The two-time defending NL West champion Dodgers or LSU? That’s the choice 6-foot-4 right-handed pitcher Zach Lee has to make.

 

Lee is highly touted in two sports. He entered the draft rated as the 14th-best right-handed pitcher and 29th overall draft-eligible prospect by Baseball America.  Yet he was also rated as the No. 21 quarterback in the country by the top recruiting website scout.com.

 

The Dodgers grabbed the hard-throwing Lee with the 28th overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of McKinney High School in McKinney, TX.

 

The 195-pounder won 11 games as a senior with a 2.15 ERA and 90 strikeouts. The scouting report on the 18-year-old says that he has three above-average to plus pitches he can throw for strikes.

 

“We are happy to have selected such a fine competitive young man and athlete such as Zach,” Dodger Assistant General Manager, Scouting Logan White said. “He has a chance to be a quality Major League pitcher.”

 

Lee signed a letter of intent to play quarterback for Louisiana State University — perennially one of the top college football teams in the country. He passed for 2,565 yards with 31 touchdowns and for over 400 yards.

 

This marks the fourth time in five years that the Dodgers used their first-round pick on a Texas pitcher. In 2006, the Dodgers selected Clayton Kershaw seventh overall out of Highland Park High in Dallas. In 2007, Chris Withrow was drafted 20th overall out of Midland Christian High in Midland. Last year it was Aaron Miller, who was taken 36th overall from Baylor University.