Then the question becomes whether they can shave enough to go way over slot with their next pick, which isn’t until the fourth round, just like last year. If both are here, I’m not 100 percent sure which way they’d go. Texas Rangers – Walker Jenkins, OF, South Brunswick High (Southport, N.C.) This is where we could start to see some sort of shake-up the Tigers are certainly on Crews or Skenes, and Langford as well, but I’ve heard them with Clark, Walker Jenkins, and even a little with Kyle Teel, although that last one might be more about drafting for need than going best player available (BPA). Detroit Tigers – Max Clark, OF, Franklin (Ind.) Community High Not just this year, but in almost any year. This year’s MLB draft class is one of the strongest in years, with three SEC players who all could go 1-1. Crews is this year’s version of that, the consensus top prospect, on everyone’s radar for three years, and someone who could impact the big-league club very quickly. 1 pick before hurting his shoulder, in 2011. If Crews is here, I believe the Nats would just take him Mike Rizzo didn’t pass on Strasburg or Harper in their drafts, and took Anthony Rendon, who came into his draft year as the likely No. Washington Nationals – Paul Skenes, RHP, LSU It could also just come down to money, as the Pirates’ draft from 2021, where they went under slot with Henry Davis to sign three high-ceiling high school guys, looks really strong right now.
We all know they’ve looked at Crews, Paul Skenes, Wyatt Langford, and Max Clark at the very least, and none of those would truly be a surprise, although my instinct says they won’t go with a pitcher when there are several equivalent position players available. I’m sticking with this one, not because I think it’s a mortal lock, but because any other name here would be a straight-up guess. Pittsburgh Pirates – Dylan Crews, OF, LSU The Pirates will probably consider different players and their bonus demands, and decide whether they want to go with the best player or try to save to draft additional first-round talents when they pick again. I don’t pretend to have any more clarity at the first pick and I don’t think we will know for sure until shortly before the draft begins.
There are, as usual, a lot more rumors out there about which teams are on which players. Now we’re just 19 days from the 2023 MLB Draft, or at least the first day thereof, which will take place in Seattle on the evening of July 9.
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