Kip Fagg is well aware of the Texas Rangers' organizational needs and where the farm system talent depth is deep and where it is thin.
The Rangers' senior director of amateur scouting, who has been running the club's draft the past nine seasons, will keep the same philosophy. And that philosophy is simple: Take the best player available.
The Rangers pick 15th in the first round of the major league first-year player draft which begins on June 4.
Some of the areas where the organization is thin, including pitching in the upper levels and shortstops and third basemen throughout the minor league system, won't necessarily dictate who the Rangers select.