Credit: Michael Sears
Kenosha — When the Major League Baseball draft begins Thursday evening, a 37-year drought is expected to end for the state of Wisconsin.
No state prep player has been selected in the first round of the draft since outfielder Kevin Brandt was taken by the Minnesota Twins out of tiny Nekoosa High School with the 11th pick in 1979.
Gavin Lux figures to snap that long dry spell.
Lux, 18, a shortstop for Indian Trail High School, is projected as a low first-round selection by every baseball publication and outlet that conducts mock drafts.