“I really have no doubt that if Todd Van Poppel would have shown any interest at all, he probably would have been taken by the Braves,” Jones Sr. said. The 6-foot-5, ...

Todd Van Poppel, in all of his imposing 6-foot-5-inch frame, is still a legend here, one of the hardest-throwing pitchers to come out of the state of Texas, rivaling Nolan Ryan, ...

Oakland Athletics: RHP Todd Van Poppel Top 100 peak: No. 1 in 1991 Van Poppel was a candidate to go No. 1 overall in the 1990 draft but ended up slipping to No. 14 overall due to his bonus demands.

Todd Van Poppel was a former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick who spent 15 years as a pro. Drafted No. 14 overall by the A's in 1990, the pitcher competed for Oakland, ...

TODD VAN Poppel remembers the long, lonely walks around the golf course near his San Ramon apartment. He wandered around the course for two hours sometimes, lost in deep analysis and self-doubt ...

Ben Verlander welcomes Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones to talk about his draft day experience and how different things would have been if it wasn’t for Todd Van Poppel!

The son of Todd Van Poppel, a first-round Major League Baseball Draft pick of the Braves in 1990, Riley Van Poppel committed in June to the Huskers out of Argyle, Texas.