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)
The Blue Jays could have selected several talented players in the first round of the MLB draft, but getting Austin Martin was the best case scenario.
With the Blue Jays theoretically nearing the end of their rebuild (assuming the Major League Baseball resumes at some point), this year’s first round draft pick had a little more pressure attached to it.