MLB DRAFT: Former Fort White star Tyler Shelnut ready for draft

  • Florida’s Tyler Shelnut, a former Fort White High star, gestures after a hit this spring with the Gators. Shelnut is awaiting a phone call this weekend of early next week letting him know he’s been taken in the MLB draft. (MADDIE WASHBURN/UF Athletics)
    Florida’s Tyler Shelnut, a former Fort White High star, gestures after a hit this spring with the Gators. Shelnut is awaiting a phone call this weekend of early next week letting him know he’s been taken in the MLB draft. (MADDIE WASHBURN/UF Athletics)

    Tyler Shelnut is coming home. At least briefly.

    The former Fort White High School and University of Florida slugger will be surrounded by family in Lake City this weekend and, potentially, early into n…