MLB Pipeline’s High 100 Prospects record and High 10 prospects by Place lists have generated a whole lot of buzz, and with a month to go till the discharge of our High 30 lists by group (coming March 3-5), this seems like an excellent time to have a bit of enjoyable.
Impressed by a reader query through the Pipeline Inbox (do not forget to submit yours every week), for the second consecutive 12 months, Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo mock drafted a 10-player workforce of prospects based mostly solely on the High 10 at their place.
The format adopted final 12 months’s pointers: every workforce may solely be comprised of 1 participant per place and one participant per rating spot. This meant three outfielders for either side from the identical record, however nonetheless, the rating spot rule utilized.
The phase on this week’s Pipeline Podcast started with co-host Jason Ratliff giving Mayo a slight edge for final 12 months’s incarnation, with Callis shortly rebuffing that declare. Let’s take a better take a look at how issues unfolded this time round.
Callis: Sebastian Walcott, TEX (No. 4 on High 10 SS)He’s the seventeenth participant on the High 100 record. However the No. 4 shortstop. I simply appreciated him. I assumed he was a standout after I was guys in that No. 4 slot. So I just like the expertise, I feel he’s going to maintain rising and I simply thought that he was an excellent match.
Mayo: Coby Mayo, BAL (No. 1 on High 10 3B)I went for place shortage, and we talked about how third base is the thinnest of the place lists. So I went proper to the highest of that and I took Coby Mayo from the Orioles. He’s the No. 1 third baseman and No. 14 on the High 100.
Mayo: Kyle Teel, CWS (No. 3 on High 10 C)There’s a theme for me within the first few rounds right here, the place I went to the lists that I felt weren’t fairly as sturdy and took guys that I wished. Now, catching High 10 is deeper the final couple of years however I wished to ensure that I can get one of many guys that’s nearer to the highest of the record. So I took Kyle Teel from the White Sox. He’s No. 3 on the catcher’s record, No. 32 total on the High 100. He’s near the large leagues, so I look ahead to seeing what he can do as soon as he will get to Chicago or in Triple-A, wherever he begins the 12 months.
Callis: Josue De Paula, LAD (No. 9 on High 10 OF)The difficult factor is it’s important to draft three outfielders after we solely have 10 outfielders on the record. So the outfield depth is nice, so the gamers on the backside of the outfield record are higher than gamers on the different a part of the outfield record. And I didn’t need to get trapped if Jonathan began drafting lower-ranked outfielders the place I needed to then use increased picks on outfielders, if that is smart. So my subsequent two picks, I took the No. 9 outfielder Josue De Paula of the Dodgers. Who, I feel, goes to interrupt out. He’s like Yordan Alvarez, maybe 2.0.
Callis: Chase DeLauter, CLE (No. 7 on High 10 OF)After which you realize I’ve my massive prospect crush on Chase DeLauter. He simply wants to remain wholesome. And he was solely ranked No. 7 on the outfield record, so I knocked off No. 7 and No. 9, and I ensured I’m not going to have to make use of increased picks on outfielders that I’ll need to use at scarcer positions. In order that was form of my technique there.
Mayo: Travis Bazzana, CLE (No. 2 on High 10 2B)I went again to place shortage and I used to be thrilled to get Travis Bazzana as my second baseman. He’s No. 10 on the High 100 and No. 2 on the second baseman record.
Mayo: Jackson Ferris, LAD (No. 5 on High 10 LHP)Staying in that very same vein, I went to the left-handed pitchers record, which isn’t terribly deep this 12 months, and took Jackson Ferris. He’s No. 5 there and No. 71 on the High 100. So, for me, wanting on the draft totality … what I did in Rounds 3 and 4 in getting Bazzana and Ferris, I’m actually happy with.
Callis: Alejandro Rosario, TEX (No. 10 on High 10 RHP)At this level, I feel we’re just about locked in the place we weren’t going to be taking one another’s gamers now. Wanting again, I may have in all probability gone outfielder with my No. 10 choose. However I actually appreciated Alejandro Rosario. I assumed the 2 finest Tenth-ranked guys had been Alejandro Rosario among the many right-handers and Lazaro Montes among the many outfielders, and you may in all probability throw Jacob Wilson on there too. However No. 10 you need to take from a deep place, so I went with Alejandro Rosario as a result of in case you took my right-handed pitcher, then you definitely had been going to pressure me to make use of two picks on pitchers … presumably screwing up my draft. So Rosario at 10.
Callis: Blake Mitchell, KC (No. 6 on High 10 C)After which I’m going with Blake Mitchell at No. 6 on the High 10 catcher record. I’m a giant Blake Mitchell fan. He’s ranked extremely however I feel he flies underneath the radar amongst among the catchers who’re extra well-known than him. After which I do assume, at this level, I do know all my picks from right here, you couldn’t take all the guys that I wished. And I assume, I wasn’t going to poach you at this level both.
