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Seaver King impressed during his first Major League Spring Training and began the season ranked by MLB Pipeline as the Nationals’ No. 7 prospect. King, 22, is starting out his third year of pro ball in Double-A Harrisburg.
Get to know the 10th overall pick from the 2024 Draft in this Q&A.
MLB.com: Growing up, besides being a baseball player, what else did you want to do?
King: I played a lot of sports. But I was tiny, so I played baseball. I played basketball until high school, and I played football until middle school. I was a point guard in basketball. But I just passed and played defense; I couldn’t score. In football, I was a quarterback and then DB [defensive back]. I stopped playing those early.
MLB.com: Who is your favorite athlete to watch in any sport, and why?
King: LeBron James. He just does everything at the best level. Watching SportsCenter every morning, seeing LeBron every day.
MLB.com: Who is your favorite baseball player?
King: Probably Derek Jeter. He’s the Captain. He goes about it the right way, played the game the right way, he wanted to win.
MLB.com: What do you think is the “right way” to play the game?
King: It’s not always about you. It’s about the team, more often than not. And it’s about winning. I think [Jeter] made that his main thing, and how he handled himself was to win.
MLB.com: Who is your best friend in baseball?
King: Either [Harrisburg teammate] Caleb Lomavita or [Wake Forest teammate] Nick Kurtz.
MLB.com: What makes Caleb a good friend?
King: He's one of the most unserious people that I've ever met. So he lightens the mood with anything that happens.
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MLB.com: And what makes Nick Kurtz a good friend?
King: I can pick his brain because he's done all the things that I want to do already.
MLB.com: If you could eat one food every day, no consequences, what are you eating?
King: Probably chicken wings or Chick-fil-A chicken bites.
MLB.com: Imagine you could play a baseball game anywhere in the world. Where would that be?
King: I’d play on top of a mountain, a warm mountain. I could just tap the ball and it would just go so far. But it can’t be cold. I don’t know if I’d want to play in the cold.