{"id":15107,"date":"2019-06-03T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15107"},"modified":"2019-06-04T11:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:07:56","slug":"2019-draft-coverage-mock-draft-mania-plus-my-projected-top-5-and-nats-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15107","title":{"rendered":"2019 Draft coverage; Mock Draft mania plus my projected top-5 and Nats picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mlbdraft2019.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mlbdraft2019.jpg\" alt=\"mlbdraft2019\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I began this post the day after the 2018 draft, when the first &#8220;way too early&#8221; mock draft came out on MLBpipeline.\u00a0 So its exactly 364 days in the making.<\/p>\n<p>For a preview of the names you see below, see a previous post that talks about all the marquee names with some stats:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15184\">2019 Draft coverage; Overview of top Draft prospects<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Todd Boss&#8217; Mock draft top-5 prediction?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>My top 5 prediction:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Who are the Nats going to take at #17<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, looking at all of the mock drafts, and listening\/reading your typical draft pundits, here&#8217;s some information on this year&#8217;s draft:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its a relatively weak draft compared to recent memory.<\/li>\n<li>Its very weak on college pitching<\/li>\n<li>Its thus heavier on college and prep bats, which most pundits are predicting will at be at least the top 6 picks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile &#8230; the Nats are generally a team that very heavily focuses on college pitching in drafts, and who generally looks for &#8220;famous&#8221; names in the 1st who may have dropped slightly due to signability or injury, looking for &#8220;value.&#8221;\u00a0 This was the case with <strong>Mason Denaburg<\/strong> in 2018 (was a top 10 prospect, had biceps issue, dropped), the case with\u00a0<strong>Seth Romero<\/strong> (was a top prospect before getting kicked off his college team in 2017),\u00a0 the case with\u00a0<strong>Jesus Luzardo<\/strong> in 2016 (he had TJ surgery ahead of the draft), definitely the case with\u00a0<strong>Erick Fedde<\/strong> in 2014, etc.\u00a0 So, it should be an interesting draft to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats have the<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#17 pick in the first draft<\/li>\n<li>lost their 2nd rounder to the\u00a0<strong>Patrick Corbin<\/strong> signing (would have been 57th overall)<\/li>\n<li>94th in the 3rd round<\/li>\n<li>124th in the 4th round<\/li>\n<li>139th in the 4th round comp round (compensation for\u00a0<strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Lost their 5th rounder, also for the Corbin signing (they lost 2 picks thanks to screwing up the salary cap in 2018 for the 2nd year running)<\/li>\n<li>then pick 214th and every 30 picks there after.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The lack of a 2nd rounder really means they have to hit on their 1st this year.\u00a0 So, who do Mock drafters generally have the Nats picking?\u00a0 You generally see draft pundits with the Nats picking one of these names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shea Langeliers<\/strong>, C from Baylor.\u00a0 This fits the Nats M.O. of picking better players who have dropped slightly in the 1st due to injury.\u00a0 Langeliers broke a hamate bone this year, which has hampered his offense and dropped him.\u00a0 This would be a classic Nats 1st round pick.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Allan<\/strong>, prep RHSP from Florida HS, rated as one of the best (if not the best) prep RHP in the draft.\u00a0 Committed to Florida, apparently has huge bonus demands.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Jung<\/strong>, 3B from Texas Tech who has been on draft radars for a while.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also seen some mocks with the Nats taking\u00a0<strong>George Kirby,\u00a0Kameron Misner, Brett Bady<\/strong>.\u00a0 But i&#8217;d bet its one of these three above names.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My prediction<\/strong><\/span>: Every mock draft pundit for the last week or so has the Nats taking Allan and spending the money.\u00a0 Its looking more and more that the type of college bat that the Nats would normally take (Langeliers, Jung, Misner) are going to be gone &#8230; so i&#8217;m betting the Nats stake the entire 2019 draft on Allan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mock draft collection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>I&#8217;ve generally listed their top-5 and then who they project the Nats to take at #17 (if they project out that far).