Months and months of scouts travel around the country is about to pay off for MLB franchies. All 30 teams will convene in New Jersey on June 12 for the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft, and its expected that quite a few former CIF Southern Section alums will have their names called early and often.
Here's a look at the five CIF-SS alums expected to go in the first round of this year's MLB Draft:
A slick-hitting second baseman from the UC Irvine, Hiura played his high school ball at Valencia.