TORONTO -- As Blue Jays fans continue to get a glimpse of the future with the organization’s young talent on display at the big league level, Toronto will look to expand its pool of homegrown talent this week, starting with the No. 11 pick in baseball’s annual selection process.

The 2019 Draft will take place tonight through Wednesday, beginning with tonight's Draft preview show on MLB Network and MLB.com at 6 ET. MLB Network will broadcast the first 41 picks -- Round 1 and Competitive Balance Round A -- while MLB.com will stream all 78 picks on Day 1. MLB.com will also provide live pick-by-pick coverage of Rounds 3-10 on Day 2, beginning with a preview show at 12:30 p.m. ET. Then, Rounds 11-40 can be heard live on MLB.com on Day 3, beginning at noon ET.

Go to MLB.com/Draft to see the Top 200 Prospects list, mock Drafts from MLB Pipeline analysts Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo, the complete order of selection and more. And follow @MLBDraft on Twitter to see what Draft hopefuls, clubs and experts are saying.

Here’s how the Draft is shaping up for the Blue Jays, whose first selection is the 11th overall pick.

In about 50 words
With several of the organization’s top prospects just breaking into the Majors, the Blue Jays have spots to fill down on the farm. While injuries have brought some sense of urgency to find impact arms, there are also some recent high-round Draft picks in the Minor Leagues with time left to prove themselves. Organizational depth is needed behind the plate and in the outfield, with power bats always welcome.

What they’re saying
“Our approach to the Draft will be pretty consistent with the last couple years, which is to add as much impact talent as we can in Rounds 1 through 40,” Toronto’s amateur scouting director Steve Sanders said. “That might look a little different some years up top than it does others, but a lot of that is out of our control with what happens in front of us.

“[We’re putting] a lot of working into lining up the board and being prepared for a number of scenarios. We don’t really know which way the board is going to go or how things are going to go in front of us, so all we can do is be prepared and be ready to make the best of what’s available when we pick.”

Who might they take?
Callis and Mayo have gone back and forth on who the Blue Jays might take with their first pick. In their latest projections, Callis had Toronto taking college shortstop Bryson Stott at No. 11, while noting that the team has been consistently high on college pitching. Mayo’s latest had high school outfielder Corbin Carroll as the Blue Jays’ first pick.

“We’re really encouraged with the type of talent we should be able to acquire with our first pick,” Sanders said. “We’re excited by the names that we think we might have a shot at, at No. 11. There are a lot of really good, talented players up top, but there is a level of depth in terms of players who might be there in the second, third, fourth rounds.”

The Blue Jays surprised many last year, when they took Jordan Groshans with their first pick, signing him to an under-slot deal in order to acquire his teammate Adam Kloffenstein in the third round for almost four times his slot value, and surprises are not out of the question for this year’s Draft.

“Our scouts are really the ones who are putting us in a position to make those decisions, whether it’s for millions of dollars or even for lesser money later in the Draft,” Sanders said. “All of the groundwork’s been done well ahead of time by the area scouts and a lot of times that starts in the house, getting to know the player and the family.

“Part of that is understanding their expectations as it relates to the Draft, but also knowing the players as people, their makeup, their work ethic, what drives them, what’s important to them. That’s where the comfort comes for us in taking a guy, especially up top, but for a younger player, a high school player that we’re going to invest seven figures, it’s really the foundation of the job we’re doing.”

Money matters
Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team has an allotted bonus pool equal to the sum of the values of that club’s selections in the first 10 rounds of the Draft. The more picks a team has, and the earlier it picks, the larger the pool. The signing bonuses for a team’s selections in the first 10 rounds, plus any bonus greater than $125,000 for a player taken after the 10th round, will apply toward the bonus-pool total.

Any team going up to five percent over its allotted pool will be taxed at a 75 percent rate on the overage. A team that goes 10-15 percent over its pool amount will be hit with a 100 percent penalty on the overage and the loss of a first- and second-round pick. Any overage of 15 percent or more gets a 100 percent tax plus the loss of first-round picks in the next two Drafts.

This year, the Blue Jays have a pool of $8,463,300 to spend in the first 10 rounds, including $4,547,500 to spend on their first selection.

Shopping list
With excitement surrounding young international free-agent signees Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the Majors, the Draft is a perfect way for the Blue Jays to continue to add an array of talent. Toronto is likely to look to add to bats and arms to the farm system, though there could be some specific need for outfield and catching depth.

“Taking guys in the later rounds who make us better as an organization, who may or may not reach the Major Leagues but may have some other positive impact along the way, whatever that is, are certainly small successes in their own right,” Sanders said.

Trend watch
While the Blue Jays have gone pitching heavy in years past, they are likely to take a balanced approach in acquiring the best talent available in this year’s selection process. Toronto may lean toward college arms throughout the Draft, with a longer-term approach on bats**.**

“Obviously with college players there’s a little bit more information,” Sanders said. “You’ve often got three, maybe four years of performance history to be able to watch them a little bit longer. High school players obviously carry a little bit more risk, because you haven’t seen them go out and perform at a high level for three years at a big conference college.”

Recent top picks
2018: Jordan Groshans, SS (Class A Lansing, on seven-day injured list since May 14)
2017: Logan Warmoth, SS (Class A Advanced Dunedin)
2016: T.J. Zeuch, RHP (Triple-A Buffalo, on seven-day injured list since Spring Training)
2015: Jon Harris, RHP (Buffalo, on seven-day injured list since Spring Training)
2014: Jeff Hoffman, RHP (Rockies, traded July 2015)