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New Mock Draft from MLB Pipeline

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Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline decided to try his hand at a mock draft on Wednesday, making his current predictions for the top 30 picks in the 2022 draft, which takes place in two months. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the fourth overall pick, and we have heard multiple names in that spot during the early stages of mock draft season. Today we hear a familiar name, while we take a look at the order at the top of this draft class.

Callis has Druw Jones going first overall to the Baltimore Orioles. Not a surprise, as he has been first for a lot of people. The second pick is Elijah Green going to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He’s not always second, but he’s always near the top. In the third spot, Callis has the Texas Rangers going for Jackson Holliday. You can read about all three of those players in our Draft Prospect Watch articles linked here. They were our first three players covered in that same order.

The fourth pick going to the Pirates is Brooks Lee, who has been named for the Pirates numerous times. He’s a shortstop at Cal Poly with an advanced bat. In fact, that’s the reason that Callis has him in this spot. The Pirates went for two advanced college bats in the last two drafts, so he fits the mold. Obviously early results for Nick Gonzales this year aren’t encouraging, but they are for Henry Davis.

What is very interesting with this mock draft is the seventh pick. If you click that link above, it takes you to our last Draft Prospect Watch, which covered Termarr Johnson, who some consider to be the second best player in the draft class. Callis has him dropping to the Chicago Cubs. That would be a tough pass for the Pirates because his bat is special (he was getting Wade Boggs comps).

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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