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July 15th, 2021 Share share-square-941426 Let’s say this straight from the outset -- Draft evaluation takes years. More than any other sport with a Draft, baseball requires years of development and positives and negatives can come on the roads between making a pick and the end of a Major League career. That doesn’t completely rule out immediate evaluation, however. As evidenced by MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft prospects, we still have a pretty good idea of who the top talents were heading ...

share-square-854313 The Pirates not only had the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 Draft but also the largest bonus pool at $14,394,000. They took full advantage of both. Pittsburgh spent the top choice on Louisville catcher Henry Davis, hands down the best college position player available. While Davis is undeniably talented, he also had a chance to fall out of the first six selections, so the Pirates will sign him for significantly less than the assigned pick value of $8,415,300. That gave them ...

share-square-867636 The College World Series is in full swing and teams are scouting those games more than ever now that the Draft has been moved to July. Its difficult to move the needle much this late in the calendar, but there have been several pitching performances of note. Jack Leiter reinforced his status as the best college arm available by striking out 15 in eight innings in a 1-0 loss to North Carolina State, but fellow Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker created some uncertainty by t...

If the Draft hadn't moved to July 11-13, it would have concluded Wednesday with rounds 11 through 20. Instead of the certainty of knowing which teams selected which players, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what will transpire a month from now. Teams haven't held meetings to set their

Usually at the time of college tournament play, teams have narrowed their focus in the first round of the Draft. But with the event moved to July for the first time this year, the number of players in the top tier of talent is still expanding. Both North Carolina high

MLB Pipeline just dropped its expanded and updated Draft Top 200 and several players made significant climbs on the list. The highest-ranked newcomer is Connecticut high school left-hander Frank Mozzicato at No. 51, as he has wowed scouts with his plus curveball, improved fastball velocity and projectable 6-foot-3 frame. On

Top 200 Draft Prospects list: A new No. 1 Share 3:44 AM UTC share-square-3718759 Normally by now, the Draft class would be taking some definite shape, about three weeks shy of the event. But this year, the combination of an additional month to wait for the July start date of the Draft and a lack of history on players from last year or over the summer has given the Draft more uncertainty than usual. That’s reflected in our new Draft Top 200 prospects list, where we have a new No. 1 overall pro...

Geeky Gadgets 11:09 am   A new gadget has been launched by Kickstarter called Draft Top, allowing you to easily remove the top of drinking cans providing a more smooth and refreshing way to drink canned beer or drinks. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the Draft Top which is launched via Kickstarter and is now available from $16 or roughly £13 and allows you to quickly remove the top of a beer can in just a few seconds “By removing the entire top, the Draft Top tool a...

What to expect from Jarred Kelenic in MLB Share 12:09 AM UTC share-square-2704233 What do you get when you take a player with very good tools and off-the-charts makeup? Often, you get a player like Jarred Kelenic, who is slated to make his long-awaited Major League debut on Thursday. The No. 1 prospect on the Mariners’ Top 30 prospects list and No. 4 on the Top 100, it would be easy to think Kelenic has been around forever given the amount of time and energy that has been used to discuss if a...

In previous years, we'd be roughly a month away from the Draft at this point and the picture would be coming into clearer focus. But with the event pushed back to July 11 and teams having less history than ever on college players because of the pandemic, it's still very