Cowser, who first stood out to scouts when he played with Team USA as one of its youngest members, figures to join that trio someday soon, and he may do so after dethroning Glenn Wilson (18th in 1980) as the highest drafted Bearkat. Arroyo has the hands, the arm, and the short-distance quickness to become a plus defender. At worst, … section: | slug: mlb-draft-prospects-2021-ranking-top-50-players-in-the-class-with-jack-leiter-at-no-1 | sport: baseball | route: article_single.us | He leverages his height to achieve a steep release point, and that includes pitching off a high front side. 2021. 2021 MLB Draft SEC Top Prospects 2021 MLB Draft BIG 12 Top Prospects 2021 MLB Draft Top Prospects PAC-12 2021 MLB Draft Top Prospects BIG Ten 2021 MLB Draft Top Prospects Low-Mid Majors (East Schools) Check out our other 2021 MLB Draft content as it starts filling up. Along with the addition of 50 new names, the new Top 350 will include our stock watch feature highlighting the current trajectory of every player. On defense, he seems probable to outgrow shortstop as he matures, likely leading to a shift over to the hot corner. He does it with arguably the best changeup in the class. It is the … He showed improved control last season, too, even if it was in a small sample. For amateur and Minor League prospects. The most famous prospect and the current front-runner to go No. He's here because of concerns about his whippy arm action and his pedigree. Knight, an Oregon State commit, has a dynamic ceiling. Auburn has produced two first-round pitchers in the last three drafts: Casey Mize in 2018 (Tigers) and Tanner Burns in 2020 (Cleveland). It does seem like there are some solid college pitchers, topped by Rocker and Leiter, but the high school position player crop might have the best combination of depth and exciting players at premium positions. A lot can change in five months' time, so view it for what it is: a snapshot of the present attitudes and evaluations on these players. Mace leverages his 6-foot-6 frame to achieve a deep release point, and he has a better history of throwing strikes than many of his classmates. . Follow us on Twitter @ProspectsWorldW SUBSCRIBE To our YouTube channel! What do the demographics look like? South Alabama is a pro-ball factory. While he's flying under the public's radar, several teams have him as an early round candidate after he punched out more than a third of the batters he faced in the Northwoods League. The worst-case scenario here is that he spends some time in their pitching lab, whereafter he might reemerge in a few years as a top-10 candidate. There have been some heavy risers, as well as some major fallers. He needs to make more consistent contact in order to reach his ceiling, but there's first-round potential here -- even if he requires a few years on campus to fully tap into it. Usher can run and throw, yet that won't be enough to keep him in the first round unless he puts concerns about his bat to rest. Binelas has hit .286/.376/.596 with 14 home runs as a collegiate, leveraging a line-drive approach and an ability to make consistent hard contact. As teams continue their non-conference schedule, key matchups against conference opponents are right around the corner. He had an excellent 2019 in the Cape Cod League and is one of the top hitters in the 2021 draft. As we have been for the last few months, today we pump out 50 more prospects in our lead up to the 2021 MLB Draft. He has a defensive toolkit to bank on, as it should allow him to remain at the six. The most commonly used comparison with Lawlar is to Bobby Witt Jr., a fellow Texan who was drafted second by the Royals in 2019. All Rights Reserved. He has a good defensive foundation and a reputation for hitting the ball hard. 2021 MLB Draft: Top 400 Prospects We wrap up our draft coverage with the 2021 class, where we go 400 names deep to get you ready for both the spring season as well as the July draft, with PG All-American Jordan Lawlar ranking as the top prep prospect. Prospect Rankings. Provided he shows no ill effects from the layoff, he could become the fourth (or fifth, depending on Harry Davis) Cardinal in five years to go within the top 10, joining Reid Detmers (Angels), Brendan McKay (Rays), and Corey Ray (Brewers). 4. Montgomery is another prep outfielder with well-rounded potential who could propel himself up the board with a strong spring. Madden has a steep release point from which he delivers a promising three-pitch mix, including a low-to-mid-90s fastball and a slider. The 2021 MLB draft marks my seventh year covering the draft and writing detailed stories on the top prospects. House will celebrate his 18th birthday just before the draft, yet he's already listed at 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, putting him in Corey Seager's orbit (6-foot-4, 215 pounds). It's possible that some crafty coach or instructor will find a way to milk extra oomph from his fastball. 