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2046 DRAFT POOL ANALYSIS

It was a … weird draft pool? First, the number of pitchers and batters was almost even, which was quite the rarity, and then the batters that were there failed to tickle any excitement out of me. Not that too much excitement was helpful when you’re armed with nothing more than the #21 pick in every round.

We soldiered ahead anyway, compiling the usual hotlist (with * denoting high school boys):

SP Steven Stevenson (13/12/12) * - BNN #4
SP Chad Schultz (11/15/9) *
SP Rich Morrall (12/14/9) – BNN #9
SP Chris Ferguson (11/12/13) – BNN #3
SP Josh Lones (10/10/9) *

C Mike Ater (8/13/13)

3B Bobby Anderson (13/11/12) – BNN #5
1B Nate Ward jr. (10/13/17) – BNN #1

OF/1B Adam Samples (9/8/11) *
LF/RF Matt Cox (9/12/11)

There is no love lost with Pat Degenhardt for either Samples or Lones, but Cristiano Carmona did some fancy stats stuff on them and thinks they are going to perform great as professionals. Also, Stevenson’s official picture on his school team page says, annoyed, “Look… I know.”

Bobby Anderson looks like the player that can leave you content with the hot corner for a decade. A 22-year-old righty hitter from Queens, he has great range and a thunderbolt arm, and his hitting profile says he can do a bit of everything, even running and stealing. He might be my preferred pick, but at #21… you better don’t have a preferred pick…