We've compiled a consensus mock draft to help forecast how the first 36 picks of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft will shake out on Monday night in New Jersey.
The following mock drafts were used to make our mock*:
Keith Law, ESPN: June 4
Jim Callis, MLB: June 5
John Manuel, Baseball America: June 5
Steve Garrity and Paul Doran, USA Today: June 4
David Rawnsley, Sports Illustrated: May 27
1. Arizona – Dansby Swanson, SS, Vanderbilt
2. Houston – Brendan Rodgers, SS, Lake Mary HS (FL)
3. Colorado – Alex Bregman, SS, LSU
4. Texas – Dillon Tate, RHP, UC Santa Barbara
5. Houston – Kyle Tucker, OF, Plant HS (FL)
6. Minnesota – Carson Fulmer, RHP, Vanderbilt
7. Boston – Andrew Benintendi, OF, Arkansas
8. Chicago White Sox – Tyler Stephenson, C, Kennesaw Mountain HS (GA)
9. Chicago Cubs – Daz Cameron, OF, Eagle’s Landing HS (GA)
10. Philadelphia – Trenton Clark, OF, Richland HS (TX)
11. Cincinnati – Tyler Jay, LHP, Illinois
12. Miami – Kolby Allard, LHP, San Clemente HS (CA)
13. Tampa Bay – Jon Harris, RHP, Missouri State
14. Atlanta – Garrett Whitley, OF, Niskayuna HS (NY)
15. Milwaukee – Walker Buehler, RHP, Vanderbilt
16. New York Yankees – Mike Nikorak, RHP, Stroudsburg HS (PA)
17. Cleveland – James Kaprielian, RHP, UCLA
18. San Francisco – Chris Betts, C, Wilson HS (CA)
19. Pittsburgh – Ian Happ, 2B, Cincinnati
20. Oakland – Cornelius Randolph, SS, Griffin HS (GA)
21. Kansas City – Kyle Funkhouser, RHP, Louisville
22. Detroit – Kevin Newman, SS, Arizona
23. St. Louis – Phil Bickford, RHP, College of Southern Nevada
24. Los Angeles Dodgers – Ashe Russell, RHP, Cathedral HS (IN)
25. Baltimore – Cody Ponce, RHP, Cal Poly Pomona
26. Los Angeles Angels – Nate Kirby, LHP, Virginia
Compensation Picks
27. Colorado (Cuddyer) – Brady Aiken, LHP, IMG Academy
28. Atlanta (Santana) – Donnie Everett, RHP, Clarksville HS (TN)
29. Toronto (Cabrera) – Mike Matuella, RHP, Duke
30. New York Yankees (Robertson) – Demi Orimoloye, OF, St. Matthew HS (Ottawa)
31. San Francisco (Sandoval) – Scott Kingery, 2B, Arizona
32. Pittsburgh (Martin) – Justin Hooper, LHP, De La Salle HS (CA)
33. Kansas City (Shields) – D.J. Stewart, OF, Florida State
34. Detroit Tigers (Scherzer) – Ke’Bryan Hayes, 3B, Concordia Lutheran HS (TX)
35. Los Angeles Dodgers (Ramirez) – Nick Plummer, OF, Brother Rice HS (MI)
36. Baltimore (Cruz) – Richie Martin, SS, Florida
* A player was assigned a point value each time he landed on a mock in descending order. For example, Keith Law had Dansby Swanson first on his mock, so Swanson was given 30 points. Alex Bregman, who was second, received 29 points and Brandon Rodgers got 28 points for landing third. The process was completed for all five mocks and each player's points were totaled in order to rank them.
Players that just missed the cut:
Blake Trahan, SS, Louisiana-Lafayette
Thomas Eshelman, RHP, Cal State Fullerton
Beau Burrows, RHP, Weatherford HS (TX)
Jacob Nix, RHP, IMG Academy
Donnie Deweees, OF, North Florida