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We’re another week closer to the mid-July draft, and activity is starting to pick up. As we get into May, the focus begins to tighten. While the picture still appears very broad to almost everyone, the tea leaves begin to drop occasionally. But that’s the fun of drafts: It’s up to you whether you want to believe them or not. There’s been enough on the national level for Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and ESPN to update their prospect rankings. Baseball America expanded its listing to a Top 300. That covers, roughly, the Top 10 rounds. However, unranked college seniors will be trendy choices in the second half of the top 10 rounds as it significantly helps teams stretch their bonus pools. But if you’re wondering if a guy might go in the Top 10 rounds, this is a great resource. MLB Pipeline updated their Top 150. The biggest headline here is Jackson Holliday's big jump since their last rankings, going from 51 to 4. Jackson, the son of Matt, plays a premium position (shortstop) and will likely continue to move up the board (even though there’s only so much room left to go). He made it into my Top 10 a few weeks ago, and while Baseball America was higher quicker, MLB has now caught up. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel pushed out his second set of rankings. Kiley's thing that I appreciate is trying to tie draft classes into the big picture of prospect rankings. His top-eight draft prospects would all slot into the Top 125 prospects in the minor leagues, with his top prospect, Druw Jones, slotting into the 4-22 range. It’s been written about plenty, but these rankings reflect the biggest story of the 2022 draft: There’s a complete lack of college pitching prospects. The top college pitching prospect by publication: Baseball America - #20 Blade Tidwell, RHP, Tennessee. Tidwell seems like the only first-round lock, assuming that his medicals check out after having some shoulder issues. MLB Pipeline - #19 Gabriel Hughes, RHP, Gonzaga. Though he’s ranked in the Top 20 here, he misses the Top 40 for the other two publications. ESPN - #19 Connor Prielipp, LHP, Alabama. Prielipp had Tommy John surgery last season and is throwing bullpens but may not even be able to throw for scouts before the draft. Baseball America also completed its first staff mock draft of the season. The first version has the Brewers selecting Brock Porter, a prep pitcher from Michigan, 27th overall. Porter would be an excellent value pick as a consensus Top 15 draft prospect. Prep pitchers usually have a wide range of draft outcomes as many have signability questions, not to suggest Porter does at this point. EDIT: Within an hour after this article was submitted, Kiley McDaniel dropped this bombshell. As a huge Lesko fan, we'll dive deeper into this next week. We’re status quo in the Top 10. When you feel like you have a pretty good handle on the current climate when 10/10 matches MLB and 9/10 matches Baseball America and ESPN (though the order is different). JEREMY'S TOP 10 PROSPECTS 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 5.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 300 (4/27/22) / Staff Draft v.1.0 (4/20/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 150 (4/25/22) The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) / Draft Rankings 2.0 (4/27/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22) View full article
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A quiet week in the draft world is not the worst thing. In fact, any draft noise in late April is usually injury-related. So we’ll take a week without big news as a good sign. There were, though, still three draft-related articles that I want to draw your attention to. Keith Law’s posted a piece last Friday that had information on three of the draft’s top prospects. It is behind a paywall, so I’m only going to give you a few excerpts. Law raves about Druw Jones, putting some crazy high future grades on him saying he “wouldn’t project any 18-year-old to become an 80 defender like his dad was, but Druw is plus now and he could still improve. He’s a plus runner with 70 power now, even though he hasn’t really filled out physically, with electric hands and tremendous strength in his wrists already, like Andrew McCutchen at a similar age.” There are more question marks about fellow Georgia prep Termarr Johnson, who stands only 5-8 and will likely need to move from shortstop to second base when he turns pro. But the hit tool is for real “with some scouts saying they think it’s a 70 hit tool, the highest they’ve seen on a high school hitter in over a decade” according to Law. The last top prospect update in Law’s piece is about Dylan Lesko. It’s no surprise that Law, who saw Lesko at the NHSI event two weeks ago came away impressed saying Lesko’s changeup is “every bit of a grade 70 pitch, the best one I’ve seen a high school pitcher throw, comparable to the best offspeed pitches I’ve ever seen from a high schooler.” But his last line about Lesko is far more ominous, though, citing his recent arm soreness, “As a high school pitcher, and now one facing a potential long-term injury, however, he’s going to go a lot lower and might end up considering going to school.” If true, this is not good. Speaking of Jones, Maria Torres of The Athletic wrote about the pressure that Druw Jones is facing as the draft’s top prospect, but how he’s embracing it and having fun. According to Torres, Jones is putting up video-game-on-easy numbers. “He has batted nearly .600, with 43 hits, including eight home runs, in his first 24 games. He has coupled a comical .597/.685/1.028 slash line with 17 stolen bases in 18 tries.” And of course, he’s having fun doing it. And, finally, just posted on Wednesday, Baseball America had a write-up of the first day of the Scott Boras Classic. The headliner of Tuesday was Mikey Romero, who is projected to go in the top two rounds. Committed to LSU, Romero is considered the top prep position player in Southern California. A relatively quiet week means no movement in my Top 10. JEREMY'S TOP 10 PROSPECTS 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 5) 5.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22) View full article
