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.
