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2016 MLB Draft results: Red Sox select Matt McLean 268th overall

The Red Sox get their second senior of the draft in Texas outfielder Matt McLean.

We’re closing in on the end of the first 10 rounds — and first two days — of the MLB draft. The Red Sox have selected just two high school players, one college senior, and the rest, all college juniors. They added to the mix with their ninth-round pick, a center fielder out of the University of Texas-Arlington, 22-year-old Matt McLean.

He’s a senior, the second Boston has selected in the first 10 rounds, and the reason for that is to — say it with me if you've been following along this far — to help pay for first-round pick Jason Groome.