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    THE LATEST MODEL

    Apr 06, 2022 5 minutes
    by TEDDY CAHILL

    If Darlene Parada had her way, her son Kevin would never have become a catcher.

    Parada remembers his mother telling him when he was about 7 or 8 that he couldn’t be a catcher. He was insistent on trying the position, however, so his mother relented.

    “My mom was like, ‘You know what, he’s probably going to block his first ball and realize he doesn’t want to be a catcher,’” Parada said. “I was the total opposite of that.”

    Parada’s stubborn insistence on catching paid off. This year, the Georgia Tech sophomore was voted as a Preseason All-American catcher by MLB scouting departments and could be drafted in the top 10 picks in July. He is the latest star to come out of Georgia Tech’s catching pipeline, which has also produced Jason Varitek, Matt Wieters and Joey Bart over the last 30 years.

    Parada has the

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