2023 MLB Thread; Say Hey, everybody: Rest In Power, Willie

I dont doubt it was intentional. What Im saying is, its part of the game and it was a low pitch. Take the hit, and take your base. If you get hit a 2nd time or if the first BB was in your helmet, upper back, then you could get mad and charge.

We know Harpers immature and hot headed.
 
Harper landed the only punch in that exchange.

I can't believe after all that, Strickland decided to hit him with an open hand when he did swing on him.

:smh:

I dont agree with Harper charging cuz he got hit on the hip. If he was hit in the helmet, then def charge the mound. Or if its the 2nd time getting hit, then charge.

But he got hit 1x and on the hip.

And :lol: at him trying to fake out the pitcher with throwing his helmet.

Harpers a punk and needs a good spanking. I'd love to see Harper charge the mound with Roger Clemens or Nolan Ryan standing on it.

son, if a fastball hit him in the helmet, he'd be on the ground. he wouldn't be able to charge. DF you talking about :rofl:
 
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Right. That pitch was intended to cause serious harm. If that was at his head, he'd be on a stretcher.
 
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Also, in before some one makes a Heyward hitting the cutoff man in the ASG joke
 
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“Those were some big guys tumbling around,” Posey said afterward, explaining his absence from the fray, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Gotta get their digs in :lol:
 
“Those were some big guys tumbling around,” Posey said afterward, explaining his absence from the fray, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Gotta get their digs in
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I am still not ok with his reaction.  Wouldnt even have been a fray if he did his job and stood in front of Bryce before he charged.
 
 
Could someone please post Keith Law's new mock draft seen here? ---> http://www.espn.com/blog/keith-law/insider/post?id=7116
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[h1]Keith Law's Mock Draft 2.0: No. 1 pick could have the Wright stuff[/h1]
Vanderbilt's Kyle Wright might be exactly what the Twins are looking for in a pitcher at the No. 1 pick. Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire

3:08 PM ET

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    Keith LawESPN Senior Writer
The MLB draft starts on June 12, so we’re just 13 days away from the first and second rounds, and with the college conference tournaments over there’s very little scouting left for teams to do. Scouting departments will begin their meetings later this week or at the beginning of next week, meaning that there are still no definites even at the top, but I have more information on team preferences than I did two weeks ago. Most of the names on this mock were somewhere on the last one, but the order has changed from pick No. 1.

The first round has just 27 picks because Cleveland, St. Louis, and Colorado surrendered their first-round picks to sign free agents who had compensation attached. There are three picks at 28-30 for those free agents, then six competitive balance picks (which are the only picks teams can trade), and then the second round starts with Minnesota at pick 37.

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1. Minnesota Twins

Kyle Wright, RHP

Vanderbilt

I’ve heard that the Twins are in on at least four players at No. 1, including Brendan McKay (as a bat or a two-way guy but not just as a pitcher), Mackenzie Gore and Hunter Greene, but the current betting in the industry is that they will take Wright as the prospect with the best combination of floor and ceiling.

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2. Cincinnati Reds

Hunter Greene, RHP/SS

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California
[h1]Keith Law's Prospect Reports[/h1]
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2017 Top 50 draft prospects

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This is a great scenario for the Reds, in which their top two preferences, McKay and Greene, are both there for them. I think they roll the dice on Greene as a pitcher -- though they’d probably let him go out and play short all summer -- but I would put my confidence level on their taking Greene over McKay at 50 percent.

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3. San Diego Padres

MacKenzie Gore, LHP

Whiteville (North Carolina) High School

I’ve heard that they’re in on Greene, Gore, McKay and local product Royce Lewis, who has enticing tools but needs to move off the infield dirt out to center field. I think if Greene is gone, they go for Gore rather than Lewis.

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4. Tampa Bay Rays

Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP

Louisville

I think the Rays would do cartwheels with McKay available here -- and of course, this requires three teams to pass on a guy who at one point appeared to be the presumptive No. 1 pick. Since Louisville is expected to go to Omaha for the College World Series, they might just let him play first base all summer and skip pitching entirely until instructional league or 2018. The Rays have been heavily interested in Austin Beck and Lewis as well and could take Adam Haseley of UVa for a slightly under-slot deal here.

