.
The 21-year-old played for East Carolina University with a 3.26 earned-run average but had Tommy John surgery on May 14.
Pentecost is a six-foot-two, 191-pounder who has hit .342 through three seasons at Kennesaw University.
Pentecost, also 21, was previously drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2011.
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