2017 Highlights from D.L. Hall
We are less than one week away from the June Major League
Baseball First Year Players Draft and teams are still presumably scrambling
trying to finalize their decisions on their first round picks and beyond. Who
will the Yankees choose in the first round on June 12th? I’m not
sure but Baseball America, MLB.com’s Jim Callis and Keith Law from ESPN both
took a crack at it with their annual mock drafts and here are their results.
John Manuel over at Baseball American has the Yankees taking
left-handed pitcher David Peterson out of the University of Oregon. Peterson is
the big build pitcher that the Yankees have seemingly fallen in love with
standing at 6’6” and 240 lbs. Like most tall pitchers Peterson struggles with
his command at times but he has a fastball that can touch 95 MPH when he needs
it to.
Keith Law of ESPN has the Yankees selecting first baseman
Nick Pratto out of Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach,
California. Pratto is a left-handed hitter, insert swing made for Yankee
Stadium line here, and may be the best pure hitter of any of the high school
players in the draft this season. Law also mentioned LHP Trevor Rogers out of
Carlsbad High School in New Mexico and left-handed pitcher D.L. Hall from
Valdosta High School in Georgia. Many think Hall could be a Top 5 pick but
makeup concerns may cause him to fall giving the Yankees an opportunity to snag
another great player like they did with Blake Rutherford last season.
Not sure that we need a Bubba in the Bronx. I keep hearing Pratto's name. We seem to like Californians. I've heard great things about Trevor Rogers too. It will be interesting to see who they select. I am sure that all of us will rally around whomever is picked.
ReplyDeleteNeed Hall or Beck to drop and that would be a great pick.
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