\u00a0 this year i&#8217;m ordering them Chronologically as rec&#8217;d instead of grouping by pundit&#8230;. this should let us see kind of an evolution of the top of the draft.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jonathan Mayo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/early-2019-mock-mlb-draft\/c-280269044\">way-too-early-Mock-Draft<\/a> June 2018: Witt,\u00a0Rutschman, Barco, Langeliers, Greene.<\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jonathan Mayo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/2019-early-mlb-mock-draft\/c-301452552\">Dec 2018 Mock Draft<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Jung, Stinson.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America (<strong>Carlos Collazo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/mlb-mock-draft\/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\">Apr 2019 Mock<\/a>\u00a0v4.0: Rutschman, Vaughn, Witt, Abrams, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Shea Langeliers<\/strong>, C from Baylor and #2 C prospect in the draft<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America (<strong>Carlos Collazo<\/strong>):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/mlb-mock-draft\/?utm_source=BAPR&amp;utm_medium=email\">5\/2\/19\u00a0Mock\u00a0v5.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn,\u00a0 Greene, Bleday.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Quinn Priester<\/strong>, prep RHP from Cary, IL.\u00a0 Helium arm.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs (<strong>Kiley McDaniel<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/mock-draft-1-0-the-top-ten\/\">Apr 2019 v1.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrams, Greene.<\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jim Callis<\/strong>):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-pipeline-s-first-2019-mock-draft?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage\">5\/3\/19 mock draft<\/a>:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Vaughn, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>George Kirby<\/strong>, rhp from Elon.<\/li>\n<li>20\/80 baseball (<strong>Nick Faleris\/Burke Granger<\/strong>);<a href=\"https:\/\/2080baseball.com\/2019\/05\/2019-mlb-draft-mock-draft-v1\/\"> 5\/5\/2019 Mock draft<\/a>: Rutchman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrams, Bleday.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Matt Allan<\/strong>, prep RHSP from Florida HS.<\/li>\n<li>CBSsports (<strong>Mike Axisa<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/mlb-mock-draft-2019-oregon-state-catcher-heavy-favorite-to-go-no-1-overall-to-orioles\/\">Mock Draft 5\/6\/19<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Bleday, Greene, Abrams.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Kameron Misner<\/strong>, toolsy Missouri OF.<\/li>\n<li>ESPN (<strong>Keith Law<\/strong>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/insider\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/26662718\/keith-law-2019-mlb-mock-draft-10?fbclid=IwAR36IMFc8ktSY1aK5jatmghNTK0A5ytCiibDCw_JSwzeS2rIixfwgmjPpXI\">May 2019 v1.0<\/a>:\u00a0 Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Langeliers, under the theory that he&#8217;s a -pick who has dropped due to his hand injury.<\/li>\n<li>TheBigLead.com (<strong>Ryan Phillips<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/thebiglead.com\/2019\/05\/10\/2019-mlb-mock-draft-rutschman-witt-vaughn-abrams-bleday-greene\/\">v1.0 May 2019<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrams, Bleday.\u00a0 Only projecting top 10.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs (<strong>Eric Longenhagen\/Kiley McDaniel): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/mock-draft-2-0\/\">v2.0 May 2019 mock<\/a><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on Langeliers.<\/li>\n<li>TheBigLead.com (<strong>Ryan Phillips<\/strong>)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebiglead.com\/2019\/05\/17\/2019-mlb-mock-draft-adley-rutschman-witt-vaughn-abrams-bleday\/\">v2.0 May 2019<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrams, Bleday.\u00a0 \u00a0No change in top 5 since his previous mock.\u00a0 \u00a0Nats on Langeliers like everyone else.<\/li>\n<li>BleacherReport.com (<strong>Joel Reuter<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2837201-2019-mlb-mock-draft-with-2-weeks-remaining?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=mlb\">May 2019 mock<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Vaughn, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Priester.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs (<strong>Kiley McDaniel\/Eric Longenhagen<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/mock-draft-2-0\/\">5\/14\/19 Mock v2.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on Langeliers.