Five things we learned from the 2018 Major League Baseball draft

A total of 1,214 players were selected in this year’s MLB amateur draft. Few will ever play baseball at the major league level, but their individual stories paint a picture about where the sport is today. One player whose name wasn’t called this week tells a story on its own.
Here are five things we learned from the 2018 draft:
1. NOBODY WANTED LUKE HEIMLICH
It’s easy to see why the two-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year is a free agent.
Heimlich, a senior at Oregon State, sat dow