The Mack Draft Report – Scrimmage News, Garrett Buechele, Signing Day, and Mock News

In Scrimmage News: - New Orleans: Black team 11, Blue Team 2… Cory Myers: 4.0-IP, 2-H, 3-K… Garrett Manning: 8-BB… Beau Boudreaux: 2-H, 3-RBI… Michael Ballero: 2-H, 3-RBI… Cory Myers: 2-H

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The CBB  named Oklahoma junior infielder Garrett Buechele as the 67th top baseball player in the nation.

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Rob Orga is back at http://baseballdraftreport.com/  and has a wonderful feature on the Virginia Tech Hockies.
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Kendall Rogers, over at Rivals , has a fascinating story on why top prospect RHP Karsten Whitson decided not to sign a deal with the San Diego Padres, after they took him with the 9th pick overall in the 2010 draft.

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The college baseball signing period began yesterday and lasts until next Wednesday. Jeff Speilman over at Prospect Wire  has a great story on why some kids don’t rush out and sign the first day.
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David Rawnsley, on PG  has a similar article on signing days.

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XMLBScout, over at http://xmlbscout.angelfire.com/  updated his first round draft and it’s worth a look-see. I swear by his comments.His current top ten are:

1. LHP Matt Purke
2. RHP Gerrit Cole
3. LHP Daniel Norris

4. RHP Austin Wood

5. 3B Anthony Rendon

6. RHP Taylor Jungmann

7. RHP Archie Bradley

8. OF George Springer

9. C Peter O’Brien

10. RHP Dillon Howard

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Dave Land continues his agonizing top 70 mock list at Toss It Around  with the third overall pick, RHP Gerrit Cole.

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Lastly, I’ll be updating the Mack’s Mock Draft Board around the 15th of this month. A little advance for you Mets fans out there… here’s the top 13 picks right now:

1. 3B Anthony Rendon

2. LHP Matt Purke

3. RHP Gerrit Cole

4. OF George Springer

5. LHP Daniel Norris

6. RHP Sonny Gray

7. OF Jackie Bradley

8. RHP Matt Barnes (soaring up the charts…)

9. RHP Taylor Jungmann

10. RHP Archie Bradley

11. OF Travis Harrison

12. RHP Dylan Bundy

13. (NY Mets) C Blake Swihart