The Cincinnati Reds added a top-tier talent to their organization on Sunday, selecting high school standout Steele Hall with the 9th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Hall is a shortstop out of Hewitt-Trussville High School in Alabama.

Sunday was a great day to be a Hewitt-Trussville Husky. Head Baseball Coach Jeff Mauldin went to two MLB Draft watch parties. The first one hosted by his shorts

Steele Hall remembers falling in love with the game on a small baseball field in Alabama. The sights, the sounds, the smells, his dad coaching him in T-ball. And his dad wasn't just handing out juice boxes and snacks.