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Keith Law’s posted a piece last Friday that had information on three of the draft’s top prospects. It is behind a paywall, so I’m only going to give you a few excerpts. Law raves about Druw Jones, putting some crazy high future grades on him saying he “wouldn’t project any 18-year-old to become an 80 defender like his dad was, but Druw is plus now and he could still improve. He’s a plus runner with 70 power now, even though he hasn’t really filled out physically, with electric hands and tremendous strength in his wrists already, like Andrew McCutchen at a similar age.” There are more question marks about fellow Georgia prep Termarr Johnson, who stands only 5-8 and will likely need to move from shortstop to second base when he turns pro. But the hit tool is for real “with some scouts saying they think it’s a 70 hit tool, the highest they’ve seen on a high school hitter in over a decade” according to Law. The last top prospect update in Law’s piece is about Dylan Lesko. It’s no surprise that Law, who saw Lesko at the NHSI event two weeks ago came away impressed saying Lesko’s changeup is “every bit of a grade 70 pitch, the best one I’ve seen a high school pitcher throw, comparable to the best offspeed pitches I’ve ever seen from a high schooler.” But his last line about Lesko is far more ominous, though, citing his recent arm soreness, “As a high school pitcher, and now one facing a potential long-term injury, however, he’s going to go a lot lower and might end up considering going to school.” If true, this is not good. Speaking of Jones, Maria Torres of The Athletic wrote about the pressure that Druw Jones is facing as the draft’s top prospect, but how he’s embracing it and having fun. According to Torres, Jones is putting up video-game-on-easy numbers. “He has batted nearly .600, with 43 hits, including eight home runs, in his first 24 games. He has coupled a comical .597/.685/1.028 slash line with 17 stolen bases in 18 tries.” And of course, he’s having fun doing it. And, finally, just posted on Wednesday, Baseball America had a write-up of the first day of the Scott Boras Classic. The headliner of Tuesday was Mikey Romero, who is projected to go in the top two rounds. Committed to LSU, Romero is considered the top prep position player in Southern California. A relatively quiet week means no movement in my Top 10. JEREMY'S TOP 10 PROSPECTS 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 5) 5.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22)
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Shortly after submitting last week’s piece, Georgia prep pitcher Dylan Lesko set the internet ablaze with a dominating performance in the NHSI tournament in Cary, North Carolina. Over four innings and 51 pitches, Lesko struck out seven and allowed two hits, hit a batter, and gave up a run. He had 12 swinging strikes that can be seen below. Over the next couple of days, I read about comparisons to Stephen Strasburg and prep pitchers who have gone very high in the draft over the last decade. You can read more about Lesko and other prospects seen at NHSI here. Of course, pitchers are fragile, and earlier this week, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel reported that Lekso would miss his next start due to arm soreness. At this time, I’m not going to react in any other way besides bumping him up my prospect list. High school coaches, typically, keep the player’s best interest in mind. College coaches… well, they don’t. Assuming Lesko returns to health, there is no reason to believe he won’t be the first pitcher taken. Chase DeLauter, an outfielder from James Madison, was considered a potential Top 10 pick before a horrible opening weekend. He was starting to help his draft stock before news dropped that he may miss the rest of the season. This certainly won't help DeLauter's draft stock, but a drop to later in the first round may put him more squarely in the Brewers crosshairs. We’ve mentioned Brandon Barriera in this space in recent weeks. In a year where pitching is light, Barriera is deciding to shut it down early and prepare for his next step. If there’s one school that can persuade top prospects to not go pro, it’s Vanderbilt. I don’t think that will be the case here. And finally, because it’s never too early to think about next year’s draft - especially if you're struggling to beat the Orioles, Ole Miss shortstop Jake Gonzalez is a dude and may be the early favorite to go first overall. Only a few changes in my top 10. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit)(Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 5) 5.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly (previously: 4) 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22)