6) form the first college duo to land in the top 10 since Brady Singer (now with the Royals) and Jonathan India (now with the Reds) represented the Florida Gators in our 2018 rankings. We’ll dissect the recent performances of the nation’s best players in the run up to the July draft and provide information on whose stock is rising or falling. When he does engage, he frequently makes hard contact, mostly on a line. Hoglund is the counterculturist's pitcher of choice in this class. Feb 12, 2021 at 1:23pm Chris Hatfield said: Feb 12, 2021 at 9:51am ramireja said: I think in a typical draft year....the #4 overall pick is usually a Top 100 prospect overall, and sometimes even around the 40-60 range. If he returns to form, he has a chance to put himself on an early round track with a possible big-league future as a utility type. March 23, 2021 After them, you have to stretch to find a recent, decent career from a wrong-way outfielder -- and that's the replacement-level brigade of Guillermo Heredia, Collin Cowgill, and Joey Rickard. Duke commitments tend to have the reputation of being tougher to sign. MLB Informs Teams 2021 Draft Will Be 20 Rounds By Steve Adams | April 2, 2021 at 1:07pm CDT Major League Baseball has settled on a 20-round draft for the 2021 … “I don’t think we would think about it like, ‘Well, we need to sort of run toward a particular demographic,’ but rather we just have to look at all of the inputs and weigh them appropriately and figure out who is the right fit for the Pittsburgh Pirates and get to know players in the process and let them get to know us, just as importantly,” Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said in a recent episode of the Pipeline Podcast. Cerantola has been drafted twice before: once by the Rays out of high school, and the other in 2016 by the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. The most probable outcome, then, has Fabian turn into a solid regular whose power represents his only plus tool. © 2004-2021 CBS Interactive. Coming into the season, Fitts will have started only six of his 27 collegiate appearances -- that rate is lower, even, than Garrett Crochet, who opened 13 of his 36 contests before going No. Yes, Cerantola is Canadian, and he'll try to follow the skate marks left by Tom Glavine, Justin Morneau, and others who have bypassed the rink for a diamond. Scouting the stat line is a bad habit to take up, but you would be correct to look at Del Castillo's production at Miami (.336/.430/.571 with 39 extra-base hits and 11 more walks than strikeouts) and conclude he's a skilled hitter. He doesn't offer as much value with the leather because of lower-half stiffness, and he seems likely to end up at first base before he reaches arbitration. The lab was where Jared Shuster, the No. Leiter has more than a deep well of pitches to draw from; he receives ample praise for his athleticism and his intelligence, with neither coming as a surprise given his bloodlines (his father, Al, and uncle, Mark, combined to pitch in 30 big-league seasons). 2021 MLB Draft: Top 250 College Prospects Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker continues to hold onto to the top spot as we take an updated … Franklin punched out in 28 percent of his plate appearances his freshman season, as opposed to just 19 percent in 2020. Rocker has an extremely big, and physically imposing build (think Randy Johnson) and tons of lower half strength. Rocker has some tantalizing qualities. His relative youth (20 until September) and his track record of hitting the ball hard against SEC-quality competition should endear him to model-guided teams. He does swing and miss a fair amount, and he's coming from the northeast, which will inspire concerns about the level of competition he's faced. pic.twitter.com/XTCkX5rSoQ. He has the requisite hands, arm strength, and footwork to remain at the shortstop position for the long haul. It's hard for collegiate second basemen to get onto prospecting radars: they're often at the keystone because of other deficiencies in their game, be it their range, their arms, or some combination thereof. A decade ago, his smaller stature (6-foot-1, 185 pounds) and lower release point may have had teams disregarding him as another face in the crowd. Petty is 6’1 and weighs 175 pounds and his main pitch is an overpowering 101 mph fastball. Both secondaries, a breaking ball and a changeup, have flashed plus as well, giving teams some hope that he can one day stick in a rotation. He also has a limited record (18 collegiate appearances); a history of walking the ballpark; and a short stride. ), Run: 70 -- Benny Montgomery, OF, Red Land High School (Pa.); Lonnie White Jr., OF, Malvern Prep (Pa.); Will Taylor, OF, Dutch Fork High School (S.C.); Michael Robertson, OF, Venice High School (Fla.), Arm: 70 -- Henry Davis, C, Louisville; Josh Baez, Dexter Southfield High School (Mass. He hit .411/.484/.571 in 16 games with the Cardinals last season, but that run was bookended by stints in the wooden-bat Northwoods Leagues, where he produced a .261/.337/.373 line in 46 games. With high school baseball already underway, and major college baseball conferences cranking up later this week (you can find an extensive college baseball preview here from CBS Sports' Dayn Perry), this presents as good of a time and as good of an opportunity as any to preview the upcoming draft class. James Wood is a 2021 OF from Olney, Maryland and plays his high school ball at the IMG Academy in Florida. His fastball can get into the mid-90s and looks good on a Trackman readout, his top-down curveball is devastating, and he has a quality slider. 