Rationale: Wilson can play a premium position and rarely strikes out. There is little to no reliever risk and Meyer has front-of-the-rotation upside.
He has three plus pitches headlined by a high-90s fastball that he pairs with a hellacious slider that has flashed spin rates upwards of 3,000 rpms. Rationale: While prep pitchers are a risky demographic and I might be reaching to snag Meyer at 6, Meyer isn't your run of the mill high school pitcher. Noble Meyer, RHP, Jesuit HS, Portland, Ore. A strong all-around player with an advanced hit tool, blossoming power and a center field profile is a potential above-average or better regular. There's five top-of-the-class players this year and Clark was the man left standing. Rationale: This was a simple one drafting out of the five spot. Max Clark, OF, Franklin (Ind.) Community HSFranklin (Ind.) Community HS To get him with the fourth pick is a dream scenario. Rationale: This is a draft where if you pick in the top five, you're in great shape. I have a lot of positive bias toward him after some loud in-person looks this spring as well. I could get a lot more safety by going the college route, but there's just something about Jenkins' swing that I can't pass on. Rationale: This pick came down to Langford vs. Walker Jenkins, OF, South Brunswick HS, Southport, N.C. But Skenes has the stuff and control to pitch at the front of a rotation, is near MLB ready now and is overwhelming college hitters with a 1.92 ERA and a ridiculous 152-14 K-BB mark in 79.2 innings at a time when offense is soaring in college baseball. Prep outfielders Max Clark and Walker Jenkins both have a chance to be special players and don’t carry the injury risk of a pitcher. Rationale: Skenes wasn’t an easy choice for me.
Not only will he still continue to produce offensively, but he projects to stick in either center or right field defensively.
His operation is one that will not need much tinkering with as he progreses through the pro ranks and he has all-star upside. Rationale: The most polished college hitter in quite some time, Crews was a no-brainer here at first overall. Reborn Christian Academy HS, Kissimmee, Fla. We're not making picks in an attempt to project what actual big league clubs will do on draft day, but making selections based on who we would take if we were in the decision-making chair.įive writers participated in this exercise: Ben Badler, Carlos Collazo, JJ Cooper, Peter Flaherty and Geoff Pontes. As we approach the end of college baseball's regular season, we're conducting our second staff draft of the season for the 2023 class.īelow you can see how the 2023 first and second rounds would unfold if Baseball America writers were given the keys to the draft room.
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