The MLB draft is this Sunday evening and the Red Sox have the twelfth overall pick. This selection falls in that awkward sweet spot where there’s big value to be had here if they get it right, but it’s also still low enough that it’s virtually impossible to predict who they’re going to get, or if they’ll be any good.
Case in point: the Red Sox used the same 12th overall pick in 1994 to draft Nomar Garciaparra. However, the most recent time they picked there in 2016, they got a guy who never even made it to the Major Leagues (more on him in a moment).