2016 MLB Draft Compilation Rankings #1 (Top 60)

by: Ben Embry (Guest Contributor from The Bronx Empire)

It's finally that time of year when I issue the first compilation ranking for the next MLB Draft.  It's a little thing I like to do to stay up on who the big names are in the draft pool.  What I do is take rankings from 4-5 different sources that I trust the most on the subject of draft prospects and I compile them into one board.

Rnk	Name	Pos	School
1	Jason Groome	SP	H.S.
2	A.J. Puk	SP	Florida
3	Alec Hansen	SP	Oklahoma
4	Blake Rutherford	CF	H.S.
5	Corey Ray	CF	Louisville
6	Riley Pint	SP	H.S.
7	Connor Jones	SP	Virginia
8	Nick Banks	RF	Texas A&M
9	Delvin Perez	SS	H.S.
10	Mickey Moniak	OF	H.S.
11	Cal Quantrill	SP	Stanford
12	Kyle Lewis	OF	Mercer
13	Bobby Dalbec	3B	Arizona
14	Matt Krook	SP	Oregon
15	Will Benson	OF	H.S.
16	Buddy Reed	OF	Florida
17	Logan Shore	SP	Florida
18	Drew Mendoza	SS	H.S.
19	Nolan Jones	3B	H.S.
20	Ian Anderson	SP	H.S.
21	Alex Speas	SP	H.S.
22	Ryan Boldt	CF	Nebraska
23	Robert Tyler	SP	Georgia
24	Reggie Lawson	SP	H.S.
25	Kevin Gowdy	SP	H.S.
26	Austin Bergner	SP	H.S.
27	Bryan Reynolds	OF	Vanderbilt
28	Nick Senzel	3B	Tennessee
29	Brandon McIlwain	OF	H.S.
30	Kyle Funkhouser	SP	Louisville
31	Avery Tuck	OF	H.S.
32	Josh Lowe	SP	H.S.
33	Jordan Sheffield	SP	Vanderbilt
34	Forrest Whitley	SP	H.S.
35	Jesus Luzardo	SP	H.S.
36	Michael Shawaryn	SP	Maryland
37	Daulton Jefferies	SP	California
38	Chris Okey	C	Clemson
39	Carter Kieboom	3B	H.S.
40	Bo Bichette	3B	H.S.
41	Braxton Garrett	SP	H.S.
42	Dakota Hudson	SP	Mississippi St
43	Zach Jackson	SP	Arkansas
44	Brad Debo	C	South Carolina
45	Zack Burdi	SP/RP	Louisville
46	Dane Dunning	P	Florida
47	David Hamilton	SS	H.S.
48	Matt Crohan	SP	Winthrop
49	Alex Kiriloff	OF	H.S.
50	Matt Manning	SP	H.S.
51	Jeff Belge	SP	H.S.
52	Zack Brown	SP/RP	Kentucky
53	Willie Abreu	OF	Miami (FL)
54	Eric Lauer	SP	Kent St
55	Seth Beer	OF	H.S.
56	Joe Rizzo	3B	H.S.
57	Bailey Clark	SP/RP	Duke
58	Ian Hamilton	RP	Washington St
59	Alexis Torres	SS	H.S.
60	Jake Fraley	CF	LSU

I've finally been doing this long enough that I'm recognizing names of college kids from when they were HS prospects. Not that 3 years is a long time, mind you...but I think it's cool. AJ Puk, Corey Ray, Connor Jones, Cal Quantrill are just a few kids who popped up as HS kids the first time around.  Quantrill is one that easily comes to mind because the Yankees drafted him the first time around. Count me as a big supporter of the idea of redrafting this one.  New York currently has the #20 pick.  That could go up... or go away completely... depending on what happens with the remaining qualifying free agents.

I like to give credit where credit is due regarding the inputs for my compilation. This time around I used ESPN (Keith Law, Eric Langenhagen), MLB.com (Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo), Fangraphs (Kiley McDaniel), and MY MLB Draft. I suggest you check those sites out. Always good content from all.