8 overall: Dirk Hayhurst, Andy Sonnanstine, Chris Carpenter (not that one), Andrew Chafin, Taylor Williams, and Eric Lauer. Prep catchers, like their batterymates, should come affixed with a warning label about their attrition risk. (Painter and Glasnow have similar height-weight dimensions.) One veteran scout predicted that Jump will become a top-10 pick -- not this July, but in a few years' time, after he's had a chance to validate himself at UCLA. Watson creates oodles of torque, a byproduct of the separation he achieves between his upper and lower halves during his load. Said employer will also have to figure out where to play him. There's a lot to like here all the same, and it seems certain he never steps foot on NC State's campus. At the plate, he marries a quick bat with a frame that bodes well for future plus power. The Rays drafted Alika Williams 37th overall last year; Torres should go in a similar range. Mack is a high-school catcher from New York with swing-and-miss issues. In so many ways, 2020 can be boiled down to what Annie Savoy says in “Bull Durham”: “OK, well. Carlos Collazo: Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by to chat draft… Matt McLain, SS/OF, UCLA. Seven Golden Flashes have pitched in the majors since 2001, when John Van Benschoten went No. He also has the chance to develop into an above-average hitter; it's just not as cut-and-dried as it was with Wells. It wouldn't be too surprising to see Cusick do something similar this year. #GoDeacsFB 93-97 T99SL 82-84CH 86-88@PitchingNinja @FlatgroundApp pic.twitter.com/fxp7kFVBdw. The most curious aspect of Fabian's game is that he bats righty and throws left; he's a "wrong-way guy" in scouting parlance. It's a strong year for high-school shortstops, and Lawlar currently looks like the best of the bunch. The next South Alabama player to join the ranks will be Wilson, who has put himself on the radar by hitting .330/.425/.632 with 20 homers and 24 stolen bases for his collegiate career. The 2021 draft class is full of talent, headlined by two Top 50 talents in Malakhi Knight and Max Debiec, anchored by a stud pitcher in Corvallis in Kevin Abel. He's still all but certain to go early on, but don't be surprised if he's the second or the third college pitcher to come off the board. Here’s the top 10: Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt Jordan Lawlar, SS, Jesuit Prep (Texas) The decision comes a little more than a week after the passage of SB 202, a Georgia law that President Biden criticized earlier Hit: 60 -- Jordan Lawlar, SS, Jesuit Prep (Texas); Matt McLain, SS, UCLA; Adrian Del Castillo, C, Miami; Marcelo Mayer, SS, Eastlake High School (Calif.); Colton Cowser, OF, Sam Houston State; Sal Frelick, O, Boston College; Daylen Lile, OF, Trinity High School (Ken. Some of this criticism is a product of Rocker's celebrity; some of it is genuine worry that teams have to balance. Rest assured, Fabian seems likelier to join Ludwick and Ross' tier. There are scouts who are more reserved about Davis, fearing that his swing is too strength-based to work against superior pitching. Jump imparts good spin on his low-90s fastball and breaking ball and is a good enough athlete to repeat his delivery. “I think the high school position class is pretty good and it might just be because we know them a little better now,” one National League scouting director said. Goodman is similar to Wells in some ways. Those wheels allow him to beat out bunts and infield hits, putting pressure on the defense. Scouts have some concern about his long-term defensive value (he's a left fielder) and the stiffness in his swing, which has resulted in a 20-percent K rate. Major League Baseball's amateur draft is scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 11, or less than five months from now. Mace was a top-50 candidate last summer after a junior season that saw him post a 1.67 ERA and a 5.20 strikeout-to-walk ratio in four starts. So long as Leiter stays healthy and doesn't walk the park, he's a real candidate to go No. Hajjar is a speculator's dream. Eric Cerantola, Filthy Curveball...and pitching with emotion. 2021 MLB Draft Prospects: Touching the Bases, Chapter 3 In College Baseball Nation’s Touching the Bases, we’ll take a periodic look at college baseball through a draft-inspired lens. 10 Sleepers to look out for in the 2021 MLB Draft. 2021 MLB Draft Prospect Chase Betty is one of the top prospects in the country that could have his name called during the draft later this year. Sometimes there's a thin line between a compliment and an insult. He also offers some real swing-and-miss that has some scouts concerned about his ability to hit for average. He has a Q-tip arm action that would seem unlikely to withstand a starter's workload. Goodman's career strikeout rate is over 23 percent, and his 6.8 strikeout-to-walk ratio is significantly worse than Wells' 1.2. Since (and even before) then he's been considered a candidate to go near the top of this draft. 1. 2 pick in 2020, he's going to have to sustain the gains he made last season with his strikeout rate. 