<\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jim Callis<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/adley-rutschman-remains-favorite-to-go-no-1-in-mock-draft\">5\/17\/19 mock draft<\/a>:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on Jung.<\/li>\n<li>MyMLBDraft.com (? pundit): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymlbdraft.com\/MLB-Mock-Draft\">5\/22\/19 Mock draft<\/a>: Rutchman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrahms, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jonathan Mayo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/2019-mlb-mock-draft-on-may-23?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage&amp;partnerId=ed-13820730-1144105263\">5\/23\/19 Mock draft<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Vaughn, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Josh Jung<\/strong>, 3B from Texas Tech who has been on draft radars for a while.<\/li>\n<li>PerfectGame.org (<strong>Brian Sakowski)<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/Articles\/View.aspx?article=16353\">Mock Draft v3.0 5\/23\/19<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrahms, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on Kirby.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America (<strong>Carlos Collazo<\/strong>):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/mlb-mock-draft\/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\">5\/24\/19\u00a0Mock Draft<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Brett Bady<\/strong>, prep 3B from Texas HS.<\/li>\n<li>ESPN (<strong>Keith Law<\/strong>)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/insider\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/26662718\/keith-law-2019-mlb-mock-draft-10?fbclid=IwAR36IMFc8ktSY1aK5jatmghNTK0A5ytCiibDCw_JSwzeS2rIixfwgmjPpXI\">May 28\u00a0<\/a>2<a href=\"http:\/\/insider.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/26835069\/keith-law-2019-mlb-mock-draft-20\">019 v2.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>BleacherReport.com (<strong>Joel Reuter<\/strong>)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2838192-2019-mlb-mock-draft-update-with-1-week-remaining?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=mlb\">May 2019 mock v2.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Bleday, Vaughn, Abrams.\u00a0 Nats on Jung.<\/li>\n<li>Video Baseball Scout (<strong>Benjamin Chase<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/videobaseballscout.com\/2019\/05\/27\/mlb-mock-draft-version-8-9-full-first-day\/\">May v8.9 mock draft<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Gunnar Henderson<\/strong>, prep SS from Alabama HS.<\/li>\n<li>The Athletic Staff (beat reporters collectively): <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/994285\/2019\/05\/28\/mlb-mock-draft-the-athletics-beat-writers-project-the-first-round\/?source=rss\">May 2019 Mock Draft<\/a>: Rutchman, Witt, Abrams, Vaughn, Bleday.\u00a0 Nats on Misner.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs (<strong>Kiley McDaniel\/Eric Longenhagen<\/strong>):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/mock-draft-3-0-two-rounds\/\">5\/29\/19 Mock v3.0<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats still on Langeliers.<\/li>\n<li>The Athletic\u00a0<strong>(Melissa Lockhard<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/997456\/2019\/05\/29\/2019-mlb-mock-draft-adley-rutschman-goes-no-1-and-the-giants-and-as-go-for-up-the-middle-talents\/?source=rss\">5\/29\/19 Mock Draft<\/a>: Rutchman, Witt, Vaughn, Abrams, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America (<strong>Carlos Collazo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/rankings\/mlb-mock-draft\/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email\">5\/31\/19 Mock Draft v9.0<\/a>; Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on\u00a0<strong>Zack Thompson<\/strong>, LHP from Kentucky with some medical issues.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond the Box Score (<strong>Daniel Epstein<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondtheboxscore.com\/2019\/5\/29\/18642365\/btbs-2019-mlb-aggregate-mock-draft-rutschman-orioles-witt-abrams-vaughn-bleday-greene-lodolo\">6\/1\/19 Aggregate Mock Draft<\/a>\u00a0(an analysis\/aggregate of other mocks): Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Vaughn, Bleday.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>TheBigLead.com (<strong>Ryan Phillips<\/strong>)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebiglead.com\/2019\/05\/31\/2019-mlb-mock-draft-adley-rutschman-vaughn-witt-jr-greene-abrams\/\">v3.0 May 2019<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Jonathan Mayo<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-mock-draft-on-june-2?partnerId=ed-13885871-1146177913\">6\/3\/19 day-of Mock<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>ESPN (<strong>Keith Law<\/strong>): <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/26881772\/keith-law-2019-mlb-mock-draft-30?fbclid=IwAR1hyTlxWQc0P1El3VWjuSgo-Ee5ZMLBZJDTK09anjaAETmQv5ioDJxRtVs\">6\/3\/19 day-of final mock<\/a>:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn,\u00a0Bleday, Greene.