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The draft is a short three months away. Over the last week, there have been a number of newsworthy draft notes. Continue reading to learn more. Shortly after submitting last week’s piece, Georgia prep pitcher Dylan Lesko set the internet ablaze with a dominating performance in the NHSI tournament in Cary, North Carolina. Over four innings and 51 pitches, Lesko struck out seven and allowed two hits, hit a batter, and gave up a run. He had 12 swinging strikes that can be seen below. Over the next couple of days, I read about comparisons to Stephen Strasburg and prep pitchers who have gone very high in the draft over the last decade. You can read more about Lesko and other prospects seen at NHSI here. Of course, pitchers are fragile, and earlier this week, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel reported that Lekso would miss his next start due to arm soreness. At this time, I’m not going to react in any other way besides bumping him up my prospect list. High school coaches, typically, keep the player’s best interest in mind. College coaches… well, they don’t. Assuming Lesko returns to health, there is no reason to believe he won’t be the first pitcher taken. Chase DeLauter, an outfielder from James Madison, was considered a potential Top 10 pick before a horrible opening weekend. He was starting to help his draft stock before news dropped that he may miss the rest of the season. This certainly won't help DeLauter's draft stock, but a drop to later in the first round may put him more squarely in the Brewers crosshairs. We’ve mentioned Brandon Barriera in this space in recent weeks. In a year where pitching is light, Barriera is deciding to shut it down early and prepare for his next step. If there’s one school that can persuade top prospects to not go pro, it’s Vanderbilt. I don’t think that will be the case here. And finally, because it’s never too early to think about next year’s draft - especially if you're struggling to beat the Orioles, Ole Miss shortstop Jake Gonzalez is a dude and may be the early favorite to go first overall. Only a few changes in my top 10. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit)(Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 5) 5.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly (previously: 4) 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22) View full article
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Happy Opening Week of Brewers Baseball! As pro baseball gets into the swing of things, the amateur season continues and now starts to share the spotlight. We've got you covered on all things draft-related. For draft lovers, this week is going to be a focus on just a couple pieces of information that came out since our last update. Last Friday, Baseball America published its second mock draft of the spring. If you recall (or to save you from checking), they mocked the Brewers selecting Jordan Sprinkle, a shortstop from UC-Santa Barbara in their debut version. Sprinkle has fallen out of their current projection. Version 2.0 now has the Brewers selecting Gabriel Hughes, a right-handed pitcher from Gonzaga. Hughes is a big-bodied, hard-thrower from the west coast. Sound familiar? The Brewers had success going down that avenue with Corbin Burnes in 2016. Here's more on Hughes: Keith Law posted some scouting notes earlier this week at The Athletic. Law, who spent time in the Blue Jays front office, is a great follow for draft nerds. His scouting opinions and rankings oftentimes don't line up with others in the industry. Sometimes he hits. Sometimes he misses. But his takes are always his own and he'll wear them. Though he profiles a handful of guys, none - in his opinion - are likely to come off the board in the latter parts of the first round, so I'll save you from reading about anyone specifically, but definitely direct you to his piece if you're at all interested. Jumping into my Top 10 this week are two new names: Jackson Holliday, a prep shortstop from Oklahoma who’s committed to Oklahoma State. He’s the son of Matt Holliday, who coaches at Oklahoma State under head coach Robin Ventura. . Daniel Susac, a catcher from Arizona. Jamie Cameron did a great job introducing him in his college baseball notebook earlier this week. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 5.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 7) 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU (previously: 5) 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech (previously: 8 ) 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech (previously: 6) 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona (previously unranked) 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) OUT: Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison (previously: 9); Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas (previously: 10) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22) View full article
