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Blue Jays handed a gift with Austin Martin falling in the draft

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 02: General manager Ross Atkins of the Toronto Blue Jays addresses the media after completing a trade earlier in the day that sent Kevin Pillar #11 to the San Francisco Giants during MLB game action against the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre on April 2, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

He wasn’t supposed to be available, but the Blue Jays were handed a gift being able to draft Austin Martin with the fifth overall pick of the MLB Draft.

I’ve read a lot of mock drafts lately, and I’ve spent a lot of time writing about the MLB draft this year, but I didn’t envision what was going to happen.