The 2020 Major League Baseball Draft came and went, and Antonio Velez had to figure out his next steps.
Velez, at that point a senior at Florida State, wasn’t selected during the five-round draft — condensed from the usual 40 rounds by MLB due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The left-handed pitcher’s future was uncertain.
“I talked to my agent a lot,” Velez said. “He helped me get through it.”