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5. Atlanta Braves

Royce Lewis, SS

JSerra High School, Aliso Viejo, California

I’ve heard that they’re in on Greene, Gore, McKay and Shane Baz, but I think if Lewis gets here and the first three guys are gone, they take Lewis or Gore, giving the edge to the position player. I have to imagine that they’d immediately move him to center field because they already have several good shortstop prospects in the system, plus Dansby Swanson in the majors.

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6. Oakland Athletics

Pavin Smith, 1B

Virginia

Gore’s market starts at No. 1 and ends here, I believe. Billy Beane saw him and Austin Beck in a double-up in mid-April, which was one of Gore’s best starts of the year. The A’s are also in on Pavin Smith and Jeren Kendall.

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7. Arizona Diamondbacks

Adam Haseley, CF

Virginia

Arizona’s evaluation team was in heavy for the ACC tournament to see Haseley, Pavin Smith and J.B. Bukauskas. All the talk before Friday was that Bukauskas was their guy, but I have to think that his rough outing, in which at one point he lost his delivery for a few batters, gave everyone some pause.

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8. Philadelphia Phillies

Austin Beck, OF

North Davidson High School, Arcadia, North Carolina

They’re in on more players than can possibly still be there at their pick; I’ve heard Haseley, Smith, Shane Baz, Beck, Griffin Canning and even David Peterson. I do think early rumors that they were focused on high school arms were false.


Outfielder Jordon Adell could be a great addition to the Brewers' ongoing rebuilding effort. Larry Goren/Four Seam Images/AP Images

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9. Milwaukee Brewers

Jordon Adell, OF

Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky

The Brewers might also get their pick of a group of players they like, including Adell, Jeren Kendall, J.B. Bukauskas and Smith.

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10. Los Angeles Angels

Griffin Canning, RHP

UCLA

The Angels have been linked to Adell for a few weeks, but they are definitely considering some college names, including the UVa kids and UCLA’s Canning.

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11. Chicago White Sox

Jeren Kendall, OF

Vanderbilt

White Sox GM Rick Hahn met with Kendall last week. This would be a nervy pick, like taking Alec Hansen in the second round last year (he was a likely top-of-draft guy who fell due to performance, not injury), but with the higher risk of taking Kendall at 11 when there are lots of good college bats such as Logan Warmoth still on the board.

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12. Pittsburgh Pirates

J.B. Bukauskas, RHP

North Carolina

I’ve heard that they’re mostly focused on college players, with two prep arms, D.L. Hall and Shane Baz, also in the mix. Among college guys, they’re looking at the UVa players, Bukauskas, Logan Warmoth and injured UC Irvine second baseman Keston Hiura.

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13. Miami Marlins

Shane Baz, RHP

Concordia Lutheran High School, Cypress, Texas

I’ve heard that they’re all over the board but most prominently in on Baz, Peterson, Adell and Canning. There’s a sense that Baz is either heading to school (TCU) or has a deal with someone in the sandwich/second round.

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14. Kansas City Royals

Trevor Rogers, LHP

Carlsbad (New Mexico) High School

I’ve heard them linked mostly to high school arms -- Rogers, D.L. Hall and Baz -- as well as Jeren Kendall.

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15. Houston Astros

David Peterson, LHP

Oregon

If Baz is available, that either ends here, or he falls out of the round for an over-slot deal somewhere. The Astros are also interested in Kendall if he gets this far.

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16. New York Yankees

Nick Pratto, 1B

Huntington Beach High School, California

I think Rogers’ floor is here. I’ve heard the Yankees matched up with prep arm D.L. Hall as well.

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17. Seattle Mariners

Jake Burger, 3B

Missouri State

Peterson’s floor might be here, but the Mariners are also in on Pratto, Canning and Jake Burger (mmmmm … Burger).

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18. Detroit Tigers

D.L. Hall, LHP

Valdosta (Georgia) High School

The Tigers would be thrilled to get the power lefty from south-south Georgia (trip, and you end up in Florida). He has top-five stuff but some minor makeup concerns that have pushed teams picking earlier to look at other prep arms. The Tigers are also in on Nick Pratto.

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19. San Francisco Giants

Evan White, 1B

Kentucky

White is a plus defender at first who runs well enough that many scouts think he would play well in the outfield -- like Cody Bellinger -- and he has shown an improved approach across the board this year. I think Pratto is a Plan B for the Giants if some of the other bats they like aren’t here; I’ve still heard them linked to Luis Campusano-Bracero, the Georgia prep catcher, as well as Rogers if he falls this far.

