Thanks Mario. This is a question I was hoping someone would ask.
The 2011 draft is much more deeper in talent than 2010, especially in productive bats. There is no one great phenom in this draft, like the last two (Strassberg and Harper), but there are at least 40 players that could be picked in the first 10 slots. This makes sign ability a big issue.
Despite a late season injury, third baseman Antony Rendon remains the odds on favorite for the first pick, but don't count out LHP underclassman Matt Purke.
Position wise:
RHP: There will be at least 11 RHPs drafted in the first 25 picks... Gerrit Cole will be the first picked, with Sonny Gray probably close behind him... guys going up the charts are John Stilson, Matt Barnes, and Robert Stephenson. Falling are Hudson Boyd, and Noe Ramirez.
LHP: There are four top guys here... Purke, Daniel Norris, Danny Hultzen, and Henry Owens... Jed Bradley has been rising while Mitchell Lambson is dropping.
C: There is a good chance that only Blake Swihart will be picked in the first round. If someone else breaks the top 33, it most probably will be Nicky Delmonico... Peter O'Brien is becoming more popular... C. J. Cron not.
1B: Again, most probably only Preston Tucker will be picked in the first round, but Ricky Opressa, who doubles at 3B, is being an earlier pick as the mock season goes on...
2B: Never a high round pick, this year will be different. Josh Tobias, who also plays third, will definitely go in the first round.
SS: Very deep. Up to six could be picked in the first round. Francisco Linder is currently the top pick, but look for Phillip Evans to possibly pass him and go in the first 10 picks.
3B: This is all Rendon, who will be the only 3Bman (0ther than Jason Esposito who I have listed under his other position, SS) picked in the first round.
OF: Bunches of productive bats here with Jackie Bradley, Travis Harrison, George Springer, and Bubba Starling being definite first rounders.
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