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For draft lovers, this week is going to be a focus on just a couple pieces of information that came out since our last update. Last Friday, Baseball America published its second mock draft of the spring. If you recall (or to save you from checking), they mocked the Brewers selecting Jordan Sprinkle, a shortstop from UC-Santa Barbara in their debut version. Sprinkle has fallen out of their current projection. Version 2.0 now has the Brewers selecting Gabriel Hughes, a right-handed pitcher from Gonzaga. Hughes is a big-bodied, hard-thrower from the west coast. Sound familiar? The Brewers had success going down that avenue with Corbin Burnes in 2016. Here's more on Hughes: Keith Law posted some scouting notes earlier this week at The Athletic. Law, who spent time in the Blue Jays front office, is a great follow for draft nerds. His scouting opinions and rankings oftentimes don't line up with others in the industry. Sometimes he hits. Sometimes he misses. But his takes are always his own and he'll wear them. Though he profiles a handful of guys, none - in his opinion - are likely to come off the board in the latter parts of the first round, so I'll save you from reading about anyone specifically, but definitely direct you to his piece if you're at all interested. Jumping into my Top 10 this week are two new names: Jackson Holliday, a prep shortstop from Oklahoma who’s committed to Oklahoma State. He’s the son of Matt Holliday, who coaches at Oklahoma State under head coach Robin Ventura. . Daniel Susac, a catcher from Arizona. Jamie Cameron did a great job introducing him in his college baseball notebook earlier this week. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 5.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) (previously: 7) 6.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU (previously: 5) 7.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech (previously: 8 ) 8.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech (previously: 6) 9.) Andrew Susac, C, Arizona (previously unranked) 10.) Jackson Holliday, SS, Oklahoma prep (Oklahoma State commit) OUT: Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison (previously: 9); Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas (previously: 10) MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v2.0 (4/1/22) / v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22)
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The trio of high schoolers who appear at nearly the top of every draft list - Druw Jones, Termarr Johnson, and Elijah Green - are all proving they belong. As we get deeper into their seasons, and closer to the draft, there are a few things that are going to generate headlines: perceived preference for the teams at the top of the draft (how are the team's boards set and who are their big wigs seeing most frequently?) and bonus demands/team preference for these three players. Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada, who ranks as my number eight prospect currently, hit two more bombs on Tuesday and now has 10 on the year. He hadn’t homered since March 13 and struck out four times in the weekend series against North Carolina State, but Parada still has an awfully impressive 378/473/703 slash line with more walks (16) than strikeouts (12) on the year. Dylan Lesko is going to be an interesting follow. Lesko is strongly considered the best pitching prospect available, but he also comes from the group with the highest failure rate: right-handed prep pitchers. It seems like, in the recent past, nearly every team has had a no-doubt top-of-the-rotation prospect completely fail to live up to expectations. But the ceiling - and in this case the fastball/changeup combination - is going to be impossible for one team at the top of the draft to pass on. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects My Top 10 remains unchanged from last week. 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 5.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 6.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 7.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 8.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 9.) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison 10.) Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22)
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As we inch closer to a mid-July draft, the baseball world has understandably been focused on Spring Training and an Opening Day that now is only a week away. A quick reminder, the Brewers are currently scheduled to make the 27th, 63rd, and 70th picks. The trio of high schoolers who appear at nearly the top of every draft list - Druw Jones, Termarr Johnson, and Elijah Green - are all proving they belong. As we get deeper into their seasons, and closer to the draft, there are a few things that are going to generate headlines: perceived preference for the teams at the top of the draft (how are the team's boards set and who are their big wigs seeing most frequently?) and bonus demands/team preference for these three players. Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada, who ranks as my number eight prospect currently, hit two more bombs on Tuesday and now has 10 on the year. He hadn’t homered since March 13 and struck out four times in the weekend series against North Carolina State, but Parada still has an awfully impressive 378/473/703 slash line with more walks (16) than strikeouts (12) on the year. Dylan Lesko is going to be an interesting follow. Lesko is strongly considered the best pitching prospect available, but he also comes from the group with the highest failure rate: right-handed prep pitchers. It seems like, in the recent past, nearly every team has had a no-doubt top-of-the-rotation prospect completely fail to live up to expectations. But the ceiling - and in this case the fastball/changeup combination - is going to be impossible for one team at the top of the draft to pass on. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects My Top 10 remains unchanged from last week. 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 5.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 6.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 7.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) 8.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 9.) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison 10.) Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/4/22) View full article
