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THE FAB FOUR

The 2021 draft will be remembered for the quality and quantity of its high school shortstops. Four could be drafted among the top 10 picks, which has remarkably happened only once before in draft history.

It has been equally rare for multiple prep shortstops to be drafted among the top five picks. That has happened only once before in 56 previous drafts, despite the attractiveness of the

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