\u00a0\u00a0Nats on Allan; it really seems like Allan is going to be the pick here.<\/li>\n<li>CBSsports (<strong>Mike Axisa<\/strong>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mlb\/news\/mlb-mock-draft-2019-adley-rutschman-still-favorite-to-go-no-1-andrew-vaughn-drops-a-few-spots\/\">Final Mock Draft 6\/3\/19<\/a>: Rutschman, Witt, Abrams, Bleday, Vaughn.\u00a0 Nats on Allan too.<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs (<strong>Kiley McDaniel\/Eric Longenhagen<\/strong>): <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fangraphs.com\/mock-draft-4-0-the-morning-of\/\">6\/3\/19 Morning of\u00a0Mock v4.0<\/a>:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn,\u00a0Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>TheBigLead.com (<strong>Ryan Phillips<\/strong>) 6\/3\/19 last chance mock: Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<li>20\/80 baseball (<strong>Nick Faleris<\/strong>); <a href=\"https:\/\/2080baseball.com\/2019\/06\/2019-mlb-draft-mock-draft-draft-day\/\">draft day mock<\/a>\u00a06\/3\/19:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.\u00a0 Nats on Allan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mock draft posters from past years who didn&#8217;t seem to do one this year.:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>D1Baseball (<strong>Frankie Piliere<\/strong>); took a job with Seattle, no longer at d1baseball.<\/li>\n<li>HeroSports.com (<strong>Christopher Crawford<\/strong>); moved to nbcsports\/roto world, unclear if still doing draft work.<\/li>\n<li>MinorleagueBall.com (<strong>John Sickels<\/strong>); moved to TheAthletic, site seems dead.<\/li>\n<li>SI.com (<strong>Jay Jaffe<\/strong>), now with Fangraphs, so probably not doing prospect work anymore.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball America (<strong>John Manuel<\/strong>): seems to have passed the torch at BA to Reuter.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball Draft Report (<strong>Rob Ozga<\/strong>); Last post was Sept 2018; out of business?<\/li>\n<li>Seedlings to the Stars\/Calltothepen.com: main writer left to form Video Baseball Scout.<\/li>\n<li>Prospect Digest (<strong>Joseph Werner<\/strong>); just draft profiles for 2019, no mocks\/ranks.<\/li>\n<li>Sporting News: can&#8217;t find content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Draft Rankings<\/strong><\/span>: these are prospect ranking lists, NOT mock drafts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ESPN (<strong>Keith Law):\u00a0<\/strong>Apr 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/26634346\/ranking-top-50-2019-mlb-draft-prospects\">top 50 Ranks<\/a>,\u00a0May 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/26789854\/keith-law-2019-big-board-updated-top-100-draft-prospects\">Top 100 Big board<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MLBPipeline (<strong>Callis &amp; Mayo<\/strong>): Top 200 draft board for 2019<\/li>\n<li>BaseballAmerica: 2019 Top 500 Draft Prospect List<\/li>\n<li>Fangraphs; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/prospects\/the-board\/2019-mlb-draft?type=0&amp;sort=-1,1&amp;pagenum=0&amp;pageitems=10000000000000\">Fangraphs Draft Board for 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2080baseball; <a href=\"https:\/\/2080baseball.com\/2019\/05\/2019-final-mlb-draft-ranking\/\">top 125 players ranked<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Past prospect rankers that have issues this year 2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baseball Draft Report (<strong>Rob Ozga<\/strong>); Last post was Sept 2018; out of business?<\/li>\n<li>Video Baseball Scout; Mocks, no rankings.<\/li>\n<li>The Athletic: no content this year.<\/li>\n<li>MinorLeagueBall.com Draft Prospect list: didn&#8217;t do one this year, just individual profiles.<\/li>\n<li>PerfectGame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/Rankings\/Draft\/DraftPlayerRankings.aspx\">2019 Draft Rankings database<\/a>\/top 600 players (mostly behind a paywall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ACTUAL TOP 5 DRAFT Results<\/strong>\u00a0(added after the draft): went almost entirely chalk to latest mocks:\u00a0Rutschman, Witt, Vaughn, Bleday, Greene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Actual Nats #17 Pick<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/draft\/tracker\">added after the draft<\/a>): <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jackson Rutledge<\/b>,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> RHP from Texas Juco.\u00a0 See separate post on him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I began this post the day after the 2018 draft, when the first &#8220;way too early&#8221; mock draft came out on MLBpipeline.\u00a0 So its exactly 364 days in the making. 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