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Major League Baseball officially announced details for this summer’s Draft late last week. The draft, for the second year, will coincide with MLB’s All-Star Week. While the All-Star Game festivities and draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles, the Draft Combine will be in San Diego’s Petco Park from June 14-20. The Draft will consist of 20 rounds completed across three days. Sunday, July 17: Rounds 1 and 2, compensatory and competitive balance rounds. Monday, July 18: Round 3 through 10. Tuesday, July 19: Rounds 11 through 20. MLB recently announced recipients of picks in the Competitive Balance rounds. The Brewers received the sixth pick in Round B (following the second round). These picks are awarded based on a secret formula that includes revenue and winning percentage and market size. The fifteen picks that are awarded remain the only draft picks that can be traded. The Brewers are currently slotted to pick 27th, 63rd, and 70th. The lack of high-quality college pitching has been a topic all spring, but so has Ben Joyce’s fastball. Joyce is pumping 103 mph for the Tennessee Volunteers. New Brewer, Andrew McCutchen has taken notice. Maria Torres of The Athletic goes in-depth on Joyce, who probably isn’t a Day One pick at this point, but - except under extreme conditions - helium is a gas and Joyce may have plenty of both by the time July comes. Speaking of helium, Torres also put together a nice write-up of prep lefty Brandon Barriera. Barriera is not prototypically-sized (6-1, 170), but is an analytics darling: the spin rate of his curveball is nearly elite compared to pitchers in the MLB. Barriera is ranked 15th by Baseball America and 21st by MLB.com but he doesn’t crack the Top 30 at The Athletic due to Law’s concerns about his ability to throw strikes. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects I’m going to switch my Top 8 to a Top 10. There’s been some movement within it as well. 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) There are just too many already-legendary tales that you hear about these three to have anyone else included. 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly Lee dropped, but he continues to rake (batting .438) and will be an easy pick for a team looking to add a ready-soon shortstop to their system. 5.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU There may be some questions about where he fits defensively, but the switch-hitter can hit and hit for power. 6.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 7.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 8.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 9.) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison 10.) Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/24/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) View full article
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The Draft will consist of 20 rounds completed across three days. Sunday, July 17: Rounds 1 and 2, compensatory and competitive balance rounds. Monday, July 18: Round 3 through 10. Tuesday, July 19: Rounds 11 through 20. MLB recently announced recipients of picks in the Competitive Balance rounds. The Brewers received the sixth pick in Round B (following the second round). These picks are awarded based on a secret formula that includes revenue and winning percentage and market size. The fifteen picks that are awarded remain the only draft picks that can be traded. The Brewers are currently slotted to pick 27th, 63rd, and 70th. The lack of high-quality college pitching has been a topic all spring, but so has Ben Joyce’s fastball. Joyce is pumping 103 mph for the Tennessee Volunteers. New Brewer, Andrew McCutchen has taken notice. Maria Torres of The Athletic goes in-depth on Joyce, who probably isn’t a Day One pick at this point, but - except under extreme conditions - helium is a gas and Joyce may have plenty of both by the time July comes. Speaking of helium, Torres also put together a nice write-up of prep lefty Brandon Barriera. Barriera is not prototypically-sized (6-1, 170), but is an analytics darling: the spin rate of his curveball is nearly elite compared to pitchers in the MLB. Barriera is ranked 15th by Baseball America and 21st by MLB.com but he doesn’t crack the Top 30 at The Athletic due to Law’s concerns about his ability to throw strikes. Jeremy's Top 10 MLB Draft Prospects I’m going to switch my Top 8 to a Top 10. There’s been some movement within it as well. 1.) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2.) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 3.) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) (Baseball America breaks down his game.) There are just too many already-legendary tales that you hear about these three to have anyone else included. 4.) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly Lee dropped, but he continues to rake (batting .438) and will be an easy pick for a team looking to add a ready-soon shortstop to their system. 5.) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU There may be some questions about where he fits defensively, but the switch-hitter can hit and hit for power. 6.) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 7.) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 8.) Kevin Parada, C, Georgia Tech 9.) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison 10.) Robert Moore, 2B, Arkansas MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/24/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22)
