St. John’s signee Amir Garrett may be selected in today’s MLB First-Year Player Draft, but he says he will still play basketball.
“Naw I’m still playin its hard to explain but yeah I’m still hoopin,” Garrett Tweeted early Tuesday.
He added that he’s “not playing baseball at St. John’s.”
The 6-foot-5 left-hander from California has been clocked throwing the baseball in the mid-90s and has drawn interest from MLB scouts.
Garrett told SI.com that baseball was his “first love” and his father, Darryl, described Amir to the site as “a baseball player who plays basketball.”
SI.com cited a source close to the family saying if Garrett was selected in the first seven rounds and offered a bonus of around $1.5 million, he would “drop everything” and enter the minors.
An athletic wing, Garrett is part of the nine-man recruiting class head coach Steve Lavin has assembled that is ranked among the Top 3 nationally.
“We have encouraged Amir to continue working to develop into the best basketball and baseball player he is capable of becoming,” Lavin said in a statement.
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