DENVER -- Getting selections near the very top of the first round of the MLB Draft the past couple of years has enabled the Reds to zero in on taking not just the player available, but the best player they wanted without seeing him go off their board to another organization.
After picking No. 2 overall the past two years, the Reds will pick fifth in the 2018 MLB Draft.
"You wish we were picking lower," senior director of amateur scouting Chris Buckley said. "That means our big league team had played a little better.