The Kansas City Royals completed the third and final day of the 2016 First Year Player Draft Saturday, selecting a total of 39 players.

It’s 2016, which means it’s hardly a news flash to report that the Red Sox have three African Americans in their outfield.

Then again it is 2016.

And in 2016, you have to be living under a monumental boulder to not acknowledge that the color of one’s skin unfortunately still plays a large role in this country’s economic, political, educational, criminal justice and cultural realms, including sports.