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Parada is one of Collazo’s “notable movers” of the early baseball season. Maria Torres of The Athletic has also taken note. Parada’s been dominant offensively so far this season. There are questions about his defense, but you’re going to get that with just about every catching prospect who can hit. Keith Law dropped his first Top 30 of the season. While the top four names are the same as mine, he drops some lesser-known names in the back half of his top 10 including Junior College third baseman Cameron Collier, a definite professional catcher in Logan Tanner of Mississippi State and, you guessed it, Parada. What he doesn’t list until 19th is his first college pitcher (Adam Mazur, Iowa). The lack of college pitching has always been a storyline for this draft. And nothing has happened to change that theory. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel calls the college pitching class “ about as bad as (he) can ever remember one being” in his newest piece. Though there is plenty of time between now and the still-unscheduled draft for players to shoot up draft boards, it is curious to see how this will impact teams' plans. Or may have this dearth of college pitching been a factor in the Guardians selecting college pitchers with 18 of the 21 picks last year? At a minimum, if a team finds a college pitcher they like more than what their perceived industry value is, does it get teams cutting under slot deals with those guys early to give them more money to take a shot at someone that’s considered less signable later? There are always a few unique things each year… and, right now, the lack of college pitching is a big one. No change to my Top 8, though there are a few names in contention. 1) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) - McDaniel mentions Jones in the same prospect realm as Bryce Harper, so thinking he might drop to #8 - for any reason besides money - is a pipe dream. 2) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 3) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) 4) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 5) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU6) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 7) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 8 ) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/24/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22)
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Baseball America keeps pumping out content, updating their Top 200 prospects in addition to their weekly draft stock watch pieces. One name that has helium that Carlos Collazo of Baseball America has mentioned is Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada. Parada is one of Collazo’s “notable movers” of the early baseball season. Maria Torres of The Athletic has also taken note. Parada’s been dominant offensively so far this season. There are questions about his defense, but you’re going to get that with just about every catching prospect who can hit. Keith Law dropped his first Top 30 of the season. While the top four names are the same as mine, he drops some lesser-known names in the back half of his top 10 including Junior College third baseman Cameron Collier, a definite professional catcher in Logan Tanner of Mississippi State and, you guessed it, Parada. What he doesn’t list until 19th is his first college pitcher (Adam Mazur, Iowa). The lack of college pitching has always been a storyline for this draft. And nothing has happened to change that theory. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel calls the college pitching class “ about as bad as (he) can ever remember one being” in his newest piece. Though there is plenty of time between now and the still-unscheduled draft for players to shoot up draft boards, it is curious to see how this will impact teams' plans. Or may have this dearth of college pitching been a factor in the Guardians selecting college pitchers with 18 of the 21 picks last year? At a minimum, if a team finds a college pitcher they like more than what their perceived industry value is, does it get teams cutting under slot deals with those guys early to give them more money to take a shot at someone that’s considered less signable later? There are always a few unique things each year… and, right now, the lack of college pitching is a big one. No change to my Top 8, though there are a few names in contention. 1) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) - McDaniel mentions Jones in the same prospect realm as Bryce Harper, so thinking he might drop to #8 - for any reason besides money - is a pipe dream. 2) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 3) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) 4) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 5) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU6) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 7) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 8 ) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 200 (3/14/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic - Law Top 30 (3/10/22) ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/24/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) View full article