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011. His fastball sits in the mid-90s, and his slider is one of the most aesthetically pleasing chase pitches in the class. Torres is a smooth operator at the six; one who looks as though he was pre-programmed with what was coming next. As we have been for the last few months, today we pump out 50 more prospects in our lead up to the 2021 MLB Draft. Here’s the top 10: "The tough part is you just don't have the normal body of work to know who's who at this point,” an American League scouting official said. He was limited by injury and the pandemic to 21 innings over his freshman and sophomore seasons; the latter wasn't his fault, but it left him unable to assuage concerns about the former. Gray is an Arkansas commitment, so they might begin there. 11 last year. That’s certainly true in the amateur scouting world. He hits the ball hard, he runs well, and he has the arm for the left side. He's walked nearly as often as he's struck out (11.6 percent) so far in college, and he's shown an appreciable amount of hitability, gap power, and speed. 1 These are the names to know as college and high school baseball seasons get started By R.J. Anderson 1 overall is Vanderbilt right-hander Kumar Rocker. Even if he moves to the hot corner, his big arm and bat should be assets. 5 might not go fifth overall, but they should go somewhere in the range.) Wake Forest's pitching lab is said to be as good, if not better than most big-league parallels. 7:06 pm ET, you can find an extensive college baseball preview here from CBS Sports' Dayn Perry, MLB weekend winners and losers: O's sweep Sox, Ohtani to pitch, hit in same game for first time Sunday, Tigers' Akil Baddoo hits homer on first MLB pitch, Pirates lose rookie Hayes (wrist) to 10-day IL, Angels' Buttrey, 28, retires from baseball, Winners and losers from first MLB weekend, Pirates lose rookie Hayes (wrist) to 10-day injured list, Angels reliever Buttrey, 28, retires from baseball, WATCH: Dodgers rookie hits inside-the-park home run. For amateur and Minor League prospects All players, as always, are given grades on the 20-to-80 scouting scale for all tools or pitches. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that it will relocate the 2021 All-Star Game and Draft, originally scheduled to take place in Atlanta, to a to-be-determined location. He has a projectable frame (6-foot-3, 188 pounds), but his left-handed swing is going to require work if he's to develop pop. Ferguson boosted his stock last season, moving to second on a permanent basis and hitting .333/.462/.524 with two homers and nine steals in 13 games. You can find the rest of our 2021 MLB Draft content by clicking HERE! If that proves true in Mooney's case, then make a note on a piece of scrap paper, because he could reemerge on one of these lists in a few years' time. Carlos Collazo 2021 MLB Draft Prospects Chat (Subscriber Exclusive) (Four Seam Images) By Carlos Collazo on March 25, 2021 . The reason for Jump's delayed ascent has more to do with the industry's bias against taking prep pitchers, especially undersized ones (he's listed at 5-foot-10), early in the draft. There's a chance, however slim it seems given everything working against him, that Mack eventually offers above-average left-handed pop from behind the dish. 14. San Francisco Giants The Pick- OF Christian Franklin • Arkansas 5’11” • 180lb Put a star next to Watson's name because there's a chance he becomes one. August 6, 2020 What Metrically Makes an Ace: 2021 MLB Draft Prospects with that “Special Something” He'll enter the year regarded as a big-bodied right-hander with a good fastball-changeup combination in need of a more consistent third pitch. ), Power: 60 -- Jud Fabian, OF, Florida; Brady House, 3B, Winder-Barrow High School (Ga.); Izaac Pacheco, 3B, Friendswood High School (Texas); Josh Baez, Dexter Southfield High School (Mass. The raw ingredients are all here, so it's just a matter of him landing in the right system and making adjustments. The top prospect in the 2021 MLB Draft is likely going to be Kumar Rocker, a 6-foot-5, 250 pound right-handed pitcher from Watkinsville, GA where he played for North Oconee High School. His low three-quarters release point creates a flatter plane to the top of the zone, a plus in this day and age. Prospect Rankings. Some scouts have concerns that his slider won't be an effective in-zone pitch for him at the big-league level because of its movement patterns. Pacheco offers some real thump from the left side of the plate. Fitts stands a fair chance of making it three in four, assuming he can inspire confidence in evaluators' hearts that he's a legitimate rotation prospect. 4. Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. The question is whether Hill moves up or down boards by then, with the answer hinging on his availability. 25 pick in last year's draft, reworked his breaking ball and improved his stock. McLain was the 25th pick in the 2018 draft, but he opted to attend college instead of turning pro. A team who believes in his ability to stick at short and reach that offensive upside could take him inside the top 10. Early video seems promising. This is the damndest season I've ever seen.”