The Houston Astros have selected shortstop Brice Matthews with the 28th overall pick in the first round and right-handed pitcher Alonzo Tredwell in the second round.
Matthews, 21, right-handed hitting shortstop, hit .359 with 11 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs, 67 RBI, 20 stolen bases, a .723 slugging percentage, a .481 on-base percentage and a 1.204 OPS in 54 games for the Nebraska Cornhuskers this season.
Matthews was named a second-team All-American by NCBWA and a Collegiate Baseball's third-team All-American.
He is a local product that played high school baseball at Atascocita High School in Humble, where he was teammates with Kenyon Green, a Texans 2022 first-round pick in the NFL Draft.
Matthews was also a member of the Astros Youth Academy.
Tredwell, also 21, went 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA in nine starts for UCLA this season. He also recorded 51 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 2023.
In his two-year career at UCLA, Tredwell went 8-3 with a 2.83 ERA and 113 strikeouts. He was also named to the 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference Team.