Could the Mets be fortunate enough to see Logan Warmoth fall as far as their first-round pick? Wade Payne/AP

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20. New York Mets

Logan Warmoth, SS

North Carolina

This would be a steal in my eyes. Warmoth is a college shortstop with some chance to stay at the position --

though there’s disagreement on that, and in two games, I didn’t see anything to convince me either way -- and a tremendous swing. I’ve mostly heard about them linked to picking college bats.

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21. Baltimore Orioles

Tanner Houck, RHP

Missouri

I’ve also heard the Orioles linked to Matt Sauer, a California prep arm with good stuff and a violent delivery -- but not at the 21st pick.

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22. Toronto Blue Jays

Alex Faedo, RHP

Florida

I’ve mostly heard them being in on college players, more bats than arms, including Warmoth, Burger, Stuart Fairchild, Gavin Sheets and of course the UVa twins, who aren’t getting down here. I’ve also heard the Blue Jays with Canning, who also will be long gone.

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23. Los Angeles Dodgers

Bubba Thompson, OF

McGill-Toolen High School, Mobile, Alabama

I don’t know if the Dodgers will actually take Thompson, who has a two-sport college commitment to the University of Alabama to play both football and baseball, but the whole industry seems to think they’re likely to do so.

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24. Boston Red Sox

Keston Hiura, DH/2B

UC Irvine

Hiura is one of the draft’s biggest wild cards because he might have its best pure hit tool but has an elbow injury that has kept him from playing second base all year and might require surgery. He’d probably be a top-10-15 pick if he were healthy and scouts had been able to see him play the field.

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25. Washington Nationals

Seth Romero, LHP

Kicked off the University of Houston

Romero was a potential top-10 pick -- the A’s at No. 6 were a popular rumor -- before he was kicked off Houston’s team twice due to repeated instances of knuckleheadedness, including a physical altercation with a teammate that ended his tenure as a Cougar. He has good stuff and has cleaned up his body since last year, but he has a bad delivery and really bad makeup.

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26. Texas Rangers

Nate Pearson, RHP

College of Central Florida

Pearson is one of a number of junior college players who could go on Day 1. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound right-hander transferred from Florida International University this spring and has regularly bumped 96 mph while possessing a great frame for a starting pitcher.

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27. Chicago Cubs

Luis Gonzalez, CF

New Mexico

He’s no relation to the former Astro and Diamondback (whose son, Jacob, is a possible third- or fourth-round pick out of Chaparral High School this year). Gonzalez has put up silly numbers at the high altitude of Albuquerque, including a .500 OBP with 58 walks and 32 strikeouts.
 
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[h1]Keith Law's Mock Draft 2.0: No. 1 pick could have the Wright stuff[/h1]
Vanderbilt's Kyle Wright might be exactly what the Twins are looking for in a pitcher at the No. 1 pick. Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire

3:08 PM ET

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    Keith LawESPN Senior Writer
The MLB draft starts on June 12, so we’re just 13 days away from the first and second rounds, and with the college conference tournaments over there’s very little scouting left for teams to do. Scouting departments will begin their meetings later this week or at the beginning of next week, meaning that there are still no definites even at the top, but I have more information on team preferences than I did two weeks ago. Most of the names on this mock were somewhere on the last one, but the order has changed from pick No. 1.

The first round has just 27 picks because Cleveland, St. Louis, and Colorado surrendered their first-round picks to sign free agents who had compensation attached. There are three picks at 28-30 for those free agents, then six competitive balance picks (which are the only picks teams can trade), and then the second round starts with Minnesota at pick 37.

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1. Minnesota Twins

Kyle Wright, RHP

Vanderbilt

I’ve heard that the Twins are in on at least four players at No. 1, including Brendan McKay (as a bat or a two-way guy but not just as a pitcher), Mackenzie Gore and Hunter Greene, but the current betting in the industry is that they will take Wright as the prospect with the best combination of floor and ceiling.

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2. Cincinnati Reds

Hunter Greene, RHP/SS

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California
[h1]Keith Law's Prospect Reports[/h1]
r201107_608x342_16-9.jpg


2017 Top 50 draft prospects

2017 Mock Draft 1.0

Did Vandy's Kyle Wright just save his draft slot?

