"We're incredibly lucky and we're certainly excited about the opportunity to pick twice in the first round," Sanders said on Thursday. "It doesn't change the way we go about things or the way we prepare. I think it allows us to be a little more flexible, but it also requires us to be even better and more diligent in our preparations."
Toronto's 2016 Draft came before Sanders' arrival late last year, but represented the first class brought in under general manager Ross Atkins and team president Mark Shapiro. The new regime broke somewhat from the previous habits of the Alex Anthopoulos regime -- often centreed around powerful high-school arms with upside and athletically gifted outfielders -- and turned more consistently to the college ranks.