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Classy move by the Texas Rangers:

Georgia outfielder Johnathan Taylor was on the fast track to the major leagues. He could chase balls down in gaps with ease, and he hit .312 in 117 career games with the Bulldogs.

But his life changed dramatically on March 6 when he collided with a teammate in the outfield. Taylor broke his neck and was paralyzed from the waist down.

On Wednesday, the Rangers selected Taylor in the 33rd round of baseball's draft.

"I think it was Kip Fagg's idea," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said of the team's director of amateur scouting. "Kip and [Georgia area scout] Ryan Coe. They mentioned it to me a couple of days ago. It is a classy move on their part."

Taylor collided with teammate Zach Cone on the play. The Rangers drafted Cone on Monday with the 37th overall selection.

"We felt like it was the right thing to do," Fagg said. "Zach is coming into our family now and J.T. and him were really tight. We thought it was the right thing to do from the family aspect of it. He's a good kid. He probably had a chance to play professional baseball."

When Fagg and others from the scouting department visited Cone in Georgia they gave him a Rangers jersey for Taylor that was signed by the team, and asked him to deliver it to his teammate.

"This was truly a classy move and a great gesture on the part of the Texas Rangers organization," Georgia coach David Perno said in a statement. "J.T. is definitely a player worthy of getting drafted. When I talked to him after he got the call, he was in the middle of his rehabilitation work, laughing and having a good time and was thrilled to be drafted."

And it wasn't just the Rangers. The Houston Astros also drafted a player who had suffered paralyzing injuries in a diving accident. Everything's big in Texas...including their hearts.