Mayo: Max Clark, DET (No. 4 on High 10 OF)I had my selection for that No. 4 rating after Jim took Walcott on the prime, and I used to be torn right here between Max Clark and Bubba Chandler, the right-hander for the Pirates. So I wasn’t competing towards Jim right here, I used to be competing towards myself. And I don’t assume there was a foul selection between these two, so I opted to go along with Max Clark, who’s No. 6 total on the High 100. I really like the upside, joyful to have him operating balls down in my middle discipline.
Mayo: Emmanuel Rodriguez, MIN (No. 8 on High 10 OF)Now we’re locked in and I mentioned the outfield is the one place the place we possibly may have run into one another. However I had an concept of what I wished to do with my remaining slots, so I went with Emmanuel Rodriguez, who’s No. 8 on the outfield record and No. 37 total on the High 100. He form of matches in that Chase DeLauter bucket by way of he simply wants to remain wholesome. Scouts love him after we get suggestions on the High 100, they had been pushing us to have him moved up as a result of when he’s on the sphere the instruments are actually, actually good. It’s simply that he’s gotten damage loads. Not the recurring harm, like Chase DeLauter, however he’s missed time every year and nonetheless managed to get to the higher ranges on the identical time. So I’m hoping he may have a full wholesome 12 months and present what he can actually do.
Callis: Matt Shaw, CHC (No. 2 on High 10 3B)At this level it didn’t actually matter since I had already resolved, so I went Matt Shaw, Cubs, third base, No. 2 on the highest third basemen record. Like I mentioned, I wished Mayo or Shaw, you took Mayo.
Callis: Nick Kurtz, A’s (No. 3 on High 10 1B)I recognized Nick Kurtz at first base at No. 3 on that record. I assumed that was the perfect worth by way of expertise and slot. So he was a man that I hoped to get after we lined this all up.
Mayo: Josue Briceño, DET (No. 6 on High 10 1B)After I determined to take Kyle Teel in my No. 3 slot at catcher, I used to be making an attempt to determine, and it was a bit of too early know precisely the way it was going to go, however I like Kurtz. However I’m fairly happy to get Teel on the No. 3 slot and now I’m taking my first baseman, Josue Briceño. Possibly there’s a bit of recency bias due to what we noticed him do within the Arizona Fall League. However I’m OK with that. He’s on our High 100 at 95 total and No. 6 first baseman. I feel, significantly if catching is faraway from his resume and he can simply play first base and rake, he’s going to hit for lots of energy and he’s going to get to the large leagues fast.
Mayo: Lazaro Montes, SEA (No. 10 on High 10 OF)You talked about Lazaro Montes and I agree with you on the No. 10 worth there, in order that’s who I took with my remaining outfield spot. He’s No. 42 total on the High 100, I’m fully bought on his energy potential at a nook outfield spot.
Callis: Carson Whisenhunt, SFG (No. 8 on High 10 LHP)This was form of switching from my authentic plan which was to do what you probably did, Jonathan, get Ferris and Rodriguez at these positions. After you took Ferris, I toyed with some concepts, like can I get Cam Caminiti in there after which not get Blake Mitchell and get a lesser catcher. So I simply caught with a plan, and I consider Carson Whisenhunt is the one non-High 100 prospect that both of us goes to wind up taking.
Mayo: JJ Wetherholt, STL (No. 7 on High 10 SS)I actually love the worth there at No. 23 on the High 100. He was a first-rounder for the Cardinals final 12 months.
Mayo: Brandon Sproat, NYM (No. 9 on High 10 RHP)He’s No. 46 on the High 100 record and I went with Sproat as my right-hander. However I used to be torn as a result of my different possibility was to flip these rankings and take Kevin McGonigle as my shortstop and Rhett Lowder as my right-hander. I feel you might in all probability argue both means. However I’m happy with what I ended up with.
Callis: Kristian Campbell, BOS (No. 1 on High 10 2B)I knew I used to be taking Kristian Campbell or Travis Bazzana coming into the draft, and just about as quickly as you made your first choose with Coby Mayo, that meant you couldn’t take Campbell and I figured you’d in all probability take Bazzana. So I simply floated Campbell all the way down to the final choose, and I did the identical factor final 12 months with Jackson Chourio with my final choose. However I’m happy to get him. I’m glad we happy our rule. I feel we talked about Kristian Campbell on each podcast: breakout season, swing modifications, he’s gotten stronger. Some organizations assume he’s the perfect prospect in baseball.
Staff CallisC: Blake Mitchell, KC1B: Nick Kurtz, ATH2B: Kristian Campbell, BOS3B: Matt Shaw, CHCSS: Sebastian Walcott, TEXOF: Josue De Paula, LADOF: Chase DeLauter, CLEOF: Jasson DomÃnguez, NYYLHP: Carson Whisenhunt, SFRHP: Alejandro Rosario, TEX
Staff MayoC: Kyle Teel, CWS1B: Josue Briceño, DET2B: Travis Bazzana, CLE3B: Coby Mayo, BALSS: JJ Wetherholt, STLOF: Max Clark, DETOF: Emmanuel Rodriguez, MINOF: Lazaro Montes, SEALHP: Jackson Ferris, LADRHP: Brandon Sproat, NYM
