Mock MLB Draft 1.0
April 2012
1. The Houston
Astros select OF Byron Buxton (HS)
2. The Minnesota
Twins select RHP Mark Appel (Stanford)
3. The Seattle
Mariners select C Mike Zunino (Florida)
4. The Baltimore
Orioles select RHP Kevin Gausman (LSU)
5. The Kansas
City Royals select SS Carlos Correa (HS)
6. The Chicago
Cubs select RHP Kyle Zimmer (San Francisco)
7. The San Diego Padres select SS Devin Marrero
(Arizona State)
8. The Pittsburgh
Pirates select RHP Michael Wacha (Texas A&M)
9. The Miami
Marlins select OF David Dahl (OF)
10. The Colorado
Rockies select LHP Max Fried (HS)
11. The Oakland
Athletics select 3B Richie Shaffer (Clemson)
12. The New York Mets select RHP Lucas
Giolito (HS)
13. The Chicago
White Sox select RHP Marcus Stroman (Duke)
14. The
Cincinnati Reds select 3B Stephen Piscotty (Stanford)
15. The
Cleveland Indians select OF Courtney Hawkins (HS)
16. The
Washington Nationals select RHP Walker Weickel (HS)
17. The Toronto
Blue Jays select SS Gavin Cecchini (HS)
18. The Los Angeles
Dodgers select C Stryker Trahan (HS)
19. The St.
Louis Cardinals select 1B Joey Gallo (HS)
20. The San
Francisco Giants select LHP Matthew Smoral (HS)
21. The Atlanta
Braves select RHP Lucas Sims (HS)
22. The Toronto
Blue Jays select LHP Hunter Virant (HS)
23. The St.
Louis Cardinals select OF Albert Almora (HS)
24. The Boston
Red Sox select 3B Trey Williams (HS)
25. The Tampa
Bay Rays select SS Nolan Fontana (Florida)
26. The Arizona
Diamondbacks select SS Addison Russell (HS)
27. The Milwaukee
Brewers select 3B Patrick Wisdom (St. Mary`s)
28. The
Milwaukee Brewers select LHP Brian Johnson (Florida)
29. The Texas
Rangers select RHP Zack Eflin (HS)
30. The New York
Yankees select OF Travis Jankowski (Stony Brook)
31. The Boston
Red Sox select C Clint Coulter (HS)
PICKS 32-35
The Minnesota Twins
select OF Tyler Naquin (Texas A&M)
The San Diego Padres select 3B Rio Ruiz (HS)
The Oakland
Athletics select OF Nick Williams (HS)
The New York Mets select 1B Victor Roache
(Georgia Southern)
DISCLAIMER: THIS
IS ONLY THE FIRST OF SEVERAL MOCK DRAFTS. THESE RANKING COULD CHANGE ANYTIME. I
DO NOT HAVE ANY INSIDER KNOWLEDGE AND HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT EACH TEAM’S STRATEGY
FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS.
-Sadiq Rahman
7 comments:
This is a great job.
If the Mets get Giolito and Roache it would be their best draft in years. I truly hope Lucas is around and he would sign with the Mets for not too much above slot. That's a lot of ifs but he has the potential to be something special. Like Strasburg special.
Sadiq.....If Strker Trahan is available at #12 i just dont see how the Mets can pass him up. An A level prospect at C is sorely needed.
I don't even think that Brian Johnson is a first rounder anymore. He hasn't been impressive lately and he doens't really have much upside. The Brewers don't need any more low-upside, quick-to-the-majors players. I don't know much about Patrick Wisdom but I think if Trey Williams is available by the time the Brewers pick, the Brewers will take him over either Wisdom or Johnson.
Chris: You take Giolito there even with the need at catcher.
Thanks for all the warm comments! I just wanted a few things...
Doc-
I have put this draft together by noticing trends from the past few years from every single team. I just don`t see how the Brewers pick Trey Williams because he is a very risky prospect. Trey has attitude problems and already believes he is a superstar. This doesn`t sit well with many Major League teams. The Red Sox however love taking these type of players and sneaking them from the supplemental rounds from teams like the Pirates.
I`ll give you this... Brian Johnson`s stock has fallen. I still see him as a first round pick. Here is why, Johnson has power as a hitter and is also a LHP. This is intriguing to many teams because is he fails at pitching, he can become a hitter. I see the Brewers pick him because they LOVE college lefties.
Thanks for the comments and please feel free to post even more comments!
Great post, Sadiq!! Welcome to the Mack's Mets family!!! I'd LOVE to see Giolito and Roache fall to us- I'd settle for either/or!!!!
Thanks David! It's good to be back writing for Mack's Mets! I honestly believe that the Mets have a very good chance of selecting Roache in the supplemental round. In all the mocks thus far, he has consistently been in the 35-50 range. Had he not had hand surgery a few months ago, Roache would a shoe in for Top 10 pick. As for Giolito, anything can happen with him. Don't be surprised if he goes in the top 5 or gets nabbed in the 10-15 range. We will know much more about the draft in a few weeks. I will put more mocks up as we get closer to the draft. Thanks for the read and comments guys! It is greatly appreciated!
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