Jerry Gasz has been the baseball coach at Williamsville East for nearly half a century, so he's seen it all on the diamond.

Charles Mack is one of just two kids ever to play for Gasz as a seventh grader, with his coach knowing the talent he had back then.

Six years later, Mack's likely a week away from taking a major step forward in reaching that goal: getting drafted. As many as a dozen Major League scouts flooded each game his senior season, all while Mack remained focused on the field.

"As far as the best player to ever come through the door at East, without question he's the best player that's played here," Gasz said.

"At the end of the day it's just a game,” Mack said. “Just the same we played growing up when I was two. Just have to have fun with it. If you let them get into your head, you're not going to perform and you're not going to have fun. So just try to go out there and have as much fun as I can to stay loose and help my team out to win."

These scouts watched Mack hit well over 500 this season, with one saying he could be selected as high as the fifth round. Charles talked to them after games, where the conversations weren't as much about slugging and fielding percentage but more so how he handled himself, especially on those rare occasions where things didn't go well.

Mentally Mack's thought about what next week may be like and what might happen moving forward with his baseball career but, just like when digging in the box, he's not getting too much into the moment.

"Just another day. Just more of an important day,” Mack said. “If you do get drafted, it's a great honor and accomplishment, so that's great. But drafted or not, I'll be hitting at Hot Corner Baseball, so either or I'll be hitting and I really won't worry about it."