As soon as the Arizona Diamondbacks took him in the first round of last June’s Major League Baseball Draft, Pavin Smith knew he wanted to do something special for his parents.

The Jupiter native and former Palm Beach Gardens High School standout brainstormed ideas with his agent, and as soon as the idea of paying off their mortgage on their home of nearly 20 years came up, he knew that was it.

Pavin hid the mortgage document in the family’s Christmas tree and told his parents on Christmas morning that he got them something, but they had to find it, his mother, Pam, said Tuesday.

When they found the note, with a poem attached, Pam read it aloud, while her husband, Tim, read it over her shoulder. This moment went viral when Pavin posted a video of it on Twitter on Monday.

"Thank you for raising me in a great home filled with love. Because of all the sacrifices you made to get me where I am, I want our family home to be yours," Pam read through tears.

"You can’t do that," she reacted.

"It took me probably two or three times of reading it to really get the gist, that he was actually paying off our house, because I never expected it," Pam said as her son took batting practice at the Palm Beach Gardens Parks and Recreation Center on Burns Road.

By mid-day Tuesday, Pavin’s video received 775,000 views, 3,800 retweets, 17,000 likes and 360 comments. A repost on ESPN’s website received another 431,000 views, 3,100 retweets, 14,000 likes and 121 comments.

Pavin said all this attention "definitely wasn’t the plan," but hopes it can be "an inspiration to other kids to never forget about where they came from."

The attention that the 21-year-old redhead has received in the past have been due to baseball. He was on the 11-and-under Palm Beach Gardens team that won the Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md., in August 2008. He became a two-time Palm Beach Post All-Area player at Palm Beach Gardens High School, where he pitched and played first base and outfield. In his senior year, Smith was striking out nine batters for every one walk and had a 95 mph fastball.

As a senior, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 32nd round in 2014, but he turned that down to attend college at the University of Virginia, where he played first base for the 2015 Cavaliers team that won the NCAA championship.

Pavin’s choice to help his family began with its choice to support him as baseball took him from Little League diamonds to professional stadiums.

He said his parents took him to all his practices, watched all his games and paid for camps and coaching sessions. Tim Smith said they spent plenty of money on lessons and traveling to tournaments. He also said that he threw batting practice to his son at least four or five times per week as he was growing up.

Pavin’s first stop in minor-league baseball took him to rookie ball in Oregon, where he hit .318 in 51 games for the Hillsboro Hops. The publication Baseball America sees him in the major leagues by 2021. Still, Tim is proud of his son for more than his accomplishments on the diamond.

"The most rewarding thing of all is just seeing who he’s becoming as a man," he said.