Major League Baseball's amateur draft starts Monday and the player likely to be picked first among local kids hasn't technically played for a local team.
Owen Sharts, a right-handed pitcher from Southern California who is signed to play for Nevada next season, is projected by a number of national publications as one of the top high school players in the draft, a three-day event that ends Wednesday.
If the 6-foot-1, 185-pound Sharts is drafted early as projected, the likelihood of him matriculating to Nevada seems low. Sharts, a two-way player who projects as a pitcher in the pros, shot up draft charts during his senior season at Simi Valley (Calif.