Dodgers draft high-potential Bo Lowrance, Dino Ebel gets family surprise

The Dodgers’ front office had to wait, and wait, and wait, during the first day of the MLB Draft on Saturday, not making their first selection until the second round at 40th overall.Their third base coach, on the other hand, was up and celebrating before the first round had even been complete.In a year the Dodgers had far fewer draft picks than normal –– having been docked four of their top-six-round selections because of luxury tax and free-agent signing penalties –– the biggest draft day story surrounding the team centered on third base coach Dino Ebel, who for the second year in a row saw one of his sons get taken in the first round.This time, it was 17-year-old shortstop Trey Ebel, a product of Corona High School, who went 25th overall.And, familiarly, it was the Milwaukee Brewers who snagged him, going 2-for-2 on the Ebel boys the last couple of years after taking Dino’s older son, Brady, 32nd overall last summer.“It was more emotional this year than last year, I think because you know you got both sons [drafted and in the same organization],” said Ebel, who has decades of coaching experience and has been on the Dodgers’ staff since 2019.“They worked so hard to get to this point, and to have the same team, the Milwaukee Brewers, it’s just really a dream come true for me and the family.”Ebel said he knew the Brewers were interested in Trey leading up to the draft.But unlike last year, when Brady received a call from the Brewers front office well before his official selection, Trey’s phone call didn’t arrive until they were a couple picks away.It made for an emotional scene at the Ebel household, where most of the family had gathered for a watch party before Dino hustled over to Dodger Stadium for that night’s game.

It also made for a memorable moment at Brady’s single-A affiliate in Wilson, N.C., where the older brother broke into an immediate celebration while watching the draft on the stadium scoreboard during pregame catch pla...