When Harvard-Westlake grads Max Fried of the New York Yankees and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs are launched on July 15 on the MLB All-Star Sport in Atlanta, their former highschool coaches, Matt LaCour and Jared Halpert, will probably be within the stands celebrating the historic second.
“We’re all proud on campus,” mentioned LaCour, now the varsity’s athletic director and former coach of Fried.
“It’s kind of everyone wins if Max faces Pete,” Halpert mentioned.
Harvard-Westlake has obtained consideration for its success sending pitchers to the majors with Fried, Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty, all of whom have been members of the 2012 staff and first-round draft picks.
Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong.
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Crow-Armstrong, a first-round draft choose in 2020 who was chosen by the followers to start out in heart area, is a breakthrough hitter for the Cubs.
“We’ve got a couple hitters coming through, so maybe we’ll change the pitching narrative,” LaCour mentioned.
However who will the coaches root for if Fried is on the mound and Crow-Armstrong is on the plate?
“That definitely would be cool,” LaCour mentioned. “I’ll root for Max and Jared will root for Pete.”
LaCour is in Atlanta this week teaching a youth staff and can keep an additional two days to look at the All-Star Sport. Halpert is flying out subsequent Tuesday morning, then taking a rideshare to the ballpark.
They shouldn’t have any hassle getting tickets as a result of they know an all-star.
