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right albuquerque , new mexico houston astros shortstop 30 march 1994 alex bregman at baum stadium.jpg alex bregman
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alex bregman

alex bregman -lrb- born march 30 , 1994 -rrb- is an american professional baseball shortstop in the houston astros organization .
he played college baseball for louisiana state university -lrb- lsu -rrb- .
in high school , in 2010 as a sophomore at the age of 16 , bregman became the first high school player to win the usa baseball player of the year award .
in 2011 as a junior he batted .678 , while setting a new mexico season record with 19 home runs .
in three years of college at lsu , bregman was voted the 2013 national freshman of the year by `` baseball america '' , won the 2013 brooks wallace award , as the country 's best college shortstop , and was a two-time all-american .
towards the end of his junior year , he was selected by the houston astros with the second pick in the first round of the 2015 mlb draft .
