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The 2013 draft has come and gone, bringing a host of new prospects into the Red Sox farm system. In this episode of Minor Details, Red Sox director of player personnel Dave Finley discusses how first-round pick Trey Ball compared to the last two left-handers -- Jon Lester and Henry Owens -- whom the Red Sox picked at the top of the draft, while director of amateur scouting Amiel Sawdaye discusses some of the team's second-day picks, including slugging catcher Jon Denney, right-hander Myles Smith, fifth-rounder Corey Littrell and two-sport outfielder Jordon Austin.

On this edition of the Green Street Podcast, Ben Rohrbach talks about the NBA Draft with draft guru Jeff Goodman. Jeff gives insight into what some of the Celtics moves on draft day could be and who might be available when they're up on the board.

Minor Details previews the 2013 Red Sox draft, with an emphasis on the team's first-round pick (at No. 7 overall, the highest the club has selected since 1993). Featured on the show: Red Sox GM Ben Cherington and Sox amateur scouting director Amiel Sawdaye discuss the Sox' approach and process at No. 7, ESPN draft guru Keith Law evaluates the candidates whom the Sox are focused on at that pick and former major league outfielder Gabe Kapler -- who was taken in the 57th round of the 1995 draft -- discusses the inexact science of the draft and considers whether an NFL-style combine would yield improvements to the process.

Keith Law of ESPN joins Minor Details very, very early on the (kind of) morning of the Major League Baseball draft to discuss how the draft board is shaping up for the Red Sox with their No. 7 overall pick.

The Major League Baseball draft is a process rife with a longstanding tradition of errors and misses in evaluation. Would there be benefit to introducing an NFL-style combine to the MLB draft to achieve better evaluations? If so, what form would such a combine take? Former major league outfielder Gabe Kapler joins to discuss.

With the Major League Baseball amateur draft looming on June 6, Baseball America's Jim Callis breaks down candidates for the Red Sox' first-round selection at No. 7 overall, discussing possibilities such as Colin Moran of UNC, Texas high school right-hander Kohl Stewart and Georgia prep outfielders Austin Meadows and Clint Frazier.

For the first time since 1993, the Red Sox are picking as high as No. 7 in the amateur draft. Their previous opportunity to pick that high was quite successful, as they tabbed Trot Nixon with the selection in '93. What went into the decision to pick Nixon? Jeff Zona, now a Washington Nationals cross-checker who in '93 was the area scout who covered Nixon, revisits what proved to be a landmark pick for the Red Sox.