Will they aim to fill an organizational need, or will the focus be on selecting the best player on the board?
“I think we’ve looked at this thing from every angle possible,” Mike Shirley, the Sox’s director of amateur scouting, said last week.
“We have those players in order and we are ready to target and strike those players,” he said.
The draft is filled with college pitching depth. There’s also local talent, including Ed Howard IV. The Mount Carmel product is the top prep shortstop in the nation and is the No.