Article: Mocks Continue to Lack Certainty

[Jeremy Nygaard]

While it's true there are a lot of paths that lead to who is going to be available when drafting 27th overall, it seems even less certain when you've been following the mock drafts for the last three months.

And nothing seems to be coming into focus even two days before the draft begins.

Here's what we seem to know about each demographic:

The Brewers are most likely to select a college hitter. Most recent mock drafts have Kiley McDaniel (ESPN) pairing the Brewers with Oregon State CF Jacob Melton and Carlos Collazo (Baseball America) connecting them with Drew Gilbert (Tennessee).

Using Jamie Cameron's Consensus Big Board (1-25, 26-56) that he recently posted at Twins Daily, here are the college hitters that the Brewers may be most likely to choose from:

• 18.) Drew Gilbert, OF, Tennessee
• 20.) Chase DeLauter, OF, James Madison
• 21.) Jordan Beck, OF, Tennessee
• 24.) Sterlin Thompson, OF, Florida
• 26.) Peyton Graham, 3B/SS, Oklahoma
• 27.) Jacob Melton, OF, Oregon State
• 35.) Dylan Beavers, OF, Cal
• 37.) Brock Jones, OF, Stanford
• 46.) Spencer Jones, OF, Vanderbilt

As you can see, there is a cluster of college outfielders whose perceived value among industry experts jives well with the area in which the Brewers are selecting. 

The next most likely scenario sees the Brewers adding a college pitcher. While the whole college pitching scene is basically a giant shrug emoji, the most common names tied to the Brewers at #27 are Oregon State LHP Cooper Hjerpe, Iowa RHP Adam Mazur and Gonzaga RHP Gabriel Hughes. They are also three of the healthiest pitchers in this demographic. There are a number of other players who could be in a play here as well.

Selecting from the prep demographic is much less probable. We have seen a few prep names pop up, both pitchers and hitters. For that to happen, there is going to have to be the right combination of a preferred player falling and their bonus demands not being excessive (which is normally the reason a player falls in the first place).

BREWERS MOCK DRAFTS
Baseball America	McDaniel	Mayo	BrewerFanatic	Callis	Law
Drew Gilbert OF Tennessee (7/15)	Jacob Melton CF Oregon State (7/15)	Jackson Ferris LHP IMG Academy (7/13)	Cade Horton RHP Oklahoma (7/12)	Sterlin Thompson OF Florida (7/6)	Adam Mazur RHP Iowa (6/21)
Cooper Hjerpe LHP Oregon State (7/1)	Chase DeLauter RF James Madison (6/29)	Drew Gilbert OF Tennessee (6/30)	Jett Williams SS Texas Prep (6/30)	Cooper Hjerpe LHP Oregon State (6/22)	Adam Mazur RHP Iowa (5/19)
Gabriel Hughes RHP Gonzaga (4/28)	Chase DeLauter RF James Madison (6/1)	Drew Gilbert OF Tennessee (6/15)	Kumar Rocker RHP Indy/Vanderbilt (5/26)	Cole Young SS Pennsylvania HS (6/8)
Gabriel Hughes RHP Gonzaga (4/1)		Justin Campbell RHP Oklahoma Sate (6/1)		Jett Williams SS Texas Prep (5/25)
Jordan Sprinkle SS UCSB (2/10)		Cooper Hjerpe LHP Oregon State (5/18)		Andrew Dutkanych RHP Indiana Prep (5/11)

Is there a college hitter you prefer? Or do you want to select from one of the different demographics?

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