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As 5-year-olds, they met while playing on the same coach pitch team in the greater Phoenix area. Before high school graduation, they appeared in the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game and for USA Baseball's 18U National Team.
During the first round of the 2018 Draft, Gorman, a third baseman, and Liberatore, a left-handed pitcher, were selected three picks from each other.
This spring, the pair reunited on the diamond after the Cardinals acquired Liberatore from the Rays in a four-player, two-pick trade. Gorman and Liberatore, ranked as the organization's Nos. 2 and 3 prospects per MLB Pipeline, respectively, are rooming together during big league camp like they have over the years.
Round 1 of today’s live BP matchup between lifelong friends and top prospects Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore. #STLCardspic.twitter.com/KF8dCQZHp3