Jack Radel, a player from Sioux Falls, is selected in the first round of the 2026 MLB Draft, according to Yahoo Sports. The report says Radel’s selection comes alongside a shared connection with his best friend, Marcus Phillips, who was taken in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. The article describes the two as best friends and highlights that both reach the majors through first-round selections in consecutive years. The information presented centers on their draft status and their personal relationship, with no additional details provided in the submitted excerpts about the teams that selected them, their positions, or their amateur records. Overall, the coverage emphasizes the rare outcome of two close friends from the same area being chosen in successive MLB first rounds, first Phillips in 2025 and then Radel in 2026.