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Obviously getting first-round pick Eric Brown signed was the first and biggest domino. He agreed to an under slot deal which opened up opportunities for the Brewers. There have been a handful of other deals over the last week, too. Most of them helped save money against the bonus pool (and none actually dipped into the bonus pool). Earlier Wednesday, we found out why the Brewers were banking all of this money... To sign second-round pick Jacob Misiorowski. Not only did the Brewers go over slot, they paid him more ($2.35m) than they paid Brown. As a result of that - as you can see in the table below - the Brewers will either need to shave off nearly $300,000 from the slots of their unsigned picks or go right up to the 105% of the pool that they're allowed to spend. Additionally, this also limits the flexibility they're going to have to offer larger bonuses to some of their Day 3 picks. Aside from Brady Neal announcing that he was not signing and honoring his commitment to LSU, there hasn't been any public declarations to my knowledge. There have been rumblings that switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje intends to do the same, but nothing directly from the Mississippi State commit. We'll drop another update after the signing deadline passes (though that doesn't apply to college seniors or players who enroll in junior college) as well as keep tabs on the class's progress periodically. As always, you can more player-specific information in the Brewer Fanatic Draft Tracker. MILWAUKEE BREWERS $7,645 Player Round Slot Bonus -$297,600 Eric Brown Jr., SS, Coastal Carolina 1 $2,701,900 $2,050,000 $651,900 Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, Crowder JC 2 $1,131,500 $2,350,000 -$1,218,500 Robert Moore, SS, Arkansas CB $915,300 $800,000 $115,300 Dylan O'Rae, SS, NCI (Ontario) 3 $600,700 $597,500 $3,200 Matthew Wood, C, Penn State 4 $448,400 $347,500 $100,900 Will Rudy, RHP, Cal Poly Ponoma 5 $334,500 Agreed Tyler Woessner, RHP, C. Ari. JC 6 $259,700 Ben Metzinger, 3B, Louisville 7 $204,500 Nate Peterson, LHP, Ill-Chicago 8 $171,100 Tayden Hall, C, SCF-M/S 9 $157,500 $157,500 $0 Brian Fitzpatrick, LHP, Rutgers 10 $149,600 $100,000 $49,600 Cameron Wagoner, RHP, E. Mich 11 - Luke Adams, 3B, Hinsdale HS 12 - Zane Petty, RHP, Corsicana HS 13 - Aidan Maldonado, RHP, Minnesota 14 - Satchell Norman, C, FSWS JC 15 - $125,000 Ethan Lege, 3B, Delgado JC 16 - Brady Neal, C, IMG Academy 17 - intends to go to LSU Jurrangelo Cijntje, SWP, HS 18 - Jaden Noot, RHP, Sierra Canyon HS 19 - Noah Hall, RHP, South Carolina 20 -
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Though we're over a week removed from the draft and less than a week from the signing deadline, the Brewers have been relatively quiet in terms of getting the bulk of their class wrapped up. Obviously getting first-round pick Eric Brown signed was the first and biggest domino. He agreed to an under slot deal which opened up opportunities for the Brewers. There have been a handful of other deals over the last week, too. Most of them helped save money against the bonus pool (and none actually dipped into the bonus pool). Earlier Wednesday, we found out why the Brewers were banking all of this money... To sign second-round pick Jacob Misiorowski. Not only did the Brewers go over slot, they paid him more ($2.35m) than they paid Brown. As a result of that - as you can see in the table below - the Brewers will either need to shave off nearly $300,000 from the slots of their unsigned picks or go right up to the 105% of the pool that they're allowed to spend. Additionally, this also limits the flexibility they're going to have to offer larger bonuses to some of their Day 3 picks. Aside from Brady Neal announcing that he was not signing and honoring his commitment to LSU, there hasn't been any public declarations to my knowledge. There have been rumblings that switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje intends to do the same, but nothing directly from the Mississippi State commit. We'll drop another update after the signing deadline passes (though that doesn't apply to college seniors or players who enroll in junior college) as well as keep tabs on the class's progress periodically. As always, you can more player-specific information in the Brewer Fanatic Draft Tracker. MILWAUKEE BREWERS $7,645 Player Round Slot Bonus -$297,600 Eric Brown Jr., SS, Coastal Carolina 1 $2,701,900 $2,050,000 $651,900 Jacob Misiorowski, RHP, Crowder JC 2 $1,131,500 $2,350,000 -$1,218,500 Robert Moore, SS, Arkansas CB $915,300 $800,000 $115,300 Dylan O'Rae, SS, NCI (Ontario) 3 $600,700 $597,500 $3,200 Matthew Wood, C, Penn State 4 $448,400 $347,500 $100,900 Will Rudy, RHP, Cal Poly Ponoma 5 $334,500 Agreed Tyler Woessner, RHP, C. Ari. JC 6 $259,700 Ben Metzinger, 3B, Louisville 7 $204,500 Nate Peterson, LHP, Ill-Chicago 8 $171,100 Tayden Hall, C, SCF-M/S 9 $157,500 $157,500 $0 Brian Fitzpatrick, LHP, Rutgers 10 $149,600 $100,000 $49,600 Cameron Wagoner, RHP, E. Mich 11 - Luke Adams, 3B, Hinsdale HS 12 - Zane Petty, RHP, Corsicana HS 13 - Aidan Maldonado, RHP, Minnesota 14 - Satchell Norman, C, FSWS JC 15 - $125,000 Ethan Lege, 3B, Delgado JC 16 - Brady Neal, C, IMG Academy 17 - intends to go to LSU Jurrangelo Cijntje, SWP, HS 18 - Jaden Noot, RHP, Sierra Canyon HS 19 - Noah Hall, RHP, South Carolina 20 - View full article
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