Will upside make Hunter Greene the top pick on draft day?

Complete 2017 draft coverage

This is a great scenario for the Reds, in which their top two preferences, McKay and Greene, are both there for them. I think they roll the dice on Greene as a pitcher -- though they’d probably let him go out and play short all summer -- but I would put my confidence level on their taking Greene over McKay at 50 percent.

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3. San Diego Padres

MacKenzie Gore, LHP

Whiteville (North Carolina) High School

I’ve heard that they’re in on Greene, Gore, McKay and local product Royce Lewis, who has enticing tools but needs to move off the infield dirt out to center field. I think if Greene is gone, they go for Gore rather than Lewis.

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4. Tampa Bay Rays

Brendan McKay, 1B/LHP

Louisville

I think the Rays would do cartwheels with McKay available here -- and of course, this requires three teams to pass on a guy who at one point appeared to be the presumptive No. 1 pick. Since Louisville is expected to go to Omaha for the College World Series, they might just let him play first base all summer and skip pitching entirely until instructional league or 2018. The Rays have been heavily interested in Austin Beck and Lewis as well and could take Adam Haseley of UVa for a slightly under-slot deal here.

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5. Atlanta Braves

Royce Lewis, SS

JSerra High School, Aliso Viejo, California

I’ve heard that they’re in on Greene, Gore, McKay and Shane Baz, but I think if Lewis gets here and the first three guys are gone, they take Lewis or Gore, giving the edge to the position player. I have to imagine that they’d immediately move him to center field because they already have several good shortstop prospects in the system, plus Dansby Swanson in the majors.

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6. Oakland Athletics

Pavin Smith, 1B

Virginia

Gore’s market starts at No. 1 and ends here, I believe. Billy Beane saw him and Austin Beck in a double-up in mid-April, which was one of Gore’s best starts of the year. The A’s are also in on Pavin Smith and Jeren Kendall.

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7. Arizona Diamondbacks

Adam Haseley, CF

Virginia

Arizona’s evaluation team was in heavy for the ACC tournament to see Haseley, Pavin Smith and J.B. Bukauskas. All the talk before Friday was that Bukauskas was their guy, but I have to think that his rough outing, in which at one point he lost his delivery for a few batters, gave everyone some pause.

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8. Philadelphia Phillies

Austin Beck, OF

North Davidson High School, Arcadia, North Carolina

They’re in on more players than can possibly still be there at their pick; I’ve heard Haseley, Smith, Shane Baz, Beck, Griffin Canning and even David Peterson. I do think early rumors that they were focused on high school arms were false.


Outfielder Jordon Adell could be a great addition to the Brewers' ongoing rebuilding effort. Larry Goren/Four Seam Images/AP Images

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9. Milwaukee Brewers

Jordon Adell, OF

Ballard High School, Louisville, Kentucky

The Brewers might also get their pick of a group of players they like, including Adell, Jeren Kendall, J.B. Bukauskas and Smith.

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10. Los Angeles Angels

Griffin Canning, RHP

UCLA

The Angels have been linked to Adell for a few weeks, but they are definitely considering some college names, including the UVa kids and UCLA’s Canning.

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11. Chicago White Sox

Jeren Kendall, OF

Vanderbilt

White Sox GM Rick Hahn met with Kendall last week. This would be a nervy pick, like taking Alec Hansen in the second round last year (he was a likely top-of-draft guy who fell due to performance, not injury), but with the higher risk of taking Kendall at 11 when there are lots of good college bats such as Logan Warmoth still on the board.

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12. Pittsburgh Pirates

J.B. Bukauskas, RHP

North Carolina

I’ve heard that they’re mostly focused on college players, with two prep arms, D.L. Hall and Shane Baz, also in the mix. Among college guys, they’re looking at the UVa players, Bukauskas, Logan Warmoth and injured UC Irvine second baseman Keston Hiura.

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13. Miami Marlins

Shane Baz, RHP

Concordia Lutheran High School, Cypress, Texas

I’ve heard that they’re all over the board but most prominently in on Baz, Peterson, Adell and Canning. There’s a sense that Baz is either heading to school (TCU) or has a deal with someone in the sandwich/second round.

