Mark Kotsay hit his first home run as an Atlanta Brave last night and now has 104 in his career.
He was the 9th overall pick in the 1996 MLB Amateur Draft selected by the Florida Marlins. In 1995, he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best collegiate baseball player when he excelled at Cal-State Fullerton.
He is not the only Golden Spikes winner to play at one time for the Atlanta Braves. Other award winners to play for the Bravos include…
- Bob Horner (1978 winner… and first winner ever)
- Oddibe McDowell (1984)
- Mike Kelly (1991)
- J.D. Drew (1997)
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April 9th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I have always liked Kotsay and I am Glad the Braves picked him up. I remember watching him play in the College World Series when he was at Cal St.
Also glad we decided to let Andruw move on he was not willing to get the holes out of his swing and was not worth the money he was getting..