February 13th, 2012 
Chris Crawford 
I said that this wasn’t going to come out til spring, but as I began to take a look at time constraints, I began to realize that I had to get this up before the college season started.
You know the drill with not taking this stuff too literal, so I’ll stop bringing it up after this one.
Do keep in mind that this is a mock-draft, not a board. If you’re looking for a list of the best players, that is available by clicking here.
In the next edition — probably two weeks from now — I’ll have scouting reports done for the players. I’ll actually be slowly adding scouting reports this week, and when those are done, we’ll post those on the MLB-DI twitter.
| Pick | Team | Name | Pos. | School |
| 01 | Houston | Mark Appel | RHP | Stanford |
| 02 | Minnesota | Byron Buxton | OF | Appling County HS |
| 03 | Seattle | Mike Zunino | C | Florida |
| 04 | Baltimore | Lucas Giolito | RHP | Harvard Westlake |
| 05 | Kansas City | Chris Beck | RHP | Georgia Southern |
| 06 | Chicago-NL | Deven Marrero | SS | Arizona State |
| 07 | San Diego | Max Fried | LHP | Harvard Westlake HS |
| 08 | Pittsburgh | Kevin Gausman | RHP | LSU |
| 09 | Miami | Nick Williams | OF | Gavleston Ball HS |
| 10 | Colorado | Victor Roache | OF | Georgia Southern |
| 11 | Oakland | Michael Wacha | RHP | Texas A&M |
| 12 | New York-NL | David Dahl | OF | Oak Mountain HS |
| 13 | Chicago-AL | Trey Williams | 3B | Valencia HS |
| 14 | Cincinnati | Stryker Trahan | C | Acadania HS |
| 15 | Cleveland | Brian Johnson | LHP | Florida |
| 16 | Washington | Walker Weickel | RHP | Olympia HS |
| 17 | Toronto | Lucas Sims | RHP | Brookwood HS |
| 18 | Los Angeles-NL | Lance McCullers | RHP | Jesuit HS |
| 19 | St. Louis | Matthew Smoral | LHP | Solon HS |
| 20 | San Francisco | Travis Jankowski | OF | Stony Brook |
| 21 | Atlanta | Clate Schmidt | RHP | Allatoona HS |
| 22 | Toronto | Gavin Cecchini | SS | Garbe HS |
| 23 | St. Louis | Rio Ruiz |
3B | Bishop Amat HS |
| 24 | Boston | Joey Gallo | 1B | Bishop Gorman HS |
| 25 | Tampa Bay | Hunter Virant | LHP | Camarillo HS |
| 26 | Arizona | Stephen Piscotty | 3B | Stanford |
| 27 | Milwaukee | Marcus Stroman | RHP | Duke |
| 28 | Milwaukee | Kenny Diekroeger | SS | Stanford |
| 29 | Texas | Taylore Cherry | RHP | Butler HS |
| 30 | New York-AL | Albert Almora | OF | Marion Christian Acad. |
| 31 | Boston | Jesse Winker | OF | Olympia HS |
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This mock is terrible. Nobody takes a project at #2. See u’ve fallen culprit to the hype machine.
You’re right. Mike Moustakas, Josh Beckett, Jameson Taillon and B.J. Upton were all proven commodities that made immediate impacts in their respective organizations.
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How the hell is a guy with that potential a project?
Don’t think the Brewers are gonna go after a bullpen arm in the 1st round.
Relievers — in general — aren’t ideal this early in the draft, but Stroman is not bad value at this point. They could go the starter route as well, be it a Zimmer or Hansen or Kurt Heyer, but this wouldn’t be a reach, not this year anyway.
I would prefer it if they drafted someone like Stroman in the 2nd round, or maybe even the supplemental, but I think Zimmer would be the more logical choice, as the Brewers have shown that they prefer big-bodied pitchers, and Zimmer certainly seems to fit that description.
do you think Seager makes it past the supplemental round?
Based on talent, he shouldn’t. But if his commitment to South Carolina is strong and the demands outweigh the potential there’s a chance.
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I think it is a fairly solid mock for so early in the process, although I do have two critiques. One being the Twins choice (I think they go with an arm), and the other the Pirates. Why would a team take another RHP who probably projects as a 3/4 starter with an upside of a #2? I don’t think that is a need or the best player available.
Those are fair critiques, A. I just think that the Pirates would go with the best player available, and in this situation, Gausman would be the best player left on the board.
There is not a better SS than Addison Russell
Where do you see Addison Russell in the Draft
Right now, somewhere in the high-sandwich round.
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