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14. Kansas City Royals

Trevor Rogers, LHP

Carlsbad (New Mexico) High School

I’ve heard them linked mostly to high school arms -- Rogers, D.L. Hall and Baz -- as well as Jeren Kendall.

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15. Houston Astros

David Peterson, LHP

Oregon

If Baz is available, that either ends here, or he falls out of the round for an over-slot deal somewhere. The Astros are also interested in Kendall if he gets this far.

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16. New York Yankees

Nick Pratto, 1B

Huntington Beach High School, California

I think Rogers’ floor is here. I’ve heard the Yankees matched up with prep arm D.L. Hall as well.

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17. Seattle Mariners

Jake Burger, 3B

Missouri State

Peterson’s floor might be here, but the Mariners are also in on Pratto, Canning and Jake Burger (mmmmm … Burger).

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18. Detroit Tigers

D.L. Hall, LHP

Valdosta (Georgia) High School

The Tigers would be thrilled to get the power lefty from south-south Georgia (trip, and you end up in Florida). He has top-five stuff but some minor makeup concerns that have pushed teams picking earlier to look at other prep arms. The Tigers are also in on Nick Pratto.

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19. San Francisco Giants

Evan White, 1B

Kentucky

White is a plus defender at first who runs well enough that many scouts think he would play well in the outfield -- like Cody Bellinger -- and he has shown an improved approach across the board this year. I think Pratto is a Plan B for the Giants if some of the other bats they like aren’t here; I’ve still heard them linked to Luis Campusano-Bracero, the Georgia prep catcher, as well as Rogers if he falls this far.

Could the Mets be fortunate enough to see Logan Warmoth fall as far as their first-round pick? Wade Payne/AP

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20. New York Mets

Logan Warmoth, SS

North Carolina

This would be a steal in my eyes. Warmoth is a college shortstop with some chance to stay at the position --

though there’s disagreement on that, and in two games, I didn’t see anything to convince me either way -- and a tremendous swing. I’ve mostly heard about them linked to picking college bats.

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21. Baltimore Orioles

Tanner Houck, RHP

Missouri

I’ve also heard the Orioles linked to Matt Sauer, a California prep arm with good stuff and a violent delivery -- but not at the 21st pick.

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22. Toronto Blue Jays

Alex Faedo, RHP

Florida

I’ve mostly heard them being in on college players, more bats than arms, including Warmoth, Burger, Stuart Fairchild, Gavin Sheets and of course the UVa twins, who aren’t getting down here. I’ve also heard the Blue Jays with Canning, who also will be long gone.

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23. Los Angeles Dodgers

Bubba Thompson, OF

McGill-Toolen High School, Mobile, Alabama

I don’t know if the Dodgers will actually take Thompson, who has a two-sport college commitment to the University of Alabama to play both football and baseball, but the whole industry seems to think they’re likely to do so.

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24. Boston Red Sox

Keston Hiura, DH/2B

UC Irvine

Hiura is one of the draft’s biggest wild cards because he might have its best pure hit tool but has an elbow injury that has kept him from playing second base all year and might require surgery. He’d probably be a top-10-15 pick if he were healthy and scouts had been able to see him play the field.

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25. Washington Nationals

Seth Romero, LHP

Kicked off the University of Houston

Romero was a potential top-10 pick -- the A’s at No. 6 were a popular rumor -- before he was kicked off Houston’s team twice due to repeated instances of knuckleheadedness, including a physical altercation with a teammate that ended his tenure as a Cougar. He has good stuff and has cleaned up his body since last year, but he has a bad delivery and really bad makeup.

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26. Texas Rangers

Nate Pearson, RHP

College of Central Florida

Pearson is one of a number of junior college players who could go on Day 1. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound right-hander transferred from Florida International University this spring and has regularly bumped 96 mph while possessing a great frame for a starting pitcher.

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27. Chicago Cubs

Luis Gonzalez, CF

New Mexico

He’s no relation to the former Astro and Diamondback (whose son, Jacob, is a possible third- or fourth-round pick out of Chaparral High School this year). Gonzalez has put up silly numbers at the high altitude of Albuquerque, including a .500 OBP with 58 walks and 32 strikeouts.
Yeah I seen the first 27 picks. I was hoping to see the compensation round picks as well and he might have had more picks after.
 
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