Twin Cities.com · Jun 11, 2015
Twins: Draft day yielding fewer multisport athletes
Illinois relief pitcher Tyler Jay delivers against Michigan during the seventh inning of a Big Ten tournament game at Target Field on May 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien, File)Amid increasing specialization that starts younger and younger, the three-sport high school star is becoming harder to find in baseball's annual June draft.
"When I started scouting, that's what the old scouts said: They looked for athletes," said Twins scouting director Deron Johnson, running his eighth draft for the organization. "Unfortunately, the way it is now, you don't get a lot of that. A lot of kids don't play multiple sports."