Drafting is always a game of risk and reward. Take on more risk, and the end value can be greater. It’s a give-and-take that Mets amateur scouts understand well. To that end, they spent the early part

With the Mets’ farm system relatively solid across the board, fans should expect the team to take a balanced approach in the draft, mixing high-upside high school arms with polished college hitters and pitchers — though with no clear-cut position of need, their exact strategy remains hard to predict.

Here’s who the Kansas City Royals selected with their bonus top-30 pick — which they earned courtesy of Bobby Witt Jr.