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Arizona Diamondbacks Player Pavin Smith Paid Off His Parents Mortgage

Dec 27, 2017, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:22 am

(Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)...

(Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)

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BY DIGIT AL


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Pavin Smith, 21, was the seventh overall pick in the 2017 Amatuer Baseball Draft.

After receiving a $5 million dollar bonus for signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he surprised his parents on Christmas by revealing in a letter that he had used money from his bonus to pay off their mortgage.

Inside Edition has video of his parents reading the Smith’s letter to his parents.

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