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Wicks, Hill could get early calls on draft day by Mitchell Gladstone | Today at 2:20 a.m. Although it appears unlikely that any University of Arkansas players will hear their names called on the first night of the Major League Baseball Draft, most draft experts are confident at least one college player with Arkansas ties will come off the board. Kansas State left-handed pitcher Jordan Wicks, who played at Conway High School, enters the draft ranked as the No. 6 pitcher and the top lefty by MLB....

Taking a look at Florida prep outfielder Jay Allen, a potential 2021 Texas Rangers draft pick

Weighing best player available versus highest ceiling and other considerations.

The Braves had themselves....quite the adventure against the Dodgers.

Here comes hot Royals summer!

MLB Trade Rumors The Braves have acquired right-hander Ty Tice from the Blue Jays in exchange for cash considerations, according to ESPN.com’s Kiley McDaniel (Twitter link). Tice was designated for assignment earlier this week when the Jays selected the contract of the recently-signed Carl Edwards Jr.  In a sense, today’s transaction serves as a Tice-for-Edwards swap, as Edwards and the Braves parted ways after Atlanta DFA’ed him in early May, with Toronto then adding Edwards on anothe...

Should the Cubs go after a reliever in the early rounds? Here’s one idea.

Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images I’m playing catch-up here with the MLB Draft getting closer and closer. This mock draft from Jonathan Mayo at MLB.com is from one week ago, and he projected the Dodgers to take Ole Miss right-hander Gunnar Hoglund. “He’d be a top 10 contender if not for his recent Tommy John surgery,” writes Mayo, “and there could be a number of teams in the second half of the first round who would be willing to have him rehab in their system....

It’s mock draft day at True Blue LA, where we peruse some recent projections for the upcoming 2021 MLB Draft, which will take place beginning July 11, coinciding with the All-Star break. Kiley McDaniel at ESPN unveiled a mock draft two weeks ago, and has the Dodgers taking high school right-hander Ben Kudrna out of Kansas with the 29th overall pick in the first round. “Kudrna fits in the Dodgers mold of power arms, and they’ve been tied mostly to prep players, which makes sense given thei...

Summit, N.J.'s Jack Leiter, a Vanderbilt right-hander, could be the No. 1 pick overall in the 2021 MLB Draft. He's the son of former New York Yankees and New York Mets pitcher Al Leiter.