The Rangers haven’t selected a high school player in the first round of the MLB Draft since 2018. That changed on Sunday night, when Texas selected Gavin Fien, a shortstop out of Great Oak (Calif.) high school,

Fien was the No. 22 prospect according to MLB Pipeline heading into the draft. David Pierce was the Longhorns' coach when Fien committed in 2021. The slot value, which is the estimated value of the signing bonus the team can sign players to at a certain draft position,

The Rangers veered off their recent history of preferring college players to dip into deep class of high school shortstops.