. He has a keen eye and a good feel for contact thanks to a handsy, line-drive swing that sees him keep the barrel tight to his body. Wander Franco, SS, Tampa Bay. Life has afforded him many possible paths; the one he seems likeliest to travel down leads to the mound, where he displays a Trackman-approved fastball-slider pairing and where he has a history of throwing strikes. pic.twitter.com/JR2E716Btx — Joe (@JoeDoyleMiLB) October 2, 2020. There are other, more pressing considerations to navigate here as well. Rocker, the Vandy ace, is indeed atop our Top 100, with many scouting directors feeling similarly to the executive above. The Yankees used the 28th pick last year on catcher-slash Austin Wells based on his offensive potential. He already possesses big-league physicality, with a height-weight combination (6-foot-5, 245 pounds) that resembles those of Lance Lynn and Brad Keller. Madden will enter the spring with a chance to go in the top 10 and to alter that statistic. Benny Montgomery remains one of the most tooled-up players in the 2021 draft class. While the jury is out on more recent selections, the last high-school catcher to produce more than 10 Wins Above Replacement for their career was Neil Walker (2004); Joe Mauer, picked in 2001, was the last to have a productive career as a backstop. Of course Goodman doesn't have to match or exceed Wells to have a meaningful big-league career; there is a lot of crater risk with his profile though. He'll likely begin his pro career playing center field, but his lack of plus foot speed could force him into a corner before long. He's one to watch as the spring turns into the summer. Moller is a LSU commitment, so if he slips too far, he could raise his stock with good play in the SEC. Painter, a Florida commit, possesses many of the attributes teams desire. Over the last 30 years, Texas has produced just one pitcher who accumulated more than 10 Wins Above Replacement during their career -- that being longtime closer Huston Street. It seems more likely that he slides to an outfield corner, putting more pressure on his ability to adjust to and succeed against better pitching. Who knows which way his stock will trend. Painter will be a young 18 on draft day, so there's time for him to tweak and flourish. Many prospects have already seen their places on draft boards shift based on … ALL our 2021 MLB Draft Scouting Reports can be found clicking HERE! He's a 6-foot-4 command-and-control artist whose collegiate walk rate (4.6 percent) is more descriptive than Turgenev. Jaden Hill RHP | Scouting Report: 2021 MLB Draft March 26, 2021; Merrill Kelly: A Mirage in the Desert or an Under-Appreciated Starter? Arroyo is a switch-hitting shortstop who will stick at the position, but who won't turn 18 years old until months after the draft ends; that combination ought to ensure he goes early enough to forego his commitment to Florida State. Montgomery went through a dramatic swing change to eliminate a problematic hitch in his swing this winter. Out of those 85 first-rounders, 17 of them were taken in the first five picks, including prep outfielder Mickey Moniak, prep shortstop Royce Lewis and college right-handed pitcher Casey Mize, … This week, I mocked Louisville catcher Henry Davis to the #Mariners 12th overall in the 2021 MLB Draft. Although Hoglund's fastball often sits in the low-90s, the pitch has boring action that allows it to hop over bats up in the zone. Those who remain have a greater appetite for risk, and for reward. Baez is a Vanderbilt commitment, so he'll have to go early to be convinced to turn pro. 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011. As with the average high-school arm, his future employer will have to work with him on his mechanics. He has a pretty left-handed swing and makes a ton of hard contact, with power to come. Cerantola has the raw stuff to do it: his sinker can get into the upper 90s, and he has the potential for a plus-plus breaking ball. Proving that he can do it all against better competition than what he faced in a cold-weather state can only help. Fitts doesn't have Crochet's raw stuff, as he needs to improve his secondaries; he does have a high-spin fastball that benefits from the extension he generates using his 6-foot-3 frame in two ways: 1) it's "faster" because of the deeper release point, and 2) it's more effective and deceptive up in the zone because of the flatter plane. He and Jack Leiter (No. Leiter's freshman year (all 15 innings of it) saw him post a 1.72 ERA and a 37 percent strikeout rate while utilizing an improved arsenal. Hartle is a projectable, easy-throwing southpaw with present low-90s velocity and a good feel for throwing strikes. His offensive profile is a little more speculative. He's strong and sturdily built, yet he seldom swings and misses. He's never going to hit for much power as a professional, but he does have above-average wheels and could go in the top 50 with a strong spring. Some adjustments to his lower half could help him tap into his ample raw power, clearing a path for him to become a middle-of-the-order thumper. @GunnarHoglund didn't strikeout everyone just most of the batters ‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/F2gtTfY5mR. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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