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MLB Draft Insider - The Board: Volume I

The Board: Volume I

the rest of the rankingshttp://mlbdraftinsider.com/2012/01/the-board-volume-i/#more-688 

It goes without saying that this list will assuredly change as the year progresses, but if you’re just getting started with your draft preparation, this is a decent starting point. We’ll probably update this about seven to ten times from now until June, and once again — and yes, I do get asked this often — mocks won’t come til later in the year.

Mark Appel starts off the year at spot No.1, but Lucas Giolito isn’t too far behind, and neither is Byron Buxton. After that, there’s a big drop after Buxton for me, and players 4-9 are close to interchangeable at this point, as I considered putting each of those players at that fourth spot. It’s pitching heavy — particularly in the prep ranks — and I wouldn’t expect that to change anytime soon.

Without further ado, here’s the first edition of The Board. Have at it.
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Rank Player Position School
01 Mark Appel RHP Stanford
02 Lucas Giolito RHP Harvard Westlake HS (CA)
03 Byron Buxton OF Appling County HS (GA)
04 Victor Roache OF Georgia Southern
05 Trey Williams 3B Valencia HS (CA)
06 Kevin Gausman RHP LSU
07 Max Fried LHP Harvard Westlake HS (CA)
08 Deven Merrero SS Arizona State
09 Mike Zunino C Florida
10 Walker Weickel RHP Olympia HS (FL)
11 Michael Wacha RHP Texas A&M
12Nick WilliamsOFGalveston Ball HS (TX)

3 comments:

Mike Freire said...

I still hope Zunino falls to us at 12!

Mack Ade said...

EVERY mock draft in Jan 2010 had P Anthony Renaudo as the top pick in the draft.

EVERY mock draft in Jan 2011 had P Matt Purke as the top pick in the draft.

We are so far away from these decisions.

Stephen Guilbert said...

Very true.

I would take McCullers here over Nick Williams but I love Nick's upside so would be more than fine with this.

I am thinking less and less that even with a bad or injured spring, that Fried, Zunino, or Gausman have even a chance of falling.